Green star polyps

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So my new green star polyps haven’t opens for a week if opened a little in the beginning but not since I use blue and white lights feed phytoplankton 4 times a week (spot feed) it has flow I just don’t know it’s a 2 year old tank no inverts a waving hand a pulsing Xeina, alien eye chalice, fire and ice zoa’s and anemone 2 clowns a damsel and a fire fish please let me know what’s wrong
 

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We need more information about your tank

Pictures would help out a lot to see what is going on.

Parameters and what you are using to test them.

Light and PAR

Flow

Location of the GSP?

Anything that could be bothering them?
 

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So my new green star polyps haven’t opens for a week if opened a little in the beginning but not since I use blue and white lights feed phytoplankton 4 times a week (spot feed) it has flow I just don’t know it’s a 2 year old tank no inverts a waving hand a pulsing Xeina, alien eye chalice, fire and ice zoa’s and anemone 2 clowns a damsel and a fire fish please let me know what’s wrong

You don't need to spot feed GSP. In fact mine will sometimes close up for a week or two when I first got it if I shot water directly at them. Just feed the tank normally.
 

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High Flow and high light low nutrients. 500 par hitting the back wall
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Medium light moderate flow very high nutrients.
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You said new so I would put it where its getting a good amount of flow and light and leave it be. Mine has stayed closed for weeks after moving.

This piece came from behind the rocks where it spent months in the dark. It was on the urchins back for 3 weeks before it opened up and i plucked it off and glued it down.
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Funny thing is for the first few years in the hobby I couldn't keep it alive but I have no idea why.
 

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