green star polyp "Tree"

hotelbravo · 05/06/2015, 08:25 PM

I know not many people like green star polyps but I thought of an idea today to make a star poly tree. I saw a very branchy live rock today at my lfs and I have an established patch of star polyps in my tank. I took the GSP patch off my rock in little strips and glued them all over the branchy live rock in order for it to grow into the shape of a tree.

has anyone done anything similar to this? if so with what coral and base structure?
I'll load pics tomorrow the GSP are hiding from all the rough handling at the moment.

PeterHall · 05/06/2015, 10:00 PM

I have some gsp growing on some branching rock. Once it covers the rock it starts to plate out which is kinda cool.

hotelbravo · 05/06/2015, 10:23 PM

May I see a photo??

BayouCorals · 05/07/2015, 12:40 AM

If you grow it out on your sand bed it will make a large sheet that is easy to attach to most anything. On a previous tank I had it growing up the back glass. I thought it made a cool back ground. Sorry no pictures.

iced98lx · 05/07/2015, 08:22 AM

we have a local club member who has isolated GSP to a 'spire' in his tank, looks awesome.

PeterHall · 05/07/2015, 05:15 PM

Nothing special. It creates a little cove behind that the fish like. But I need to take it out before it spreads everywhere.

hotelbravo · 05/07/2015, 09:22 PM

Both of those are pretty cool looking thank you for sharing

Wonton Soup · 05/10/2015, 08:03 AM

I took this...

Added GSP and turned it into the Chia Pet on the right!

hotelbravo · 05/10/2015, 10:18 AM

Haha thats awesome!

reefwiser · 05/10/2015, 11:37 AM

Fantastic way to use GSP. Might as well turn it into something creative.

hotelbravo · 05/10/2015, 02:06 PM

early pictures of the tree

Toga2 · 05/11/2015, 08:09 PM

Thanks for sharing this! I'll have to try it!

MarlinHooker · 05/12/2015, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BayouCorals

If you grow it out on your sand bed it will make a large sheet that is easy to attach to most anything. On a previous tank I had it growing up the back glass. I thought it made a cool back ground. Sorry no pictures.

A LFS has done that on one of their show tanks - looks really cool ...

hotelbravo · 05/12/2015, 05:40 PM

Im definitely thinking of what else I can make out of fast growing encrusting corals and odd structures like the GSP tree

Sunstar · 05/12/2015, 06:12 PM

I got some growing down a rock its metallic GSP. The frag I got was huge and on this soft material so I broke it into bits and have it glued to glass. I hope to grow the GSP onto the glass and then use that to make frags.

I love the "chia pet"

homer1475 · 05/13/2015, 05:43 AM

I just bought a smallish frag of GSP, its basically just a small purple mat no rock attached. You guys are saying I can just cut that mat up and glue it places? No special fragging involved?

Wonton Soup · 05/13/2015, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homer1475

I just bought a smallish frag of GSP, its basically just a small purple mat no rock attached. You guys are saying I can just cut that mat up and glue it places? No special fragging involved?

Pretty much. The mat obviously has a top and bottom so just use a little frag glue and stick the bottom side to a rock you want it to grow on.

Consider yourself warned though! GSP is extremely invasive and if you glue it to a rock that touches any other part of your aquascape then this coral will likely advance right through your display and overtake anything in it's path!

In my opinion, you have to isolate it to an island to fully enjoy it for years.

Sunstar · 05/14/2015, 11:03 AM

My GSP is on a designated GSP rock

firebirdude · 05/14/2015, 08:06 PM

I've been trying to get GSP to cover my back glass. Super glued probably 8 patches to it at various times. All but 1 fell off after 4-5 days. Sticks for awhile, sure it's going to hold, then it falls off. lol But the one patch that's stuck for real has been on there about 10 months. It's growing...but mostly downward onto the sand. And as was said, then it just plates out and grows on top of itself.

If anyone has any tips for getting GSP to stick to glass, I'm all ears. I've got it growing on rocks and then laid against the glass..... it still doesn't want to creep up it NEARLY as fast as it does everywhere else.

youcallmenny · 05/27/2015, 07:45 AM

I have a gsp island spire going on. Seems to be the only way i can keep it off everything else. Glad to learn I'm not alone in that.

DropTheB · 06/08/2015, 04:40 PM

Really good ideas in this thread. I'm going to try this out

Diverjohn · 06/11/2015, 02:26 PM

I have had mine on the top of a coral head to try and limit its growth and for the most part it has worked, but these ideas are pretty cool. I might start working on getting them to do this. I might also try yellow colony polyps the same way.

hotelbravo · 06/13/2015, 01:25 PM

keep me updated in the progress!

