Green Star Polyp info.

[Gerald Garcia]

So, this is my GSP and to me although it looks full and sways nice from the water flow.... It just doesn't seem as "GREEN" as it was when I brought it home. Looks a bit bigger too. How does it look to you? Is this normal, if not, what can I do to make it more green?
Cheers!

 

[Donaldf973]

For me it was always lighting and dirty water in the form of slightly higher nutrients that brought the green. But, I've had star polyps that just are the way they are when it comes to coloration.

 

[skiergd011013]

That looks normal to me. I think its your lighting. Bluer lighting really makes gsps colors come out. Here are mine as of this moment

 

[skiergd011013]

 

[macnets]

What lights do u have?

 

[skiergd011013]

What lights do u have?

the op or me?

 

[macnets]

the op or me?

The OP, it seems like he doesn’t have blue spectrum that would make the coral glow bright green.

 

[skiergd011013]

The OP, it seems like he doesn’t have blue spectrum that would make the coral glow bright green.

i agree.

 

[DSC reef]

There are less green variants of GSP but I agree, should look greener under blue light. They do like some nutrients and flow.

 

[Gerald Garcia]

This is my lights. I'm thinking of getting another.

 

[Fish4udog]

ATI 6 bulb over 120 4 blue plus 1 coral plus 1 purple plus

 

[skiergd011013]

ATI 6 bulb over 120 4 blue plus 1 coral plus 1 purple plus

i love t5s!

 

[Zack K]

Looks like mine during the daylight hours. Nice looking Frag!

 

[Gerald Garcia]

Thanks, your tank looks awesome. Mine happens to be a 2.5 pico... I don't have much room or cash to support a T5. So I'm looking for a low budget LED that will support my softies. I'm not planning on adding stone corals and I don't want to fry my softies do to heavy PARs.

 

[DSC reef]

Deep blue makes spot light leds in 460nm blue. You can add one to your current light to keep cost down.

 

[Gerald Garcia]

Deep blue makes spot light leds in 460nm blue. You can add one to your current light to keep cost down.

Thanks, I'll look into that. I was told by a shop owner that the light I use now isn't strong enough.. and I'm slowly hurting my corals. But they look fine to me. I had a 14 biocube, but I no longer have the space to set it up again.
I'm looking for a new apartment as well, hopefully I find one and it is more roomy than my current one. Cheers!

 

[DSC reef]

Your very welcome, get some blue spectrum in there and you'll be good for now until you can upgrade.

 

[nfa]

Under AI prime

 

[Gerald Garcia]

I picked up new lights and did a 50/50 water change...

After my water change, this happened.

I think it's a diatom spread... And it's getting worst. I picked up 2 snails to help out, but it doesn't look good. Is it my lights? Or do to my 50% water change?

 

[Chris1081]

I’d be careful with green stars. I had some and it spread like bad weed in my tank to the point it was annoying. No more GSP touching the est of my rocks again lol