Green Star polyp Fungus or somthing white.

Hamza Hamid · Dec 9, 2018

Guys. Is this thing safe to my aquarium? will it kill my GSP. I am Pretty sure it was not their on my coral yesterday, today i see this suddenly.
Please see the pic attached.

Flippers4pups · Dec 9, 2018

Hamza Hamid said:
Guys. Is this thing safe to my aquarium? will it kill my GSP. I am Pretty sure it was not their on my coral yesterday, today i see this suddenly.
Please see the pic attached.

Will it blow off?

Hamza Hamid · Dec 9, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
Will it blow off?

I just tried a direct flow on that GSP. Yes it blowing off in tiny peices white hair like stuff

reef lover · Dec 9, 2018

Looks like a sponge....

Dennco2000 · Dec 9, 2018

If it kills your GSP you might be able to sell it?

Hamza Hamid · Dec 10, 2018

Dennco2000 said:
If it kills your GSP you might be able to sell it?

sorry?

Hamza Hamid · Dec 10, 2018

reef lover said:
Looks like a sponge....

is it harmful?

reef lover · Dec 10, 2018

If its bothering the coral you can scrape off...but no they're good filter feeders.

Hamza Hamid · Dec 10, 2018

Thank u all.

Dennco2000 · Dec 10, 2018

I was being funny, some of would do anything to get common GSP out of tanks, some green star isn't that invasive while some is.

Hamza Hamid · Dec 11, 2018

The GSP what I have is not common in my city here in UAE-Dubai. So don't wanna get rid of it.

Dennco2000 · Dec 11, 2018

Cool, Im sure it will be fine.

Clancesmithak · Dec 24, 2018

Hi
I have the same thing on mine too. I don’t know if it is harmful.

Firemanreefkeeper · Dec 24, 2018

I have it on mine and some zoes. After a while it won't let the zoes fully open. I scrape it out and they open back up and are happy. Then a month goes by and I have to repeat the process all over. I can't get it all off since it's behind and under the rock and I can't reach it. Is it harmful? I think it's more annoying to me and the zoes then anything

garbled · Dec 24, 2018

Sponges filter lots of bad things out of the water, and are generally highly desirable. Some of us go out of our way to grow them. They are basically miniature protein skimmers. If they annoy a desirable animal, you can scrape them away, but I wouldn't go on a killing spree, they are generally good stuff.