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06-15-2007, 02:35 PM
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GSP opinions/help?
I noticed that the tips of my GSP were looking blackened so I looked for a cause. I found these little snails on my GSP. On further observation I noted they are ALWAYS on the GSP and nowhere else. Looked to me like they were snacking on it. I had read you could do a 10 min. FW dip on coral for these kinds of problems and I did but now the GSP looks terrible. The polyps will not even come out at all, and the purple looks less purple. Did I kill it??
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06-15-2007, 02:38 PM
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I doubt you killed it. Just give it time.
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06-15-2007, 03:28 PM
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GSP can hide for a long time before comming back out again, so give it time and they should make an apperance eventually. Our GSP once hid for 3 weeks before making a comeback, this was due to not using RO water, apperently somthing in the tap water was added that prime did not get rid of.
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06-18-2007, 02:13 AM
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Well to update, the polyps look like they exploded
 I can see the tubes and on the top it...well it just looks like they went poof... *sigh* It seems 10 mins is too long for a fw dip.... I am leaving the rock in there on the off chance something makes it, but at this point it does not look likely 
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06-18-2007, 06:14 AM
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Sorry to hear about your GSP. Yes, 10 mins is too long to leave it in fresh water - should be no more than 3 mins. I made the mistake of leaving mine in fresh water for about 5 mins and that was too long as well. The tips of the polyps became extremely bright green, as if the actual polyp liquified inside the tubes. Needless to say, the GSP rock didn't survive and I learned the hard way. Would it have recovered? - possibly, but after a week if just started to flake away and I didn't want to risk having extra nitrates in the tank because of dead coral.
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06-18-2007, 06:57 AM
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06-18-2007, 07:09 PM
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1. Yes I am a noob. I spend hours and hours researching and looking on forums to try to increase my knowledge, but as we have seen in this example not all advice is good advice.
2. Found this particular advice on a forum (don't remember which forum at the moment) 3. I honestly thought I was doing the right thing.... *sigh* live and learn...4. For future reference how long is a FW dip for a coral for pests etc. supposed to be??? 5. Should I leave the rock covered in (probably) dead GSP on the off chance it recovers or no? Or should I just rip off all the GSP on it?
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06-18-2007, 07:52 PM
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FW coral dips range in time depending on the species and their condition, I usually watch them closely durring the dip, watching for signs of stress. And it hard to say about keeping your GSP without seeing it in person. Sorry about being so vague, its an aquired skill....
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06-19-2007, 09:06 PM
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I've got too much GSP. I need some of those snails
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