Green Star Polyp question?

[ms71171]

I have read from doing searches that GSP's sometimes will unexpectedly close up. Sometimes for a day all the way to a week. Is this true? Mine have all of sudden closed up and still have not opened for 3 days. My water tested fine and all my other xenia and mushrooms look better than ever.

 

 

Just be patient and wait?

[mxpro32]

if they get bumped are are handled roughly they will close for a few days sometimes.

[seahawkjohnny]

I have some star polyps, and they closed for no reason, than they opened back up and looked better than they ever did

[LiQuiD]

Should be just fine. Give 'em a few days.

[harbingerofthefish]

I've had my stars for a month now and they have never really expanded back to how they were in the LFS. They open up but instead of being 3/4' or so long with nice green tint to them, they are very short(1/4" maybe) and just tha pale pink. A the parameters test fine also. They sit about half way up in the column, and in an area of variable current due to my PH and HOB. I hve a 32 watt PC on a 5 gal.

 

any ideas?

[Physh1]

I've seen some cases take over a month to recover from some stress......it sucks but that is the way they are.....just be patient they will evenually open back up.

 

Cameron

[ms71171]

Update:

 

Just to let everyone know:

 

My GSP opened up today after almost 10 days. Thanks for all the replies.

[flaunt]

good to hear. about half of mine just closed up the other day because i was trying out this crappy skilter and the damn thing blasted them with water flow, they looked weathered after it happened so who knows how long it'll be before i see them again *sigh*

[Strife]

i have kept GSP's for about a year now, and the longest that they were retracted was about an hour or 2...

even when touched..thrown, fell from rock..picked on by fish..ETC.

so i dunno

[ross76053]

IME, mine gets ticked if he gets any algae or detritus build-up on him at all. If he closes up, I know it's time to take a toothbrush after his purple mat. I'll scrub the heck out of him until he's clean, and then he'll open up within about 4 hours.