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04-26-2006, 11:13 AM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 764
  |  I thought green star polyps were easy?
Hey all. A couple days ago I bought a rock of green star polyps. Since their introduction, they have not come out at all. I doubt it's light shock, they were under MHs at the LFS, and I have PCs. Besides, my frogspawn and sun corals, which I put in at the same time, are both doing fine. All my corals are out and wavin except the stars. I read a lot about them, and asked the guys at the store, everything classifies these guys as being easily kept. What could be at work here? I did a water change this morning, it was due. I see one of the polyps barely coming out, but otherwise it just looks like a piece of LR. ................................????  
P.S. The pic is an example, its not my rock. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow - Powder Blue - and Hippo Tangs, Sand Star CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, 2 Rose BTAs  | 
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04-26-2006, 11:18 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
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They might be stressed from the move. Mine didn't start coming out until ~3-4 days later and fully out about 1 week later.
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
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04-26-2006, 11:29 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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I wouldnt worry that much, star polyps usually take a while to open their polyps. Mine took about a week to funny extend. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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04-26-2006, 03:17 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana
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mine will go in and out....sometimes they will contract for a couple of days....then just when you think they've bit the dust....they pop out
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75 g Reef
20 g Reef
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04-26-2006, 03:48 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,448
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Where are they in the tank? maybe they have too much or too little light. | |
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04-26-2006, 03:49 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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OK cool. I will relax, then. My tank is finally to a point where it can sustain most corals, so when they all look great except for one, it just made me wonder. Thanks for the advise everyone! KARMA! | |
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04-26-2006, 03:50 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Bruce, they are right in the middle. | |
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04-26-2006, 07:00 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
Posts: 1,200
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Mine opened up the next day when I got them. When I upgraded to the MH, they took 2-3 days to acclimate to it, now they are all out.
A lot of people say zooanthids are real easy to keep but that has proven wrong for me as they fall victim to necrosis so easily. You can also shock them to light so easily. IMO, dont believe everything you read. 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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05-06-2006, 05:34 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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They are slow. When they finally come out, watch them on a weekend after your lights come on: all your other polyps will be out, and they will still be snoozing! You don't have a problem.
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SW:Equipment:10 gal 65w Satellite, mod Skilter250 + nano filter/surface skim rotating p.h. R/O unit
Occupants: yellowtailed damsel curlycue anemonae 11 nassarius 2 astreas red/green zoos green/orange/yellow zoos 3 mushroom coral candycane green acropora green star 2 colt anthelia ricordia feather duster
Hitchikers: stomatella snails burrowing clams brittle star asterina stars peanut worms bristleworms "pods"
Plants: caleurpa
FW:30 gal Amer.Cichlid | |
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05-06-2006, 08:19 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
Posts: 764
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Oh yea, it took several days but the whole rock is out and about now! Thanks for the advise. As usual, you guys helped me calm down and relax, and let them do their thing. I can't wait until they start spreading! My Xenia is spreading too. The frag I made, well half of it died but the other half is thriving. I have even found a few random polyps throughout my tank, and the stalk that I cut is growing back more and more every day! Soon the frag rock will be good enough to trade in for some goods at the LFS! | |
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