Metallic Green Star Polyps

[TopNotch]

I was wondering if the metallic green star Polyp is in fact, its own species of star polyp, or just one with alot of green in it...

If anyone in fact has a piece of LR with metallic green star polyps, in their system, that they would like to sell to me. I'll gladly give you some $$ for a small piece.

THanks!

 

[Anonymous]

hi.
I am not sure, but GSP is probably not a separate species, but a brown ones with lot of green pigments on it. You can turn a GSP to a brown one if you want to, but the other "transformation" is more difficult.

 

[danmhippo]

Naw, really? You can transform Green or metallic Green back to brown and vice versa? I have regular green and metallic green in my tank, and both color stayed like that for over 2 years. I am not so sure about if they are the same species. When they closes, the encrusting stumps (I don't know the technical term for them, but you know what I meant) looks different.

I would also have add that my metallic green grows alot slower then the pale green type, at least in my tank they are.

 

[montie]

my met green grows like wild fire

, id frag some for ya but i dont think it would make the boat trip ;-)

 

[TopNotch]

hey thanks alot!

im kinda leaning that there are different species, and that some on greener then others...

Lemme know what conditions you guys have, like light, water changes, and supplements.... to get them to grow so well

 

[danmhippo]

Actually the GSP is probably one of the hardiest corals we ever encounter in home aquaria. Not very light demanding, and do well in most conditions. Just make sure your nutrient level aren't in the dangerous zone and provide constant alternating currents over them. Mine has survived high temp surge, freezing cold temp (well, not quite freezing but around 65F), stray current in the tank, snowflaking of calcium and alkalinity falling out, high ph and worst of all, my kid dropped a whole bottle of flakes into the tank and I didn't found out until 24 hours later......ammonia spike.

 

[Anonymous]

GSP is indeed about as easy to care for as they come. It was my first coral and has never given me a bit of trouble. I do give it a gentle blast from a turkey baster every week or so to keep debris from accumulating in a couple spots.

In fact, my main concern is keeping it from spreading too much and taking over my tank.

Comment made by a friend of my wife upon seeing the GSP colony: "Wow, that almost looks real!"

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[TopNotch]

well now you got me excited, like i cant screw it up. Its gonna be my first shot at coral. I dont know if a mushroom counts, but thats all that i have in there now, and its doing well! : )

So no Invert food, like DT's or anything?

Im seeing if i can get a frag off someone... so we will see. Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

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You can transform Green or metallic Green back to brown and vice versa?

hi.
As I said, I am not sure, but I did have a patch of GSP that turned paler and paler, until it is almost brown with little green tint before it disappeared....

 

[Anonymous]

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hi.
As I said, I am not sure, but I did have a patch of GSP that turned paler and paler, until it is almost brown with little green tint before it disappeared....</strong><hr></blockquote>

Do you mean it changed color as it was dying?

RR

 

[Jeff Hood]

I think it also depends on your lighting and how much actinic you have.

I have some very green hardy species that under 20000K with actinic supplements look like they are on fire with green but in my new refugium under 5500K MH and 65 watt LOA PC lights they look mostly brown. Still very pretty but not near as much color. My green mushrooms also don't look very green also. They take on a more yellow color like mountan dew color.

Jeff

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[Jawbone]

Here is my green star polyp - not sure if you consider it metallic, under 300W 10K MH
We have had to tear a sheet of it off the glass and have run starters by just leaning a rock against them within a week or two there are a couple of orphans that decide to move in a couple more weeks we can move the new rock and a new colony will start.

Definatley a fast grower.

 

[Anonymous]

hi.
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Do you mean it changed color as it was dying?

You probably is right. But it is more difficult to define a process, such as "dying," than a state, such as "dead."

All I remember is that it turned less green, more brown, then it is dead. When the dying part began, I don't know.

Jawbone's GSP looks more yellow than green... or it is just my eyes?

 

[Mouse]

You see that massive green patch above the red shrooms and the candy cane to the left of the tank. well thats my colony of GSP's, big init.

I would say that these are more weeds than corals, nice though. Ive just repositioned my torch corals to try nd fight them back a bit, seems to be working so far.

 

[Anonymous]

What part of LI are you from?

I know a bunch of places and may be able to find you some at a reasonable price.

 

[TopNotch]

I live in Northport, but Long Island isnt that big of a place. I can go whereever for it, and I work on 55th and 6th.

I have already checked out Petswarehouse, they have some but i dont think that they are the super green ones.

And I also called east to Country Critters but they said their variety isnt that green either. They said that the metallic variety is hard to come by these days.. (???)

 

[Anonymous]

I'll check some places in western LI and eastern Queens for you.

If you want to call I'll gve you the names of the places and you can look up their numbers and call.

FishtownUSA in Flushing,Queens(They only take cash for saltwater to keep their prices low).

The Pet Barn in Franklin Square,LI

Parrots of the World in Rockville Centre,LI

For Birds Only in Mineola,LI

Tropical Showcase in Westbury,LI

I would also keep checking in on Country Critters as well.

 

[Anonymous]

Here are mine. They have flourished everywhere in the tank, and with a gentle current over them, spread like mad. You'll have no problem with them, for certain...

Peace,

Chip

 

[TopNotch]

Well i bought my star polyps from a LFS here... The polyps came out yesterday and they are not the super metallic green that i had hoped they would be.

I have read that if you feed them invert food, they become brighter and grow faster.

My question is... what should I feed them (DT's?) and what is the procedure?

 

[cyberpanther]

I had 2 beautiful pcs of metalic green branching star polps not the regular encrusting type that turned brown under my 250 watt 10,000 halides and 2 110 watt vho's and under exceptional water quality. They weren't and aren't dying just changed color. My assumption they have a weee to much light.