Star Polyp
Star polyps larger plug regular price 12 00 brown star polyps standard plug uk grown regular price 7 95 star polyp mini colony.
Star polyp. They have several common names including starburst polyps daisy polyps and the more common green star polyps. Star polyps are a common beauty that is iconic in the hobby. The mouths tend to be in a different color.
Taking care of the gsp won t be a difficult task. The scientific name for green star polyps gsp is pachyclavularia violacea. Regular price 49 00 links.
Star polyp coral care. They can be placed anywhere from the middle to the top of the tank and need high water flow. Star polyps are a smaller coral having a height of about to 1 inch and a head size of about to inch.
Green star polyps pachyclavularia violacea is a soft coral often referred to as the best starter coral in the aquarium hobby. Medium light is fine for them they should be fine as long as you saw them open in the store tank. It is hard to find a seasoned aquarist that has not owned green star polyps or gsp for short at one point or another in their enjoyment of reef aquariums.
It s native to the indo pacific ocean where it inhabits rubble areas of reef and lagoons. The eye of the polyp is often white giving rise to the common name star polyp. When the polyps do emerge the density of polyps is such that the base is entirely hidden.
Green star polyps sport small star like green polyps and encrust the substrate live rock walls as their purple mat increases in size. Regular price 30 00 star polyp colony. Sea anemones and jellyfish also have a polyp stage and all produce a medusa stage.
Medusas are free swimming or floating versions of a coral s star polyp that break off from the main body at sea and can be tendril or disc shaped. A star polyp is a thumb shaped individual example of a star coral colony a species of stony corals which are round or boulder shaped. They are a hardy soft coral that grows quickly in encrusting mats.
Polyp coloration varies from species to species but includes varying degrees of green brown and silvery grey. The heads of these corals can completely retract into the base making it look like a think purple coating on your rocks. The tentacles are smooth thin and surround a center opening called a mouth.
Green star polyps have a purple or red mat and eight green yellow or light green tentacles that look very pretty especially under some blue lights. According to borneman in aquarium corals green star polyps were one time thought to be clavularia viridis but this is not correct. Star polyps can take up to a couple of weeks to come back out when they move to a new tank.
Green and pink are the more common color to find this coral in.
