Rookie mistake

sharuq1 · #1 04-15-2009, 05:23 PM

Skeleton? GSP is a soft coral. If it has a true hard skeleton you may have pipe organ. If you kill it with JJ it will likely melt away. I also had accidental success killing it with a 10 minute FW "dip"

, the polyps pretty much exploded, the purple part eventually turned black and melted away. Who says mistakes aren't useful, eh?

Personally I think you should peel it off and give it away then kill then remnants if you don't want it. Up to you, I just hate to kill things unless is aptasia or something.....

Haloreef · #2 04-15-2009, 06:53 PM

Could you remove the rock from your display and with a hammer and chissel, remove the affected area? You could then trade it to some one who would like it. (Not me, I hate the stuff.)
Pealing it off is labour intensive and not very effective. Any small pieces left stand a very good chance of returning. Pieces that may get away from you may start other colonies.
Like I said I hate the stuff. Yes it's "pretty" but it ain't SPS!
Good luck.

JDigital · #3 04-15-2009, 06:58 PM

My Powder Brown Tang nips at mine all the time... Hopefully he keeps the coral stressed enough to slow its spread... I have it isolated on its own rock, so if I does become a problem I can just yank the rock and be done with it. I definitely won't have GSP in my big tank when the day comes to add corals to it.

my2rotties · #4 04-15-2009, 07:18 PM

Aside of some people thinking they are ugly and they over take rocks, do they sting other corals? Do they cause any long term issues? I actually like them and have a colony of pink ones and some green... so long as they don't harm anything I would like to keep them.

mark · #5 04-16-2009, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

Aside of some people thinking they are ugly and they over take rocks, do they sting other corals? Do they cause any long term issues? I actually like them and have a colony of pink ones and some green... so long as they don't harm anything I would like to keep them.

I had some GSP that was against SPS with no problems other than slowly growing over, got another bunch that kills everything it touches.

Wish I never added the stuff to the tank.

my2rotties · #6 04-16-2009, 04:04 AM

What colour is the nasty stuff? Can you tell it apart form the normal looking stuff?

And I thought it was "pretty"...

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Originally Posted by mark

I had some GSP that was against SPS with no problems other than slowly growing over, got another bunch that kills everything it touches.

Wish I never added the stuff to the tank.

mark · #7 04-16-2009, 04:52 AM

The really nice looking metallic green is aggressive, the pale stuff no problems (at least with me).

Oxymoron · #8 04-16-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

Aside of some people thinking they are ugly and they over take rocks, do they sting other corals? Do they cause any long term issues? I actually like them and have a colony of pink ones and some green... so long as they don't harm anything I would like to keep them.

It appears that gsp doesn't have any kind of stinging ability. The main problem with it is it's ability to grow like a weed and spread like crazy.

The article above talks about the posibility of gsp attaching itself to the rear glass of the aquarium. If it could be kept under control it would be quite the background.

msobon · #9 04-16-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Oxymoron

It appears that gsp doesn't have any kind of stinging ability. The main problem with it is it's ability to grow like a weed and spread like crazy.

The article above talks about the posibility of gsp attaching itself to the rear glass of the aquarium. If it could be kept under control it would be quite the background.

Even with it being isolated, Sandbed/Glass GSP has a tendency to pro-create meaning it will grow little pieces(layers gsp growin on GSP) that fall off and get carried with the water current, without constant monitoring etc you're bound to have an GSP infestation.

Oxymoron · #10 04-17-2009, 06:18 AM

^ This worries me a bit.

Since adding the Joe's Juice to a small area, the GSP hasn't extended any polyps.
The purple skin doesn't seem to of been affected or harmed at all. I added a second layer of JJ and am hoping to see some kind of progress in the next couple of days. I will update with any progress.