SPS health

[westmichigan]

In your opinion does this guy look happy? He is a lot Fuller than I got him 2 weeks ago. He is way different looking than all the SPS I see on here. Under my blues he is bright green. I have a couple of other small frags that all seem to be happy. If the polyps are out does that generally mean they are happy or should I be looking for things besides color and polyp extension? Thanks in advance.

 

[dwest]

In your opinion does this guy look happy? He is a lot Fuller than I got him 2 weeks ago. He is way different looking than all the SPS I see on here. Under my blues he is bright green. I have a couple of other small frags that all seem to be happy. If the polyps are out does that generally mean they are happy or should I be looking for things besides color and polyp extension? Thanks in advance.

Lots of polyp extension. Nice color. Looks great to me!

 

[PcDr32]

He looks good to me

 

[westmichigan]

Thanks, so basically if he is ticked it will be obvious. I know these are basic questions I just really want to be successful and would hate to be missing something and having him die off slowly and not notice until it was too late.

 

[PcDr32]

I have added GSP to my tank. It is said to be an early indicator of water problems.

 

[westmichigan]

I have added GSP to my tank. It is said to be an early indicator of water problems.

I would like to have a rock of them as well but that's an added bonus. Thank you

 

[PcDr32]

Warning. They are like a weed. Add them to one rock and and if your rocks touch it will spread and take over all of them. I have mine on one isolated rock so it can’t spread. Some people also glue a small frag to the back glass and it will then cover the back glass, which looks really cool.

 

[jda]

I would like to see some new encrusting growth, but no sign of issue yet. Looks good so far.

 

[biecacka]

Funny, mine do the opposite. Encrust with little to no polyps extending


Corey

 

[westmichigan]

Warning. They are like a weed. Add them to one rock and and if your rocks touch it will spread and take over all of them. I have mine on one isolated rock so it can’t spread. Some people also glue a small frag to the back glass and it will then cover the back glass, which looks really cool.

Ya I definitely see that, I was considering giving them one of my three larger rock piles to get some early growth in my tank. Then cutting them back down the road and placing them on a smaller island. Do you think long term I would be able to remove them? Or is it more of a pain than it's worth?

 

[westmichigan]

I would like to see some new encrusting growth, but no sign of issue yet. Looks good so far.

New encrusting growth is white on the tips?

 

[PcDr32]

Ya I definitely see that, I was considering giving them one of my three larger rock piles to get some early growth in my tank. Then cutting them back down the road and placing them on a smaller island. Do you think long term I would be able to remove them? Or is it more of a pain than it's worth?

If the eventual plan is the smaller rock...Save yourself the headache and put it there from the start.

 

[nate's reef]

In your opinion does this guy look happy? He is a lot Fuller than I got him 2 weeks ago. He is way different looking than all the SPS I see on here. Under my blues he is bright green. I have a couple of other small frags that all seem to be happy. If the polyps are out does that generally mean they are happy or should I be looking for things besides color and polyp extension? Thanks in advance.

That's a stylo/cats paw?

They never color up like an acro will, the most you can look for is good poly extension and some color in those polyps, of which I would give you a 9/10 considering you seem to be newer. Looks really good, just keep it up

 

[westmichigan]

That's a stylo/cats paw?

They never color up like an acro will, the most you can look for is good poly extension and some color in those polyps, of which I would give you a 9/10 considering you seem to be newer. Looks really good, just keep it up

Thank you. It's funny because I was looking at new corals last night and saw a stlylo was like that's my dude. Or maybe it was pocillopora that I saw.

 

[nate's reef]

Thank you. It's funny because I was looking at new corals last night and saw a stlylo was like that's my dude. Or maybe it was pocillopora that I saw.

Yeah it's really hard to tell some of these corals apart, but lfs usually have a limited selection so it was most likely a cats paw. For referance, these can be as hard or harder to keep than some or the easier acros like a green slimer so I wouldn't be afraid to try most sps as long as it still looks good

 

[westmichigan]

Yeah it's really hard to tell some of these corals apart, but lfs usually have a limited selection so it was most likely a cats paw. For referance, these can be as hard or harder to keep than some or the easier acros like a green slimer so I wouldn't be afraid to try most sps as long as it still looks good

Unfortunately I don't really have a LFS that's closer than 60 miles and even that is a PetSmart which I haven't been too impressed with. For my first coral order I just ordered a 5 pack with my harem. Another terrible mistake. Either way I probably won't get too hard into SPS until this guy is baseball sized and happy. Two days ago he fell off my rock. I haven't glued him because I wanted to make sure he was in a good spot. He still has polyps out but not like that pic I posted. I am going to glue him in today. Thanks everyone for the help.