Green star polyp

[Snail Man]

Hello, I have had this coral for about 7 months and it grows so fast, however oddly enough algae seems to have been growing on it and taking it over. Does anyone have any thoughts, also circled in red is dying polyps which I assume are being over taken

 

[Dan_P]

Hello, I have had this coral for about 7 months and it grows so fast, however oddly enough algae seems to have been growing on it and taking it over. Does anyone have any thoughts, also circled in red is dying polyps which I assume are being over taken

Second picture makes it look like your system is overrun with algae. Could the algae be depleting trace elements needed by the coral?

 

[Snail Man]

Second picture makes it look like your system is overrun with algae. Could the algae be depleting trace elements needed by the coral?

The system does have a ton of algae, but that is probably due to the enormous carpet anenome which gets fed weekly, although I do dose Cheato gro and aqua vitro fuel

 

[OctaviusBrine]

What are your parameters? gsp will grow like crazy but will be finicky if algae is on it. For now I’d brush it off lightly with a soft tooth brush. While working on getting your parameters in check. Hard to say till we can figure out your algae problem.

 

[OctaviusBrine]

Also how is the flow on it they like high flow in my experience.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I have had this coral for about 7 months and it grows so fast, however oddly enough algae seems to have been growing on it and taking it over. Does anyone have any thoughts, also circled in red is dying polyps which I assume are being over taken

Those circled are clove polyps

 

[Snail Man]

What are your parameters? gsp will grow like crazy but will be finicky if algae is on it. For now I’d brush it off lightly with a soft tooth brush. While working on getting your parameters in check. Hard to say till we can figure out your algae problem.

My nitrates are at nearly 55, everything else is pretty good, when I brush the rocks the coralline algae seems take its place

 

[Snail Man]

Also how is the flow on it they like high flow in my experience.

The flow is pretty high for the tank so I don’t think that is an issue, also it seems to grow very rapidly, the only issue is the algae taking it over from the bottom up

 

[Snail Man]

Those circled are clove polyps

What is that

 

[vetteguy53081]

What is that

and can actually be pipe organ also

 

[OctaviusBrine]

My nitrates are at nearly 55, everything else is pretty good, when I brush the rocks the coralline algae seems take its place

That is pretty high but to be expected if you’re feeding that heavily. I personally would try and to lower it.
That’s a good thing if the coralline takes over. I have had algea take over from the bottom on mine as well. But I figured out even though the rest of the tank had high flow the lower sections don’t as much because I keep sand and it’s tricky finding that balance.

 

[Snail Man]

That is pretty high but to be expected if you’re feeding that heavily. I personally would try and to lower it.
That’s a good thing if the coralline takes over. I have had algea take over from the bottom on mine as well. But I figured out even though the rest of the tank had high flow the lower sections don’t as much because I keep sand and it’s tricky finding that balance.

That makes sense actually, the layout of the tank goes as follows (from the top view), I have a rectangle with rock in the middle, the pump is on the bottom right and the anenome is in the back section which in a way puts a cork on the circular flow. Maybe I will move the pump and it will provide more flow for the gsp and help to move the nem from the back of the tank

 

[OctaviusBrine]

You would be suprised how just a little more flow can help make a difference. I have a challenging aquascape for flow knowing what I know now I would have done things a lot more differently.

 

[Snail Man]

You would be suprised how just a little more flow can help make a difference. I have a challenging aquascape for flow knowing what I know now I would have done things a lot more differently.

Is there a chance this ticks off my other coral?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Those circled are clove polyps

baby GSP, not cloves. only thing to do is to reach into the tank at night when the GSP closes up and remove it manually, I would also remove as much as you can from those rocks while your in the tank already.

 

[Snail Man]

baby GSP, not cloves. only thing to do is to reach into the tank at night when the GSP closes up and remove it manually, I would also remove as much as you can from those rocks while your in the tank already.

I think your right