I have several GSP frags/small colonies ranging from 1" to 3", here is info from the internet:
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. 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.
Green Star polyps are photosynthetic and require no feeding.
This is a great beginner coral for all of thoes newbies out there, if you want to see the colony I chopped up and I'm giving away, take a look at the Her 20 thread in the Nanos forum.
And rules are:
1. You must offer a frag of something to NJ Reefers Club members. DBTC before you pick it up.
2. You must pick it up from me, I am in Brielle, or arrange for someone else to pick it up from me with my prior consent.
3. I have final say on who gets the coral, some things I will may consider in making my decision include your experience and ability to keep the coral alive, and the length of time and the level of your involvement with NJRC.
4. I can change the rules of this offering.
5. And finally you must offer all future frags of this coral as NJ Reefers DBTC for the first year after you begin fragging the coral.
I'll see if I can get Mike to take some pics of the fraged colony tonight.
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. 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.
Green Star polyps are photosynthetic and require no feeding.
This is a great beginner coral for all of thoes newbies out there, if you want to see the colony I chopped up and I'm giving away, take a look at the Her 20 thread in the Nanos forum.
And rules are:
1. You must offer a frag of something to NJ Reefers Club members. DBTC before you pick it up.
2. You must pick it up from me, I am in Brielle, or arrange for someone else to pick it up from me with my prior consent.
3. I have final say on who gets the coral, some things I will may consider in making my decision include your experience and ability to keep the coral alive, and the length of time and the level of your involvement with NJRC.
4. I can change the rules of this offering.
5. And finally you must offer all future frags of this coral as NJ Reefers DBTC for the first year after you begin fragging the coral.
I'll see if I can get Mike to take some pics of the fraged colony tonight.
