GSP Not Opening

Grimmj · Feb 22, 2022

I added a GSP frag a month ago it would open everyday and retract at night. Now it's been 2 days closed up right. Attached is a image of it open.

Alk 10.9
Cal 400
Mag 1200
Ph 7.8
Nitrate and phosphate are low can't tell on the color strip.
Temp 77

unchaotic · Feb 22, 2022

GSP is fickle, as long as everything else in the tank is fine I wouldn't get too worried. I've had it close up or look bad for weeks at a time and it just pops right back.

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GSP not opening

I have had a GSP ever since I got my tank and for a while, they were open a wavy, but no they have been close for 2 days. They open up every once and a while but not as big as they used to be. I have not changed the lighting or flow and almost all my other corals are doing good. Here is a picture.

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Simon Reefing · Feb 22, 2022

What’s your salinity?

Grimmj · Feb 22, 2022

1.026

olonmv · Feb 22, 2022

unchaotic said:
GSP is fickle, as long as everything else in the tank is fine I wouldn't get too worried. I've had it close up or look bad for weeks at a time and it just pops right back.

Here's a similar post:

GSP not opening

I have had a GSP ever since I got my tank and for a while, they were open a wavy, but no they have been close for 2 days. They open up every once and a while but not as big as they used to be. I have not changed the lighting or flow and almost all my other corals are doing good. Here is a picture.

www.reef2reef.com

+1. And unless you want that rock taken over, I’d move the GSP frag.

thatmanMIKEson · Feb 22, 2022

Did you up your light intensity since you place it in your tank
, I've burned them before

Grimmj · Feb 22, 2022

I actually turned down the whites slightly.
Mushrooms are crazy happy

Grimmj · Feb 23, 2022

Is it possible my mushrooms got hostile with my GSP I have since moved the gap frag further away but still hasn't opened.

Grimmj · Feb 28, 2022

Update: Opened back up over the weekend. I moved it down in the tank and the next day it opened back up. Not sure if it was lighting or flow but has been open ever since.