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what caused my GSPs to close up?


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did u change the location,and the flow to it.cos i used to have one open nice nice until my mum change location then close up totally.But when i place back the location it open well again.How about the water para maybe sudden cahnge in water para.

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i do realise my starpolyps have that habit too. but seachem reef plus seem to help

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Some time dinoflagellate or cyanobacteria growning or algae or even dirt on them. Thus not opening. I sometimes blast waste them with for good 10sec until I see purple base again... After 2 days, they are good as new.

Hope it helps.

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Agree with bro Nakazoru... clean it up a bit... so it's somewhat a sign of bad placement... mine also the same... in the same position for months, then decide to close up (or partial close up)... then moved to a high flow area and been happily ever since :lol:

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Hi

Agreed too to the need of directing the "blower" at them once in a while to "clean" them.

I've notice that never never drop them or allow other hard object to drop on them... the GSP will not open... :D

okie, I already moved it to another position, will try to blast it with my seio later, what's this about dropping a hard object onto it, you mean even after you remove the hard object it still won't open?

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i think he mean that a rock or object drop onto it may cause it to stress or injured it.i think most coral wahen a hard oject drop onto it will case damage to it one.

Haha... try dropping a piece of LR on Prata... :shock::shock::shock::cry2::cry2::cry2:

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i think he mean that a rock or object drop onto it may cause it to stress or injured it.i think most coral wahen a hard oject drop onto it will case damage to it one.

Yeap.. thatz what I meant. Other Corals might recover after that but, personal experience, GSP almost never.... :(

Nonetheless GSP = Beautiful.... :D

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Yeap.. thatz what I meant. Other Corals might recover after that but, personal experience, GSP almost never.... :(

Nonetheless GSP = Beautiful.... :D

shouldn't be leh they were right at the top...

u guys think maybe a crab or what is bothering it?

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YAY they starting to open up... still 80% closed but better than nothing!..

I moved it to a new location, blasted it with the seio for a while to wash off whatever might have been covering it... couple of hours later it started to open up... yay!! :lol:

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