Green star polyps? dying?

So Today while looking at my Green Star Polyps, Some around the bottom are turning white, Pretty sure a couple are dying. Not to sure. In the area where they are a little faded, theres a purple mushroom growing to the back of it, could that have anything to do with it? and i see like 6 little whiteish/clearish bugs sitting where some of the gsp are closed. No Idea what they are. I tried getting a picture But they were way too small. any ideas?

The red circle is where the little bugs are, the yellow circles are where some of the polyps are faded.

 

Im thinking they might be pods?? but not positive

 

GSP is pretty aggressive. It will overtake most corals in it's way. It is possible that the GSP and the mushroom are fighting for space.

The mat has a white edge as it grows.
Hard to tell without a better pic.

 

yea theres no way i can get a pic of the bugs they are that small. but like i said im pretty sure their pods.

 

I agree, looks like the shroom is pushing them back.

 

Sounds like the white "pods" are new polyps starting to form, jonjonwells is correct, the mat will have a white edge as the coral starts to take over your tank . Nothing to worry about really, GSP is one of the fastest growing weeds I have ever encountered in the hobby.

 

My GSP did the same for about two weeks with a shroom the gsp won lol back to normal now.....

 

I can tell which ones are the new polyps starting to form. But theres deff. some type of little white bugs crawling on them.

 

Do they look like zoo eating nudis or pods?

 

Pods for sure, Theres hundreds everywhere, in my fuge too. Dont know how ive never noticed them before lol, at night i look in there with a flash light, and theyre all over the glass, rocks, macroalgae.