Green Star Polyp Question

[ifwisheswerefishes]

I have never had GSP. My spouse loves them and I am hesitant to purchase. Can someone tell me how invasive it can be with very large leather corals, small colonies of Zoanthids and a few torch and hammer corals?
125 gallon aquarium. 100 lbs of live rock.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I’ve never known mine to break off / float away from the isolated rock they are on.

 

[splitting_lanes]

Keep it on it's own rock and it behaves well. I trim mine every few months.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have it in several places and it stays in those places. If you have nearby rock, it may branch onto it, so try to keep isolated from neighbor rocks

 

[Katrina71]

Agree with all of the above.

 

[FlexingFishSticks]

Haven’t had mine very long but it’s been on the sand bed for 3 months haven’t seen it pop up anywhere else yet.

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

I think it depends on the lineage you get. Some are fast growing while others slow. I had a small frag of it on a ceramic tile and it took off on the back wall in less than 6 months and now I've trimmed and placed pieces of it all over the tank and they've grown the same rate. Yet I have two other pieces from two different frags that grow twice as slow in similar light and flow conditions. Go figure!

 

[Fishurama]

Throw it on the back of your wall and as it starts to grow on rocks, you can literally peel it back, frag it, then sell it/give it away.

(look at the top left corner, it looks amazing like this IMO and adds a lot of movement)

 

[LIreefguy]

Yes I think gsp doesn’t get enough love. As others say keep it isolated and it get make one beautiful display piece

 

[Pistondog]

Had some get invasive, was easy to scrub/scrape off the rock.
Have some growing on a shell and up a side wall.

 

[ifwisheswerefishes]

I think it depends on the lineage you get. Some are fast growing while others slow. I had a small frag of it on a ceramic tile and it took off on the back wall in less than 6 months and now I've trimmed and placed pieces of it all over the tank and they've grown the same rate. Yet I have two other pieces from two different frags that grow twice as slow in similar light and flow conditions. Go figure!

 

[ifwisheswerefishes]

Beautiful reef! Thanks for the visual!