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One more dummie question, do polyps retract their soft 'arms' in
shippment (mine is bought from ebay and shipping took 2 days)? This
morning I started to see some red and green things growing. How long
will they grow to be like 1inch long?


Whenever I've bought any at my LFS they retract in transit (maybe in
fear from my driving - lol) - the longest I've waited was around 6 weeks
with some Green Star Polyps, who just hated the water conditions (trace
of phosphate) - once I fixed the problem they slowly started emerging
again....the normal for me has been a day or so....

What sort of corals are they? The growth rate will depend on the type of
coral and your water conditions....

Gill (another newbie)