Stubborn Green Star Polyps

[detolvep]

Has anyone had any experiences with green star polyps that refuse to come out? My water is perfect, no nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, pH is okay, KH is at 9, temperature varies between 75 and 80, salinity 1.026. All of my other corals (including SPS's) are very happy and are always extended....any suggestions??? I've moved the gsp's to another location to see if different H20 flow would work better, no luck....
suggestions are welcome

 

[tmichel]

How long has it been since they were out last? Also are they encrusting GSP or branching.

 

[detolvep]

they are encrusting, they have been spreading too! but they BARELY stick out their polyps...

 

[tmichel]

Mine usually have a period where they don't come out for a couple days to a week and then they will have a growth spurt.

 

[tmichel]

I forgot to ask do you use any kind of calcium suppliment and what kind of flow are they in.

 

[detolvep]

i use turbo calcium about every other day, they are in moderate flow
it has been about 2 weeks since i have seen them fully extended

 

[tmichel]

Sorry that one stumps me, maybe BANG or someone can help. Have you blown off any excess crude off of them. And do you add iodine?

 

[detolvep]

i do add iodine, usually away from the gsp's...never was an issue before though......

 

[tmichel]

How much and how often? What other corals do you have?

 

[detolvep]

1 tsp/wk iodine
1 tsp/wk strontium/molybdenum
3 tsp/wk DT's
1 tsp/wk baking soda
Fish:
2 false perculas
yellow tang
shrimp goby
4 three stripe damsels
Corals:
hammer coral
frogspawn
mushrooms
hairy mushroom
xenias
zooanthids
kenya tree
toadstool
clavularia
acropora tortuosa
pocillipora sp.
montipora sp.
bubble coral

 

[tmichel]

Sorry still no idea. Thats a weird one.

 

[detolvep]

yeah i agree....whatever, hopefully they will come out soon. thanks for the help, if anyone else has ideas, let me know

 

[hondaeg95]

Having the same problem, did yours take a while for them to come out when you first purchased them?

 

[detolvep]

They came out right away when i first got em, but they just aren't expanding like they used to...

 

[hondaeg95]

Today when i came home from i was surpirsed to see about half of them open. They look great and i cant wait to see the rest of them open.

 

[stuckinfla]

I had a large mat of regular star polyps for a long time. Open every day......then closed for over a month! I was stumpped until one day I notice my damsle had taken a liking to them! Every time one tried to pop out, he would nip it. The next day he was gone and polyps opened immediatly from then on until I sold them. Keep a close eye on all inhabitants.

 

[rangermonroe]

If you are trying to spot a biting fish...you may have to sit across the room.
I had a fish nipping my brain coral, and every time I came by, he saw me...came to the feeding spot. When I sat away, I noticed that he was nipping at the brain that " just wouldn't open"

 

[chinnyr]

I would definately consider somethng bothering them.I have a zebra striped hermit crab that will constantly crawl over my Pagoda coral.The coral will stay closed for some time.I wish I could find something to bother my gsps though,the stuff has gotten into everything!Good luck,and I hope you find your answer.