Green Star Polyps Question

[chrisnif]

Please help me out, I have a tiny frag of GSP that I've counted about 10-12 of the "tubes" I've counted as many as 7 heads out at once, but for the last day or so I've only had 1-2 out at a time, all different ones, but never the whole colony.
Also, some of the polyps only have one or two arms instead of the normal 5 or 6, are they hurt, or just unhappy.
Here is a good pic I got of it, its a TINY TINY frag.

 

[jackri]

Looks ok to me, give them time to get settled in and acclimated. Takes a week or two sometimes.

 

[crazydave]

They definitely take time to settle in. I knocked my colony down the other day while doing a water change. They stayed hidden for 2 days like they were brand new to the tank again. Make sure they are in good water flow. If they are in direct flow from a powerhead it seems to encourage them to come out. Not sure of your missing arms? Sounds like something is picking at them.

 

[chrisnif]

Originally Posted by crazydave
http:///forum/post/3167264
They definitely take time to settle in. I knocked my colony down the other day while doing a water change. They stayed hidden for 2 days like they were brand new to the tank again. Make sure they are in good water flow. If they are in direct flow from a powerhead it seems to encourage them to come out. Not sure of your missing arms? Sounds like something is picking at them.
I've had them a week or so, before that they were fragged off a bigger piece and were in a fish-free environment. In my tank I have a royal gramma, 2 yellow tail blue damsels, a peppermint shrimp, a scarlet leg HC and a blue leg HC, and misc snails.
I've had to move them a few times so maybe thats why they dont want to come out. They are "under" the waterfall from my HOB filter. Its a 5 gallon AGA tank with an 80 gph HOB and i have a 50 gph power head pumping water back in from the "not quite a fuge yet"

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by Chrisnif
http:///forum/post/3167291
I've had them a week or so, before that they were fragged off a bigger piece and were in a fish-free environment. In my tank I have a royal gramma, 2 yellow tail blue damsels, a peppermint shrimp, a scarlet leg HC and a blue leg HC, and misc snails.
I've had to move them a few times so maybe thats why they dont want to come out. They are "under" the waterfall from my HOB filter. Its a 5 gallon AGA tank with an 80 gph HOB and i have a 50 gph power head pumping water back in from the "not quite a fuge yet"

Moving them around will make them hide longer...Personally I would ditch the HOB filter..that little waterfall creates too much salt creep from splash...I use canister filters, they hold more media and no splash.

 

[chrisnif]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3167299

Moving them around will make them hide longer...Personally I would ditch the HOB filter..that little waterfall creates too much salt creep from splash...I use canister filters, they hold more media and no splash.
the waterfall of the HOB is below the water line, I'm actually amazed about the little creep, I almost didnt want to do SW again because i had so much creep last time I had a SW tank, probably the biowheel splashing tiny droplets The tank is only 5 gallons so even a fluval 1 series is way too much.
Later tonight I've got some things to post in the ID forum hope to get this much response there, I have some stuff that could be aiptasia, or maybe not. It seems like every day i find a new feather duster somewhere

 

[bkroemer]

this is a pic from my fish tand and i was wondering if anyone had any ideas of wat is going on, take a look please