anyone heard of blue star polyps?

Wolfgang8810 · 03-28-2008, 01:41 AM

my local fish store had a huge colony of them $80 for the rock. they look like normal GSP but they are blue and really tiny. anyways they were in theit coral tank for a while and they started to spread to the substrate. i asked if the would give me a scoop of them for 5 bucks and they said ok! i got home and sifted through the container of gravel and found a few good polyps (these things are tiny!) and glued the substrate they were attached to to a shell for now. they have already multiplied in the 3 days ive had them. im counting 5 more now.

ok picture time. the first picture is a picture of the BSP in question and the second is a picture of something that followed me home on the same day unfortunately since then ive been missing 30 dollars think it was worth it?

Anselth · 03-28-2008, 02:06 AM

It looks to me like you have a species of clove polyp, Clavularia sp.

Wolfgang8810 · 03-28-2008, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Anselth

It looks to me like you have a species of clove polyp, Clavularia sp.

call me crazy but arent GSP clove polyps?

bigbratt · 03-28-2008, 02:47 AM

they are blue clove polyps...I have some, I was told that they were slow growing but I am finding that's not true...I started with one small area on a small rock and now it's overtaken the whole rock and has also spread to a much bigger rock, I have them high in my tank with 2-250mh and they seem to love it there. They look cool once they start to fill in.

Varga · 03-28-2008, 02:48 AM

is that a frogspawn?

Wolfgang8810 · 03-28-2008, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbratt

they are blue clove polyps...I have some, I was told that they were slow growing but I am finding that's not true...I started with one small area on a small rock and now it's overtaken the whole rock and has also spread to a much bigger rock, I have them high in my tank with 2-250mh and they seem to love it there. They look cool once they start to fill in.

YUP! thats them. I will make sure they they are isolated since i only have a 24 gallon tank i cant afford to waste space. i have a 150 watt MH over them and they seem to like it. what about the zoos? think they were worth 30 bucks?

tbittner · 03-28-2008, 07:55 AM

The zoas are awesome and I'd pay 30 for them. Very nice!

Anselth · 03-28-2008, 08:21 AM

I'd also pay 30 for that colony.

naperenterprise · 03-28-2008, 08:46 AM

Very nice zoo's! You got a great deal!

Frankie · 03-28-2008, 09:12 AM

Very nice! Well worth the money.

tippMANn98 · 03-28-2008, 09:42 AM

They are the blue snowflake polyps....Me and Beezlebob were about the first on here...I had picked up a nice sized colony for $26. In the following weeks(5-6) they were consumed by a evil encrusting sponge/tunicate. And they were banished from my tank. FAST FORWARD to a few months later, I HAVE not one but TWO small snowflake colonies growing in seperate parts of my tank. I now have 2 small colonies one with 30+ polyps, the other really small at 15+ polyps

**Anybody remember my thread? we couldnt figure out what they were...until somebody said those...and we got it?**

Tru2nr · 03-28-2008, 01:37 PM

def. worth the money on the zoa's i love that color morph

BEELZEBOB · 03-28-2008, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Anselth

I'd also pay 30 for that colony.

youll need luck finding another one for that much.

1 sq inch can fetch anywhere between 45-65 bucks on line.

unless you get lucky like the tippman did and go to an LFS that dont know the demand and rarity of this species.

i have a big colony that i got for $80.

day after i posted pics, some dude on RC offered me 2 bills for the colony

yea, they're mine mofo

Doot77 · 03-28-2008, 02:01 PM

Sounds like a score on the zoas, they defintely look worth every penny to me.

Coralreef · 04-12-2008, 11:46 PM

They are eagle eyes and that colony is worth about $50 to $65 but can be had for less. I can buy them for a buck a polyp so you didn't overpay.

03-28-2008, 01:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wolfgang8810 Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 416 View Gallery Karma Komment	anyone heard of blue star polyps? my local fish store had a huge colony of them $80 for the rock. they look like normal GSP but they are blue and really tiny. anyways they were in theit coral tank for a while and they started to spread to the substrate. i asked if the would give me a scoop of them for 5 bucks and they said ok! i got home and sifted through the container of gravel and found a few good polyps (these things are tiny!) and glued the substrate they were attached to to a shell for now. they have already multiplied in the 3 days ive had them. im counting 5 more now. ok picture time. the first picture is a picture of the BSP in question and the second is a picture of something that followed me home on the same day unfortunately since then ive been missing 30 dollars think it was worth it? __________________ I love fish! Fish.. fish.. fish!

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