GSP OverGrowing Birdsnest

[MyKey]

How do I control GSP growth?


Have a look at the picture attached, I think I left my birdsnest to close to the GSP and this morning I notice that the GSP was growing up the stem of the birdsnest. and therefore killing it..

What do I do? as you know birdsnest is quite brittle so I do not want to do anything harsh to the stem of the coral.

I guess I will wake up one day and the whole SPS will be overgrown with this GSP

PS : How do I go about editing the subject line? Its supposed to birdsneSt not birdsneXt

 

[Shaun]

Is it me, but I don't see a Birdsnest or a birdsneXt in the pic.

They are usually not to difficult to remove, I have found using a chizel or knife works well and sometimes it will just peel off. The problem is as you say the BN is very brittle, so do it carefully.

 

[lanzo]

what is that?
cats paw coral or what?

yip like shaun said....remove it with a knife

 

[ziyaadb]

ha u have the weed. and some people cant get it to grow. I would love to have a FO just with different colour GSP's covering the rocks

 

[Mekaeel]

That is defeniatley not a birdsnest. Looks more like a soft coral to me. I agree with Shaun on the removal part.

 

[sunburst]

You could also place a large shell over the area you wish to die back. Once it attaches to the shell you can remove the shell which would more than likely remove a big sheet with it.

Funny how some tanks this stuff grows like weeds and others battle to keep it alive

 

[MyKey]

I bought it by Midasblenny as a green birdsnest (Seriatopora caliendrum ) in Nov, could it be that due to the fact that I took the picture with my phone that the picture is crappy? Well I think Its my phone quality as it is much more greener in real life as it has quite nice tips as well. its definatly not a soft coral

Thanks.. I will attempt and cut it off with a blade...

Hey those stuff (GSP) is like weeds in my tank and I really think they do not deserve to be called corals (lol), I had a small rock about a year ago with it on.. Now these things are EVERYWHERE

 

[seank]

I do not think it is a birdsnest MyKey. I also agree that it looks more like a softie

 

[MyKey]

I have been searching for a better picture on the web for this coral, but all I can find is german or some other language ... so choose one if anyone can read it.. Seriatopora caliendrum | Akvarijske-ribe.com Seriatopora caliendrum | Akvarijske-ribe.com

Thats what the coral normally looks like (the picture on the site).. definatly SPS

 

[Mekaeel]

Your link is correct. Is that coral hard or soft MyKey?

 

[Mekaeel]

Here is a pic of my Seriatopora Caliendram

 

[Darryl]

My GSP's grow like mad as well, the brown sends out a type of runner which covers everything.

When it starts encroaching something, I simply burn it back! What I do is the same as what I do to my aptasia. I nuke it with kalk.

I take a teaspoon of kalk and mix it with about 5ml of tank water. I then turn off all the pumps and, using a syringe, apply it to the offending GSP. Leave it for about 20 mins and then switch everything back on.

It's like burning a firebreak, enabling you to prune away at the growth!

 

[leslie hempel]

i had this problem, remove coral prune GSP and replace coral sell offcits...

 

[Darryl]

i had this problem, remove coral prune GSP and replace coral sell offcits...

What????


Do you mean.........Remove coral, prune GSP, replace coral and sell the offcuts......?

 

[IMarine]

How i killed mine was removed the rock, and boiling water on it then pealed the rest off all dead

 

[koeks]

that really does look like a soft coral could we get another pic plz