Rookie mistake

mark · #1 04-16-2009, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

Aside of some people thinking they are ugly and they over take rocks, do they sting other corals? Do they cause any long term issues? I actually like them and have a colony of pink ones and some green... so long as they don't harm anything I would like to keep them.

I had some GSP that was against SPS with no problems other than slowly growing over, got another bunch that kills everything it touches.

Wish I never added the stuff to the tank.

my2rotties · #2 04-16-2009, 04:04 AM

What colour is the nasty stuff? Can you tell it apart form the normal looking stuff?

And I thought it was "pretty"...

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Originally Posted by mark

I had some GSP that was against SPS with no problems other than slowly growing over, got another bunch that kills everything it touches.

Wish I never added the stuff to the tank.

mark · #3 04-16-2009, 04:52 AM

The really nice looking metallic green is aggressive, the pale stuff no problems (at least with me).

Snaz · #4 04-16-2009, 04:54 AM

My GSP is bumping up against some Zoas now and the Zoas are not happy about it.

my2rotties · #5 04-16-2009, 05:09 AM

Well that really sucks!!! I guess I have some thinking to do about it now...it looks like grass for crying out loud, never thought it would be nasty

Thanks for the info.

Oxymoron · #6 04-16-2009, 06:04 AM

I've applied some Joe's Juice and will update in the morning as to my progress.

msobon · #7 04-16-2009, 06:26 AM

GSP is like a weed, great started coral as you can pretty much put it through nuclear war in your tank and it will still live.
Getting rid of it is the hard part, you can try different injections etc, best way is never to get GSP in the first place

Since Option A was already exhausted as you probably have GSP in your tank and want to remove it, you can do it the old manual way with a few options:

- Remove all loose rock with GSP and boil/dip the GSP grown part, then let it cool and it basically peals off like skin on a chiken (Very brutal process and yes this will most likely kill anything else on the rocks)

- Use a sharp Scalpel/Cutting pliers and anything else you can find to scrape the nice purple film of GSP (usually it's impossible to get the whole thing and you'll notice is growing back from the smallest piece you missed of just could not get)