Crab hitchhiker in starpolyps!

[Ingwe]

Just my first coral, star polyps, this afternoon.

Acclimed and placed it in a quarantine tank after i got home. When i turned on the lights i saw some claws hastily retracting into a crevice.. is a freshwater dip advisable?

some parts of the piece has strands of brown stuff growing on it. It resembles brown human hair, should i remove those as well?

some pics of the brown algae (i think) below for ref.

[CFOh]

Just my first coral, star polyps, this afternoon.

Acclimed and placed it in a quarantine tank after i got home. When i turned on the lights i saw some claws hastily retracting into a crevice.. is a freshwater dip advisable?

some parts of the piece has strands of brown stuff growing on it. It resembles brown human hair, should i remove those as well?

some pics of the brown algae (i think) below for ref.

Try to locate him in good flow and brighter area.. Some times they take days to open... but once acclimatize he grow like nobody business....

Cheers...

http://www.brettsreef.com/index.php/how-to-take-care-of-star-polyps/

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+1926&aid=2375

[CFOh]

Just my first coral, star polyps, this afternoon.

Acclimed and placed it in a quarantine tank after i got home. When i turned on the lights i saw some claws hastily retracting into a crevice.. is a freshwater dip advisable?

some parts of the piece has strands of brown stuff growing on it. It resembles brown human hair, should i remove those as well?

some pics of the brown algae (i think) below for ref.

yes, you can FW dip star polyps.. no problem.. just a short while should be ok.. Crab will bring more problem in long term... we should remove it...

You can remove the algae too.. or lets your tank algae eater consume it...

cheers...

[Ingwe]

yes, you can FW dip star polyps.. no problem.. just a short while should be ok.. Crab will bring more problem in long term... we should remove it...

You can remove the algae too.. or lets your tank algae eater consume it...

cheers...

thanks! how long is it safe to dip the star polyps?

I just removed a nudi and some of their eggs. (recognized them from an old thread about zoas here)

really great forum.

[CFOh]

thanks! how long is it safe to dip the star polyps?

I just removed a nudi and some of their eggs. (recognized them from an old thread about zoas here)

really great forum.

Better uses with DI Water not more than 5 min... I normally Dip and shake for 3min...you can try Coral-RX too...

Pls find some fun video below for Coral-RX..

you can get them from ReefDepot or Iwarna.... Cheers...

[DUCADOS]

What if the crab is not remove coz I never remove mine.

What will happen in long run?

N how to remove? Troublesome... *Sigh*

[RockyBoy]

Nuke using coral FX, or other brand also can.

The crab sure lorry up...

[raydiative]

bro, just do note that after FW dip the star polyps will not open for awhile due to stress.. most of them may take up to 1 week to open up again... just thot i let you know first before you get an unecessary shock.. =]

[Ingwe]

Did a dip and got the bugger out, it looks cleaner too.

it seems like it, before that a few polyps were opening but they're all closed now. I've put it under some flow and lights, hope it'd open soon.

Thanks for the heads up!

[Ingwe]

Better uses with DI Water not more than 5 min... I normally Dip and shake for 3min...you can try Coral-RX too...

Pls find some fun video below for Coral-RX..

you can get them from ReefDepot or Iwarna.... Cheers...

lol. coralrx seems to be a powerful nuke.

[raydiative]

Did a dip and got the bugger out, it looks cleaner too.

it seems like it, before that a few polyps were opening but they're all closed now. I've put it under some flow and lights, hope it'd open soon.

Thanks for the heads up!

no worries man... most of the reefers here would dip soft corals into RX or FW... you wun want any of those pest to kill your corals!!

lol. coralrx seems to be a powerful nuke.

coral rx is damn good.. there are a few reefers whom swear by it!

[Ingwe]

no worries man... most of the reefers here would dip soft corals into RX or FW... you wun want any of those pest to kill your corals!!

coral rx is damn good.. there are a few reefers whom swear by it!

will the corals be stressed if coralrx is used? (like a fw dip)

[raydiative]

will the corals be stressed if coralrx is used? (like a fw dip)

yup! most definately!