star polyp takeover

[reefchic]

The green star polyps I have are growing quite rapidly, and on the same rock they are on is a leather coral. My question is will the star polyps takeover and kill my leather coral?
Reefchic

 

[stupid_naso]

I don't think it will kill the leather. Besides what kind of leather do you have? As far as I know, star polyps do not sting. And although they grow very rapidly, I don't think they'll grow on top of your leather. Probably it'll grow around it .
stupid_naso

 

[j21kickster]

Not likley as they are not agressive (dont sting), they do grow fast, however. If it is a concern you can always trim them back

 

[adrian]

I have to disagree with the above, IME star polyps can and will sting, depends on the particular coral though, I have them in both of my tanks, in one that star polyps sting certain acros they come in contact with, in another they are stinging a colony of Zooanthus sp. They can also grow quite fast under the right conditions and take over rocks and other corals. If possible I would suggest isolating them to a single rock that does not come in contact with other rocks. HTH

 

[j21kickster]

I guess ypu have had diff luck than me. My stars and zooanthids grew grew together and i havent noticed any signe of stinging recession

 

[jonthefb]

place small rock frags around the growing colony, and eventually when the colony overgrows the rock, cut the mat and take it to your lfs! a good way to keep your colony trimmed down, and make some moola on the side. i do this with my stars, xenias, and yellow zooanthid polyps!
good luck
jon

 

[dburr]

My stars are touching my leather. The corel is is just not growing in that one spot. It is not stinging it for sure. The corel is a toad stool with the long polyps(can't remember the name). It will grow up and over very soon.
HTH
dburr