what caused my GSPs to close up?

[ervine]

Hi guys,

Something's wrong with my GSPs, had them for a few months now but in the past 3-4 days they've completely closed up and refuse to open...

What could be the reason?

Thanks!

Ervine

[remus]

did u change the location,and the flow to it.cos i used to have one open nice nice until my mum change location then close up totally.But when i place back the location it open well again.How about the water para maybe sudden cahnge in water para.

[hammy]

i do realise my starpolyps have that habit too. but seachem reef plus seem to help

[ervine]

din change position leh... but I'll try to move it somewhere else to see if it helps..

[ervine]

i do realise my starpolyps have that habit too. but seachem reef plus seem to help

but did they open up again eventually? and why would seachem reef plus help?

[nakazoru]

Some time dinoflagellate or cyanobacteria growning or algae or even dirt on them. Thus not opening. I sometimes blast waste them with for good 10sec until I see purple base again... After 2 days, they are good as new.

Hope it helps.

[jervismun]

Agree with bro Nakazoru... clean it up a bit... so it's somewhat a sign of bad placement... mine also the same... in the same position for months, then decide to close up (or partial close up)... then moved to a high flow area and been happily ever since

[zorden]

for me mine also not opening..change from MH to t5......

[Sotong]

Hi

Agreed too to the need of directing the "blower" at them once in a while to "clean" them.

I've notice that never never drop them or allow other hard object to drop on them... the GSP will not open...

[ervine]

Hi

Agreed too to the need of directing the "blower" at them once in a while to "clean" them.

I've notice that never never drop them or allow other hard object to drop on them... the GSP will not open...

okie, I already moved it to another position, will try to blast it with my seio later, what's this about dropping a hard object onto it, you mean even after you remove the hard object it still won't open?

[remus]

i think he mean that a rock or object drop onto it may cause it to stress or injured it.i think most coral wahen a hard oject drop onto it will case damage to it one.

[jervismun]

i think he mean that a rock or object drop onto it may cause it to stress or injured it.i think most coral wahen a hard oject drop onto it will case damage to it one.

Haha... try dropping a piece of LR on Prata...

[Sotong]

i think he mean that a rock or object drop onto it may cause it to stress or injured it.i think most coral wahen a hard oject drop onto it will case damage to it one.

Yeap.. thatz what I meant. Other Corals might recover after that but, personal experience, GSP almost never....

Nonetheless GSP = Beautiful....

[ervine]

Yeap.. thatz what I meant. Other Corals might recover after that but, personal experience, GSP almost never....

Nonetheless GSP = Beautiful....

shouldn't be leh they were right at the top...

u guys think maybe a crab or what is bothering it?

[beaver]

Mine GSP is always opened very lushly but 2 days ago also notice that part of it are retracted I suspected that happened after i re-directed the flow away from it. Time for relocation

[ervine]

YAY they starting to open up... still 80% closed but better than nothing!..

I moved it to a new location, blasted it with the seio for a while to wash off whatever might have been covering it... couple of hours later it started to open up... yay!!

[remus]

Good for u mi sian liao mum started to relocated it AGAIN.say the spot not nice.got to reloctae it again.Sian....

[ervine]

great news... GSPs back to full bloom again... *sigh of relief*

[Sotong]

***Applause ***

Congratulations!!!!!