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LUKES30
05/23/2001, 10:17 PM
I have just recently cut off a little section of some star-Polyps I have (Bigger than a Quarter size) , how does it grow and at what rate? Just wondering since I have never had any before.

Luke
O'Man
05/23/2001, 11:03 PM
Fast and faster with a little iodide. If you have SPS, keep it away from them. Rule #1 in reef keeping, cheaper corals, when left unchecked, always takeover expensive corals.

That's why aptasia is free.:)
Tommy
05/23/2001, 11:37 PM
Luke
I started with a patch the size of a nickel and now its about 4 by 7 inches and spreading too fast.
Tommy
LUKES30
05/23/2001, 11:39 PM
Originally posted by Tommy
Luke
I started with a patch the size of a nickel and now its about 4 by 7 inches and spreading too fast.
Tommy

WoW! , thats some growth, How long did it take to grow that much??

Luke
LUKES30
05/23/2001, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by O'Man
Fast and faster with a little iodide. If you have SPS, keep it away from them. Rule #1 in reef keeping, cheaper corals, when left unchecked, always takeover expensive corals.

That's why aptasia is free.:)

I add some Kents "essential elements" in about every week and a half. I has Iodine in it..

No SPS yet, maybe soon....

Thanks..

Luke
Tommy
05/23/2001, 11:59 PM
Luke
I think that was about 15 months ago.It took a little time after i got it before it started growing fast.I got it from a guy that was doing a tear down,so the first 3 weeks are so it was just getting used to the different tank.I really like these star polyps cause their a different color than my other green stars,more of a neon lime green.HTH
Tommy
Tommy
05/24/2001, 12:04 AM
Forgot to mention thats the size after i have taken 4 bigger than a quarter size cuttings off of it for friends.
Tommy
Stars360
05/24/2001, 12:10 AM
i started out w/ a small colony three or four months ago. and now i have a BIG colony. they grow very rapidly. and i have not yet found out what i can put near it (coral wise) to keep its growth under control. any sugestions?

brian
Tommy
05/24/2001, 12:23 AM
brian
I have one colony that seams to have been kept in check by[Parazoanthus gracilis] yellow polyps.HTH
Tommy
Stars360
05/24/2001, 01:49 AM
Do you think a torch coral near by will keep it in check...

brian
bajathree
05/24/2001, 06:36 AM
This stuff grows like grass. I can not give it away fast enough. I have found however that the growth rate in my 25 under PC's is much faster. I have a colony that I put in my 130 under a mix of 250-400w Iwasaki, the spread rate under the MH has been MUCH slower. Seems like they prefer lower light.
Flatlander
05/24/2001, 08:34 AM
Check out the huge colony,s on my page. Those also started out as a very small piece. I have sold/traded enough from that colony to cover a room floor,:D
dragon0121
05/24/2001, 04:53 PM
I set my GSP's on the sand under the 400W MH and they grow like weeds! :D I can lean the rock up against a fist sized piece of LR and have that LR covered in 2 months, about a 5" x 5" rock. That's 25 sq inches in 2 months. I only set the GSP covered rocks on the sand, touching no rocks but the rocks I want it propagated onto!