green star polyps

[Chris Gentry]

Well my first coral (green star polyps) died I think. The day before
yesterday they were opened and looking great, but yesterday they were only
half open, and then today they were all retracted and wouldn't open. I took
my water to the LFS yesterday to have it checked. (I have a test kit at
home, but don't have a refractometer) Well they said my salinity was a
little high at 1.026. They keep theirs at 1.024. ph was 8.2 ammonia,
nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. alkalinity was 240ppm.

My temp was a little higher than normal at 82F and the salinity had went up
a bit. (My RO unit broke and I'm looking into replacements) but other than
that, I think that was the only changes.

When the polyps wouldn't open today, I did put it in a little bit better
spot with more flow, and more light. However this afternoon there was still
nothing opened.

Is there anything I can do? Or did this coral die on me that fast?

[Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D.]

I had some close up for more than 9 months one time before opening again
(tank took a hit when the hurricane came through) so don't give up. you
might try another tank just to see if there is some unknown variable causing
them to not be happy. Example mine is happier in my quarantine tank even
though the water in it came from my display tank. The main difference is the
quarantine tank only has pc lighting and maybe they like the lower light
because they open up an inch or more


Kevin





"Chris Gentry" > wrote in message
news:9261e.106044$Ze3.88578@attbi_s51...
> Well my first coral (green star polyps) died I think. The day before
> yesterday they were opened and looking great, but yesterday they were only
> half open, and then today they were all retracted and wouldn't open. I
> took my water to the LFS yesterday to have it checked. (I have a test kit
> at home, but don't have a refractometer) Well they said my salinity was a
> little high at 1.026. They keep theirs at 1.024. ph was 8.2 ammonia,
> nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. alkalinity was 240ppm.
>
> My temp was a little higher than normal at 82F and the salinity had went
> up a bit. (My RO unit broke and I'm looking into replacements) but other
> than that, I think that was the only changes.
>
> When the polyps wouldn't open today, I did put it in a little bit better
> spot with more flow, and more light. However this afternoon there was
> still nothing opened.
>
> Is there anything I can do? Or did this coral die on me that fast?
>

[Chris Gentry]

"Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D." > wrote in message
news:Ydd1e.7272$Z37.3114@lakeread06...
> I had some close up for more than 9 months one time before opening again
> (tank took a hit when the hurricane came through) so don't give up. you
> might try another tank just to see if there is some unknown variable
causing
> them to not be happy. Example mine is happier in my quarantine tank even
> though the water in it came from my display tank. The main difference is
the
> quarantine tank only has pc lighting and maybe they like the lower light
> because they open up an inch or more
>
>
> Kevin
>

Thanks for the reply. It makes me feel better that likely I didn't kill the
first animal
in my care. After writing to this newsgroup, I did some more research
and discovered that snails or hermits crawling on them, lighting, water
flow, or a
number of other things can keep them from opening up. I do remember some
snails up there grazing around them the day before they didn't open up.
They were
also in a part of the tank that didn't get the direct lighting ( I only have
110W of PC)
Also the water current wasn't that great. I moved them to a better spot and
hopefully
they open up soon. -Chris

[kryppy]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:03:01 GMT, "Chris Gentry"
> wrote:

>Well my first coral (green star polyps) died I think. The day before
>yesterday they were opened and looking great, but yesterday they were only
>half open, and then today they were all retracted and wouldn't open. I took
>my water to the LFS yesterday to have it checked. (I have a test kit at
>home, but don't have a refractometer) Well they said my salinity was a
>little high at 1.026. They keep theirs at 1.024. ph was 8.2 ammonia,
>nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. alkalinity was 240ppm.
>
>My temp was a little higher than normal at 82F and the salinity had went up
>a bit. (My RO unit broke and I'm looking into replacements) but other than
>that, I think that was the only changes.
>
>When the polyps wouldn't open today, I did put it in a little bit better
>spot with more flow, and more light. However this afternoon there was still
>nothing opened.
>
>Is there anything I can do? Or did this coral die on me that fast?


They are very tuff. Trust me. They close when things walk on them.

[John Hogan]

Mine closed up for over a week... then opened right up. Not to worry...
he'll be back... it is just a matter of time.



"Chris Gentry" > wrote in message
news:9261e.106044$Ze3.88578@attbi_s51...
> Well my first coral (green star polyps) died I think. The day before
> yesterday they were opened and looking great, but yesterday they were only
> half open, and then today they were all retracted and wouldn't open. I
> took my water to the LFS yesterday to have it checked. (I have a test kit
> at home, but don't have a refractometer) Well they said my salinity was a
> little high at 1.026. They keep theirs at 1.024. ph was 8.2 ammonia,
> nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. alkalinity was 240ppm.
>
> My temp was a little higher than normal at 82F and the salinity had went
> up a bit. (My RO unit broke and I'm looking into replacements) but other
> than that, I think that was the only changes.
>
> When the polyps wouldn't open today, I did put it in a little bit better
> spot with more flow, and more light. However this afternoon there was
> still nothing opened.
>
> Is there anything I can do? Or did this coral die on me that fast?
>

[Rich R]

they close from time to time,,, they will open!!

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"John Hogan" > wrote in message
...
> Mine closed up for over a week... then opened right up. Not to worry...
> he'll be back... it is just a matter of time.
>
>
>
> "Chris Gentry" > wrote in message
> news:9261e.106044$Ze3.88578@attbi_s51...
>> Well my first coral (green star polyps) died I think. The day before
>> yesterday they were opened and looking great, but yesterday they were
>> only half open, and then today they were all retracted and wouldn't open.
>> I took my water to the LFS yesterday to have it checked. (I have a test
>> kit at home, but don't have a refractometer) Well they said my salinity
>> was a little high at 1.026. They keep theirs at 1.024. ph was 8.2
>> ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. alkalinity was 240ppm.
>>
>> My temp was a little higher than normal at 82F and the salinity had went
>> up a bit. (My RO unit broke and I'm looking into replacements) but other
>> than that, I think that was the only changes.
>>
>> When the polyps wouldn't open today, I did put it in a little bit better
>> spot with more flow, and more light. However this afternoon there was
>> still nothing opened.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do? Or did this coral die on me that fast?
>>
>
>

[TW]

GSPs are pretty much indestructable. I have had them for years.
Closing for a few days is normal. If they don't re-open in a few days I
would suggest doing a partial water change. It can't hurt and probably
will help. For my reef, I know it is time to react when several
different corals don't look right. With time you get to know your
creature's habits. When corals or fish are under stress they will let
you know. For me, 9 times out of 10, a water change gets things back to
normal.

I would not worry about them. They are very hard to kill. I recently
took 1/3 of my reef into the LFS to exchange the rock and corals for new
clean rock. The star polyps were taking over my tank. Once they
establish themselves and start growing watch out. A lot of people
quarantine their GSP rocks by themselves in a reef so that they don't
spread too far. I now only have it growing across the back of my tank
glass. It is not touching any rock. It looks cool blowing in the current.

Good Luck

Todd

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