Just got my 1st frag... Now what? (red star polyp)

woody189

Member
Okay, so this is my 2nd coral (1st being a green hairy shroom).
It's just a frag, and it's not attached to anything, just the purple base. I superglued it to a rock, but I now realized I would have been better off just rubberbanding it.
My questions:
I read that GSP's grow like crazy, I'm assuming the same is true for red star polyps. I placed the rock w/ the RSP in the middle of my sandbed
1) what else should I do?
I want the RSP's to grow a lot, this is my 2nd coral so I'm anxious for some growth, but don't want to regret it when it starts going crazy.
2) Will it begin to grow on my sandbed? I don't see how, being as though the grains of sand will be moving.
3) Should I place LR Rubble around the frag?
4) If I just leave it in the middle of the sand w/ nothing else to grow on, will it not grow??
5) any difference between GSP and red star polyps (don't say color
)
Pretty basic questions, but I just don't know.
THanks for taking the time.
 

nycbob

Active Member
they r basically the same except the color variation. they like to grow and spread through rocks. even if they grow like crazy, they r fairly easy to remove since they grow on mats. xenia, on the other hand, is a coral u should avoid, bc it can grow out of control.
 

woody189

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3008680
Can't you move the rock...onto another rock??
I can, but I read a bunch of threads where ppl said that it began taking over. THey said it's best to place it in the sand, on an island of it's own.
Originally Posted by nycbob

http:///forum/post/3008741
they r basically the same except the color variation. they like to grow and spread through rocks. even if they grow like crazy, they r fairly easy to remove since they grow on mats. xenia, on the other hand, is a coral u should avoid, bc it can grow out of control.
I think I'll just place the frag w/ rock, on another piece of rock. If it gets out of hand, I'll just cut it down. WHen you say they grow on mats, you mean that you can sort of just peel them off like a carpet (or mat).
IF
I were to get xenia, and I placed it on the sand bed, wouldn't that prevent it from from taking over? Xenia's pretty nice too, and I wouldn't mind having it, but only if I can keep it in check.
 

woody189

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