Is my Gsp dead?

[erulib]

My Gsp just arrieved today from wwc, but I noticed the mat is not purple but it’s white. I’ve never seen one of this color. But I am not sure if I should wait it out or contact wwc and ask for a refund since it is a grey color

 

[DED65]

I would wait it out and contact WWC so they are aware that there may be an issue.

 

[Uncle99]

My Gsp just arrieved today from wwc, but I noticed the mat is not purple but it’s white. I’ve never seen one of this color. But I am not sure if I should wait it out or contact wwc and ask for a refund since it is a grey color

Very very very hard to kill this stuff.
Just let it be.
May take a bit.

 

[morkin]

Wait. Could just be the stress of shipping. You have up to 5 days to start a claim.

 

[liddojunior]

Stress form shipping. But I have some that aren’t purple bodied.

GSP for me struggle unlike other corals so maybe too low of nutrients ?

 

[erulib]

Stress form shipping. But I have some that aren’t purple bodied.

GSP for me struggle unlike other corals so maybe too low of nutrients ?

Nope, I have high nutrients in my tank , me Zoa and pulsing Xenia that came with the Gsp are doing good. It’s just the white color putting me off

 

[justinhm]

Any update on this? I just received a frag of GSP from them on Tuesday (6/18/24). It looks similar to yours, and it hasn’t opened up yet. The zoas and Xenia I got in the same package are doing great.

 

[erulib]

Any update on this? I just picked up a drag of GSP from them on Tuesday (6/21/24). It looked similar and hasn’t opened up yet. The zoas and Xenia I got in the same package are doing great.

Hey yeah I have update. Gsp is very hard to kill but it’s very sensitive , it will close up for hours just by me turning the flow off for a few minutes, it’s grown double in size I would say since I’ve gotten it about a month ago . The Gsp was the last one to open up after a few days of it being in the tank

 

[erulib]

 

[justinhm]

Awesome! Thanks for the fast reply! I’ve ordered a lot of stuff from WWC, but the look of the GSP I got had me concerned. I’ll just be patient and wait for it to open up.

 

[Reeferbadness]

Honestly, your probably better off if it's dead. Once GSP takes hold in your tank, it can spread everywhere and it's very difficult to kill off (one way is Fenbendezol - same for blue clove polyps). If it does live, then i would try to keep it confined to 1 rock (not easy as it can spread on it's own).