green star polyps

[kidreef]

okay i went to a recomended lfs today and picked up a green star polyp frag for $15 and tommorow i will order some pc's for my tank will they be okay until i get my pc's?

and thx for the shop location 2nu2believe

 

[saltwaterjunki]

do you have any lights right now?
when my ballast blew a couple months ago - I was told that corals can survive for 1-2 days without lights but after that, it wasn't good. Not sure how accurate that is but...

 

[kidreef]

yeah i got 40w and i put them as close to the top as i could

 

[kidreef]

ahh they wont open i put an extra 20w on and put them in flow let me now if their is any thing i can do other than w8

 

[cam78]

they will be fine for a few days. Just order those lights.

 

[reefer545]

did you drip acclimate or just float, as that may have some effect on why they are or are not opening. ZOAS do pretty well in adverse light conditions.

 

[kidreef]

they r open and looking great now

and the clown fish decided they r his and wont let me move them without him biting me

but i only floated then i added some tank water to the bag and let it sit then put it in yeah when i first got my tank i bout some zoas but a pet store sold me a camal shrimp instead of peperment and i didnt notice till all the zoas were gone

 

[apu701]

hey kidreef, i got a small green star colony about 3 days ago but none have came out yet?? anything wrong u think? my levels are all good.

 

[maxalmon]

GSP don't like being moved around, they can close up for several days, I've seen them slam shut for a week. Corals can go for a day or so without lights and have no problems.
I have a 75g tank that I'm taking down and thought that I had removed all the corals, it had been sitting in the dark with no lights for maybe 2 weeks and I noticed I missed a green hydnophora (horn) coral, it had been in the dark for 2 weeks! now it's fine. Not saying you should go do this, but corals are much hardier than we give them credit for.

 

[kidreef]

they are doing great now all of them are open and some new small polyps are starting to form

 

[kidreef]

Originally Posted by apu701
hey kidreef, i got a small green star colony about 3 days ago but none have came out yet?? anything wrong u think? my levels are all good.
maybe too much light too little light or too much or too little flow but as long as the base is still purple i wouldnt worry