Looks like coraline, but with polyps?

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  1. JimDaddy

    JimDaddy Plankton

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    Hi all,

    Started this system a month or so agao with some live rock. One rock has red, green ,and lavender coraline. The lavender colored "stuff" has a uniform covering of eight fingered tiny orange polyps with white centers. It doesn't look like any aiptasia pics I've seen. But I'm a noob so what do I know.[​IMG]

    They are really tiny and uniform in size. There are 3 tiny white brittle stars living amongst them. My peppermint shrimp ignores it. Still, I'm a little worried.
     
    JimDaddy, Dec 28, 2008
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  2. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    Star Polyps, nothing to worry about unless they get out of hand.
     
    {Nano}Reefer, Dec 28, 2008
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  3. reeferdude

    reeferdude Fire Shrimp

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    yep, thats star polyps. nice find for newbie just getting some live rock! :eek:
     
    reeferdude, Dec 28, 2008
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  4. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Looks like GSP. GSP=Green Star Polyps Luna
     
    lunatik_69, Dec 28, 2008
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  5. JimDaddy

    JimDaddy Plankton

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    There was a guy locally that was swapping out his Fiji rock for all Marshal Island rocks. I bought 40lbs of it. All of it was pretty clean. The little polyps "polyped" out today for the first time. That rock in the picture is only about 4" in diameter.
     
    JimDaddy, Dec 28, 2008
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  6. Froc3

    Froc3 Fire Goby

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    GL and nice find!
     
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  7. getinpora

    getinpora Coral Banded Shrimp

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    WOW!!! good find. it must be the season for good live rock with a bonus. thats several people now ive heard of buying bonus rock. how much did you pay per. pound?
     
    getinpora, Dec 30, 2008
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  8. JimDaddy

    JimDaddy Plankton

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    I paid 3.50 per pound. There is also one of these growning now..

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    JimDaddy, Dec 31, 2008
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