anyone have corals who wont open on certain days?

[bill109]

hello
just wondering if anyone els corasl tht decide i wont open for a few days?
i have a gsp (green star polyp) who decided they wont open. and hasnt for 2 days. before this it looked stunning and has for about a year now..
idk whats going on. everything els in the tank is open and thriving. i have a little alime comming back but none is on it. the slime is just in low flow areas.
any thought?
thanks again

 

[the egregious]

GSP's will often close for no reason for long periods of time. Not saying that this is your situation for sure but, it is most likely the case. It is not uncommon to have a GSP close for a month and then as fast as it closed, open.
Just as a check, what is your water readings?

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by The Egregious
http:///forum/post/2574618
GSP's will often close for no reason for long periods of time. Not saying that this is your situation for sure but, it is most likely the case. It is not uncommon to have a GSP close for a month and then as fast as it closed, open.
Just as a check, what is your water readings?
i would be happy to give you readings but if the quality was no good.. then woudlnt all the other corals in my tank be closed or not looking so well? everything is looking good. i havent seen my toadstool look this good in a long time. my hairy mushrooms have grown come too

 

[the egregious]

Then I would say for sure that your GSP is just doing a GSP thing It's quite common.

 

[alexmir]

My frogspawn and pipe organ randomly dont open sometimes.

 

[flricordia]

Yes, GSP will sometimes no topen for no reason. Usually when forst introducewd to a new tank they can take a week or mor eto open. Do a water change and see if that helps.
When my rics are not opening as full as usuall I do a water change and they open up fully shortly after. Guess its like us breathing stagnate air after awhile then getting fresh, seems to do wonders.