Star Pollyp Behaviour

[Oprah Wrangler]

Hey all,

 

I added a star pollyp frag to my 3 gallon pico tope and of course it initially was knocked down by snails. So I was going to purchase some glue and tack it to the L/R. Well, two weeks later and this thing has started to branch out like the blob and attach its self to the L/R. How cool is that? Is this normal behaviour for this and do other corals exhibit the same?

[lanman]

Hey all,

 

I added a star pollyp frag to my 3 gallon pico tope and of course it initially was knocked down by snails. So I was going to purchase some glue and tack it to the L/R. Well, two weeks later and this thing has started to branch out like the blob and attach its self to the L/R. How cool is that? Is this normal behaviour for this and do other corals exhibit the same?

 

Pretty normal for star polyps. I've found that the hermits and snails only eat the dead parts. And that some star polyps recover from transplantation a lot better and faster than others. They seem to just sit there for a week or so, and then all of a sudden they start spreading like crazy. And you can even get them to grow up the back of the tank, if you like. I had a 3"x3" piece of pink-center star polyp that I glued to a rock; and there's only about 1"x1" left - but now it's finally starting to attach and grow.

 

bob

[Steve G]

I have the opposite problem. I need to get star polyps from invading my whole tank. They don't come off the rock very easily.