Genera · 07/08/2015, 05:40 PM

Cool idea, I can't wait to see the results!

lostintheocean2 · 07/13/2015, 11:19 AM

i have a rock with a cave under it covered with gsp, looks pretty cool and is isolated

05/06/2015, 08:25 PM	#1
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	green star polyp "Tree" I know not many people like green star polyps but I thought of an idea today to make a star poly tree. I saw a very branchy live rock today at my lfs and I have an established patch of star polyps in my tank. I took the GSP patch off my rock in little strips and glued them all over the branchy live rock in order for it to grow into the shape of a tree. has anyone done anything similar to this? if so with what coral and base structure? I'll load pics tomorrow the GSP are hiding from all the rough handling at the moment. __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/06/2015, 10:23 PM	#3
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	May I see a photo?? __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/07/2015, 09:22 PM	#7
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	Both of those are pretty cool looking thank you for sharing __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/10/2015, 10:18 AM	#9
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	Haha thats awesome! __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/10/2015, 02:06 PM	#11
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	early pictures of the tree __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/06/2015, 10:00 PM	#2
PeterHall Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Pacific Palisades, CA Posts: 199	I have some gsp growing on some branching rock. Once it covers the rock it starts to plate out which is kinda cool.

05/07/2015, 12:40 AM	#4
BayouCorals Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Shreveport Posts: 114	If you grow it out on your sand bed it will make a large sheet that is easy to attach to most anything. On a previous tank I had it growing up the back glass. I thought it made a cool back ground. Sorry no pictures.

05/07/2015, 08:22 AM	#5
iced98lx Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,258	we have a local club member who has isolated GSP to a 'spire' in his tank, looks awesome.

05/07/2015, 05:15 PM	#6
PeterHall Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Pacific Palisades, CA Posts: 199	Nothing special. It creates a little cove behind that the fish like. But I need to take it out before it spreads everywhere.

05/10/2015, 08:03 AM	#8
Wonton Soup Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 194	I took this... Added GSP and turned it into the Chia Pet on the right!

05/10/2015, 11:37 AM	#10
reefwiser Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Louisville,Kentucky Posts: 1,208	Fantastic way to use GSP. Might as well turn it into something creative.

05/11/2015, 08:09 PM	#12
Toga2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Saratoga NY Posts: 50	Thanks for sharing this! I'll have to try it!

05/12/2015, 05:40 PM	#14
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	Im definitely thinking of what else I can make out of fast growing encrusting corals and odd structures like the GSP tree __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

05/12/2015, 06:12 PM	#15
Sunstar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Burlington Posts: 16	I got some growing down a rock its metallic GSP. The frag I got was huge and on this soft material so I broke it into bits and have it glued to glass. I hope to grow the GSP onto the glass and then use that to make frags. I love the "chia pet" __________________ "Yes, right. You're one of...those, Never understood why any self respecting Decepticon would choose automobile as his vehical mode when he could have flight." - Starscream Current Tank Info: 10 gallon Nano and 2 Gallon Pico

05/13/2015, 05:43 AM	#16
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	I just bought a smallish frag of GSP, its basically just a small purple mat no rock attached. You guys are saying I can just cut that mat up and glue it places? No special fragging involved? __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

05/14/2015, 11:03 AM	#18
Sunstar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Burlington Posts: 16	My GSP is on a designated GSP rock __________________ "Yes, right. You're one of...those, Never understood why any self respecting Decepticon would choose automobile as his vehical mode when he could have flight." - Starscream Current Tank Info: 10 gallon Nano and 2 Gallon Pico

05/14/2015, 08:06 PM	#19
firebirdude User and Abuser Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,836	I've been trying to get GSP to cover my back glass. Super glued probably 8 patches to it at various times. All but 1 fell off after 4-5 days. Sticks for awhile, sure it's going to hold, then it falls off. lol But the one patch that's stuck for real has been on there about 10 months. It's growing...but mostly downward onto the sand. And as was said, then it just plates out and grows on top of itself. If anyone has any tips for getting GSP to stick to glass, I'm all ears. I've got it growing on rocks and then laid against the glass..... it still doesn't want to creep up it NEARLY as fast as it does everywhere else.

05/27/2015, 07:45 AM	#20
youcallmenny Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 65	I have a gsp island spire going on. Seems to be the only way i can keep it off everything else. Glad to learn I'm not alone in that.

06/08/2015, 04:40 PM	#21
DropTheB Moved On Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 44	Really good ideas in this thread. I'm going to try this out

06/11/2015, 02:26 PM	#22
Diverjohn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: IN Posts: 54	I have had mine on the top of a coral head to try and limit its growth and for the most part it has worked, but these ideas are pretty cool. I might start working on getting them to do this. I might also try yellow colony polyps the same way.

06/13/2015, 01:25 PM	#23
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	keep me updated in the progress! __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

07/08/2015, 05:40 PM	#24
Genera Blink and you're dead. Join Date: May 2015 Location: MN Posts: 531	Cool idea, I can't wait to see the results! __________________ Ah, Minnesota, The Land of 10,000 Lakes (Actually, there are 11,842 that are 10+ acres) Current Tank Info: n/a

07/13/2015, 11:19 AM	#25
lostintheocean2 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 24	i have a rock with a cave under it covered with gsp, looks pretty cool and is isolated