Gsp keeps dying

[Cobystolz]

I have three tanks and all have gsp just fine but I’m trying to put some in another tank I’m starting that has some montipora, zoas and mushrooms all doing fine but gsp dies within a day and never opens. I’ve tried four or five separate times since I have plenty. Any ideas why that could be happening?

 

[James M]

You need to give it more time to open a

 

[Cobystolz]

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You need to give it more time to open a

I’ve tried like five times and it dies within the first day. I know that because it literally melts and disappears off the rock. Within the first day the mat turns grey and then after like three days there holes all over and a week later it’s almost gone. I’ve been trying like once a week for the last month. It’s not s your fancy tank, it only has a few tiny frags from my other tanks and one fish but it shouldn’t be killing the gsp, at least I would think it shouldn’t. The tank was previously used as a quarantine with copper but I rinsed it with vinegar and would guess the copper would be the issue if it wasn’t for everything else being just fine

 

[Mariette]

Odd. Following

 

[James M]

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I’ve tried like five times and it dies within the first day. I know that because it literally melts and disappears off the rock. Within the first day the mat turns grey and then after like three days there holes all over and a week later it’s almost gone. I’ve been trying like once a week for the last month. It’s not s your fancy tank, it only has a few tiny frags from my other tanks and one fish but it shouldn’t be killing the gsp, at least I would think it shouldn’t. The tank was previously used as a quarantine with copper but I rinsed it with vinegar and would guess the copper would be the issue if it wasn’t for everything else being just fine

Maybe it’s just a coral you can’t keep in your tank. I can’t keep Xenia in my tank and I’ve tried tons of time.

 

[Cobystolz]

Maybe it’s just a coral you can’t keep in your tank. I can’t keep Xenia in my tank and I’ve tried tons of time.

Yeah I don’t get it, it’s almost impossible to kill in my other tanks but as soon as I put it in this tank it starts dying. It even lived in a frag tank that had a homemade skimmer a powerhead and a homemade ato from a bucket.

 

[Mariette]

Yeah I don’t get it, it’s almost impossible to kill in my other tanks but as soon as I put it in this tank it starts dying. It even lived in a frag tank that had a homemade skimmer a powerhead and a homemade ato from a bucket.

On an unrelated topic...home made skimmer? Do share please

 

[Cobystolz]

On an unrelated topic...home made skimmer? Do share please

It was basically just a water bottle with a cup glued to the top and a wooden air stone in the bottom. It wasn’t the most effective but it did work. I plan on trying to modify the design a little and make it better soon. I will let you know if I do.

 

[Mariette]

It was basically just a water bottle with a cup glued to the top and a wooden air stone in the bottom. It wasn’t the most effective but it did work. I plan on trying to modify the design a little and make it better soon. I will let you know if I do.

Aren’t you a clever monkey?

 

[Cobystolz]

Aren’t you a clever monkey?

I got the idea off the internet but changed it a little.

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

Is it possible you have a fish or crab in that particular tank that may have a taste for it?

 

[Cobystolz]

Is it possible you have a fish or crab in that particular tank that may have a taste for it?

It’s possible but extremely unlikely. I put in one piece of live rock and haven’t seen anything on it. The other piece was dry rock, it’s extremely barren and has like five pounds In a thirty gallon. All the coral can from the tank where gsp is doing fine and it happens no matter what time I put it in, if I do it in the morning it is usually dead by that night. One piece might still be alive after a day but I’m not sure