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Old 11/29/2006, 11:03 PM
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What exactly is this?? I've been told that it is called"sea mat". Is that right? Whats the correct name for it.
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Old 11/29/2006, 11:04 PM
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green star polyps
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Old 11/29/2006, 11:07 PM
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Yup, green star polyps. You should really isolate it as it spreads like crazy and can sting other corals.
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Old 11/29/2006, 11:25 PM
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Yup, green star polyps. You should really isolate it as it spreads like crazy and can sting other corals.
Does it spread any worse than the mushroom below and to the right?
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Old 11/29/2006, 11:27 PM
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probably just as bad
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Old 11/29/2006, 11:29 PM
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they spread fast. but a tank full of them looks sweet.
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Old 11/30/2006, 02:07 AM
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Better than looking at a tank of bare rock, isnt' it!
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Old 11/30/2006, 02:56 AM
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GSP can sting?

I got a candy cane and laid it right in a mat of GSP. I got the candy cane coral from someone without the proper setup to keep it and it was dying, i was not expecting this coral and dont really have room for it so i figured what can it hurt to lay it on them. It is comming back nicely so far but now im wondering about it being on them.
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Old 11/30/2006, 03:28 AM
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It can, but often it competes by simply overgrowing its neighbors and smothering them.

fast57 -- Usually when someone refers to 'sea mat' they're talking about zoanthids, palythoa or protopalythoa -- in Eric Borneman's book Aquarium Corals he mentions this common name for all three types of polyps, and I've seen them all labeled as 'sea mat' at the LFS as well.
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Old 11/30/2006, 08:24 PM
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how come i was told that these are "green star polyps"????(the ones on the bottom left) Then what are these? You can tell there a totally different animal. I'm so confused

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Old 11/30/2006, 08:35 PM
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It all looks the same to me. GSP all the way.
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Old 11/30/2006, 08:42 PM
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i wish you could see them in person ...side by side they look totaly different. Why could that be?
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Old 11/30/2006, 08:43 PM
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oh and what are the brown things just above them called??
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Old 11/30/2006, 08:45 PM
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They are both Green star polyps. I have both in my tank the top GSP with the long skirt and pink base do grow agressively and looks awsome in the current. Mine actually like higher flow areas. Now the bottom one is IME is much slower growing, not as invassive and doesn't like strong current. The both are nice but you must keep them in control if you want a variety of different corals.
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Old 11/30/2006, 08:54 PM
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They are both star polyps.The first one is Pachavularia violacea.The second one is P.clavularia.
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Old 11/30/2006, 09:12 PM
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It's kinda like "ferns" many different looks, still all
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Here are mine
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Old 11/30/2006, 09:14 PM
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Theyre not both GSP. One is GSP, the other is a type of encrusting gorgonian. I can't remember which is which though :-P

Functionally, theyre pretty much the same.
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Old 11/30/2006, 10:06 PM
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Does it spread any worse than the mushroom below and to the right?
Yes they can!


Green striped mushrooms are a plague waiting to happen also!
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Old 11/30/2006, 10:10 PM
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Wow, looks like you need to mow that! Could I use it for a lawn?
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Old 11/30/2006, 10:30 PM
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thanks... ive been looking for the gsp garden pic forever.
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Old 12/01/2006, 01:46 AM
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Well, I'm really glad my little frag is isolated on a small rock in the middle of the sand!!!
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Old 12/01/2006, 02:15 AM
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Good Lord, that's amazing! I have both neon green and pink star polyps starting to take off in my tank... now I'm a little worried.
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Old 12/01/2006, 03:55 PM
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They don't sting they don't have nemocyst cells. Their only defense is to retract....holy crap! That looks like a lawn! I have...jeez...wow.
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Old 12/01/2006, 05:49 PM
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The other ones are often called Daisy Star Polyps. They are very closely related to GSP, and last I checked they were definately not a gorgonian of any type.
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Old 12/01/2006, 07:31 PM
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Is there anyway to control GSPs?

I also just put some in my tank and did not know they could cover the whole tank.
 
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