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03-02-2008, 07:17 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2007
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 |  Green Star Polyps
Could anyone please advise me if their is any way to kill or stop GSP from spreading?
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26 Gallon Bow Front
Fish & Inverts: Percula Clown, Royal Gamma, Carpenter Wrasse, Firefish, and Cleaner Shrimp.
Corals: Assorted Mushrooms, Blastomussa Merletti, Button Polyps, Assorted Ricordea, Green Star Polyps, Hammer, Blastomussa, Green and Red Candy Cane, and Galaxia.
Lights: 2 65 watt fluorescent 50/50.
Filter: Penguin 350/Auqa C Rermora | 
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03-02-2008, 07:23 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 35
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Shoot em' with a shotgun. What's up with wanting to get rid of them? _________  | 
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03-02-2008, 07:30 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2007
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They are starting to take up to much real estate and getting to close to other corals. | |
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03-02-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 21
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There is no stopping them. I put my piece on the sand and now it's encrusting over the sand bed. Time to get rid of it! _________ 120 gallon mixed reef, 30 gallon refugium, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Two 48" T-5's in TEK II reflectors, AquaC EV-120 protein skimmer, Mag Drive 12 return pump, one Hydor Koralia 4
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03-02-2008, 08:11 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Occasionally pick them out by hand???  _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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03-02-2008, 09:06 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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I pulled mine out by hand also.... They will come out in massive clusters.... | |
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03-03-2008, 03:49 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Just peal it off the rock with your fingers or cut with a razor blade. If you want it in a tank just apply it to a single rock that you can remove easily and prune. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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03-05-2008, 01:01 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I've read to peel it back from the rock, then cut it and use a blowtorch on the area you don't want it to spread on... heard it's a proven method but have not tried it yet. Just got my GSP so i'll be keeping a close eye on this thread | |
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04-02-2008, 09:29 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Oct 2006
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So reading this. I see these a lot at my LFS and I understand they are one of the easier corals to keep. And for my eye they are very pretty. So it sounds like the big problem is they do too well? Are they as easy to keep as they sound? Note: I have no corals now, was thinking of trying this as my first.
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45 gallon all glass tank - Remora Skimmer - Aquaclear 300 - 16lbs LR - 15lbs base rock - 60lbs sand - 2x96 PC Current Orbit - 2x Maxijet 1200 - 120w VisiTherm heater
2 Clown Fish - 1 Lawnmower Bleeny - 1 Peppermint Shrimp - 1 Blue legged hermit - 3 Astrea Snails - 1 Emerald Crab (havent seen in a while)
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04-02-2008, 09:35 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Smear them with kalk paste or place a coral that has a potent sting next to them. | |
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