Star polyp "prpblem"?

[mlpotter]

Hi all

I bought a clolny of star polyps fro the LFS on saturday afternoon. They havent "come out to play" since i put them in the tank

I added them the sam way i do for al corals etc

Water params as follows - s.g. 1.025, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm

Is there likely to be a problem or are thay having a sulk due to the move?

thanks in advance!

[sgbett]

I had star polyps for couple of years, during which time it spread well so I assme it was happy. From time to time it would just stay closed up, sometimes for a few days. I don't think I would worry about it. As long as your water is OK it should be fine.

[mlpotter]

Thanks for the fast reply!

I did wonder/hope this may be the case did have 1 or 2 polyps out saturday evening (and i mean 1 or 2!) but nothing since

Will hope for the best

[little urchin]

could well be sulking, or in too much flow maybe?

[mlpotter]

What sort of flow do they prefer?

[little urchin]

decent, but not getting a battering

[Midland-marine]

they get on well with alternate flow too, enough to sway them

[Miggsy]

they get on well with alternate flow too, enough to sway them

[Chew]

They grow like a weed in my tank....anyone local is welcome to some if they want some!

[D0NN311Y]

i had a major problem with mine, have you checked your phosphate level?

took me 2weeks to get the polyps out due to high phosphate level, all other corals were ok straingley

.....they grow like mad now

[mlpotter]

Thanks for the help all!!

They now seem to be starting to open up so looks like they were just sulking post move!

[little urchin]

[mlpotter]

Jus an update, these are now all completly open! Took exactly a week!

[little urchin]