green star polyps

[Kengaroo131]

holy cow i have 5 new polyps on the frag i got haha the flow trick does work then! and it was all within like 2-3 days. haha thanks for the help guys.

[thin crust]

sweet man!

[saltyshoe_nano]

lol just wait lots more will come...I had mine a 1"x1" frag with 20 polyps on it now its 2"x2" and has 50+ polyps and its only been in there for a little over a week!

[Kengaroo131]

thats nuts! mine is also a 1x1 frag its now a 1x2 haha in like 4 days thats unheard of i never would of thought somthing could grow that quick.

[saltyshoe_nano]

yeah lol I like it many people dont like it because it "takes over the tank" but I think as long as you keep an eye on it it shouldnt....well at least I hope it doesnt

[Kengaroo131]

well you can always trim it right? or will thatrelease toxins?

[DOTZ]

I have pink star polyps, basicly the same thing just dif color. Anyway mine grew like a weed when I had pc's I had to frag it constanly, but since I added the halides it has slowed down to almost a halt. I frag mine in the tank and never had a problem, and when I had the pc's I was fragging it every week almost.

[rbrusletto]

here shortly, once I have enough gsp from the same strain, I'm going to have a race

three similar size rocks, three similar frags of gsp, three seperate tanks, different flow, lighting etc.

440W VHO on a 75G, great flow
96W PC on a 30, great flow
BioCube 14 with stock lighting, MJ900

Any bets?

[Kengaroo131]

rbrusletto- thats a good expirement let us know how that goes.

[saltyshoe_nano]

yeah, that sounds like a good experiment! lol got any kids? I hear science fair 1st place lol didto on the telling us how it goes!!

[InLimbo87]

My GSP's have thrived in both PC and MH lighting, but the growth really took off with the HQI's. I'll see if I can get some growth pics...

[mdisalvo55]

I too had them going nuts with PC's but when I upgraded to a halide they seemed to die down...except mine were Green not pink.

[Kengaroo131]

im running pcs also and yea they grew a noticable amount in the last 5 days ha

[saltyshoe_nano]

hmmm...lol I got Odysea 1X 250W DE HQI MH and 2 X 24W PC actinics over mine and they seem to grow rather well lol IDK

[InLimbo87]

When I made the switch from PC's to HQI's, they seemed a bit shocked at first. The actually stayed closed for a couple days, but once they opened off they just took off. Almost wish they'd slow down :P

[Kengaroo131]

Originally posted by saltyshoe_nano
hmmm...lol I got Odysea 1X 250W DE HQI MH and 2 X 24W PC actinics over mine and they seem to grow rather well lol IDK

are the odysea lights anygood? i hear bad things about them but im wondering if there any good for personal experience?

[saltyshoe_nano]

Ive heard mixed reviews on it, but I bought mine used and the reefer I bought it from he loved it.

but from the 1-2 weeks Ive had mine I cant complain, emits alot of heat, but with the built in fans it keeps it cool, but the fans in most lighting systems are loud, mine are no exception, but are alot quieter sence I did a sylicon mod

[Fish.Nemo]

nice!

[Kengaroo131]

sweet i might invest in one me and my brother are starting a 20 gallon long mixed reef so we will give it a try.

[saltyshoe_nano]

its up to you

oh and ken, can you send me a few pics of your 2.5....please, my brother wants one for his desk TIA

[Kengaroo131]

sure its still cycleing but the rockwork is all done whats your email?

[saltyshoe_nano]

YGPM

[Kengaroo131]

ok i set out some pics and the lack of equpiment setup hahaha there not much to that tank.

back to the main thread i figured i'd show you a before and after picture you cant tell to much in the pic but if you see it in person they grew alot.

before


and 4 days later


again you cant tell to much but you can deffinatly see all the white polyp heads in person

[saltyshoe_nano]

lookin good lol if I had a camera that didnt suck so bad Id post mine lol

[Kengaroo131]

aaah who cares what the pics look like, lets see em!