Scientific Name: Clavularia viridis
Classification: Soft Coral
Common Names: Green Star Polyps
Description:
Green Star polyps are small bright green polyps connected together by a rubbery purple colored mat. Open during the day, retracted at night or when disturbed.
Care:
Hardiness: Green Star polyps are extremely hardy and can survive most reef tank conditions.
Lighting: Will tolerate fairly low light levels, but tend to develop brighter colors under higher intensity lighting. A picture above shows a colony that is lighter in color due to being raise in lower lighting conditions.
Water Current: Green Star polyps prefer moderate water motion.
Temperature: Does well within a range of at least 74º to 84º F.
Aggressiveness: High. Although the coral does not have a stinging capability, it's encrusting growth pattern can lead to rapid encroachment on its neighbors. Mat can be pruned with scissors if it starts to get out of hand. This is one of those corals that some hobbyist regret ever putting in their tank.
Feeding: Green Star polyps are photosynthetic and require no feeding. It is unknown if they will accept any prepared foods.
Supplements: No special requirement are noted. Normal acceptable water parameters seem to suit it just fine.
Tank Positioning: No special requirements other than keeping them out of forceful water flow. They will sometimes grow up the back glass forming a very attractive green backdrop.
Propagation:: Green Star polyps are easily propagated by cutting a section of the purple mat from the main colony using scissors or similar. This mat can be attached to a suitable substrate such as a piece of live rock usually with a rubber band. It will quickly attach to the rock and the rubber band can be removed
good posting! our newest information guru u are west!
keep it up!
I just think it would be cool for us to have a thread to search for info on corals and stuff. also people can add there experiences to it as well and when other people are wanting to purchase or research something they can come here and browse..
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when u propigate, cull back, or do somthing funky with them be sure to post your finding in here as well
I plan on Progigateing my peace today sometime so ill post the info on it.. i have a few others to frag as well so im not sure if im up to it today lol
this is not new information, ive asked for the same since before u arrived here. how can i put this without sounding rude......robs got a gentlemens agreement with reefpedia for shared info, and believes the infastructure in best suited to grabbing info from there considering the infustructure is already in place!. plus it costs money to keep expanding with every idea. the simplist idea is stickies with headings. i hear ya anyways
Hey, thanks for all the info west. I dig your idea for posting all that too.
I just got some GSPs! Quick question about them: i think i read somewhere that after acclimation they can sulk for a while and not extend. Can anyone confirm this?
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Pretty much anything freshly acclimated could take some time. But yes when i pull these out for fragging ( well when i had them ) they stayed closed for a few days. They are very sensitive to change or movement. Once they are settled in though they will open up nicely. If you are wondering i don't have them anymore because i was offered the right amount for the remaining peace that i was going to grow out.
I passive frag my GSP all the time and when I move them to a new tank or even a different tanks in the same water system they sulk for about 48 to 72hrs. it’s when they hit 5-7 day I get worried.
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Ah okay, thanks guys. I thought that was probably the case, but i just wanted to make sure. These things are my first corals! Well, first intentionally-introduced corals anyhow.
If you don't mind me asking, how much would you get for a frag, and about how big were the frags? Fragging and selling is ultimately what i am thinking of doing. I hear they multiply like coral-rabbits.
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
It really depends around here. a business card peace would be between $10-15 and a big peace covering a rock pretty good would be around $20-25. i have sold peaces for $30-$35 but they were pretty good size.
Is the six day sulk normal? If so, when should i start to worry?
__________________ Samuel
"If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.... There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded men be plunged in his deepest reveries--stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region."
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