GSP Menace - Kalk paste

[Chuck Spyropulos]

Jesus

I was hoping for a frag of Jesus

That colony is looking better and better every day. I bought it a while ago on RC and the seller told me to "give it time". She was absolutely right.

 

[jbishop]

That colony is looking better and better every day. I bought it a while ago on RC and the seller told me to "give it time". She was absolutely right.

So is that a yes?

 

[Chuck Spyropulos]

Jesus Frag

So is that a yes?

Unfortunately due to the GSP menace, the Jesus colony has been gobbled up out of exsistence - sorta like a black hole. But I have plenty of FREE GSP for you. (kidding)

 

[jbishop]

Unfortunately due to the GSP menace, the Jesus colony has been gobbled up out of exsistence - sorta like a black hole. But I have plenty of FREE GSP for you.

thanks but no thanks.

 

[snowmaker]

Funny how GSP, red clove, and cinnamon polyps are "really cool" when they're the first corals in your first reef tank.
Now they are a menace in a nice sps set up! I will do the kalk paste trick as per Greg... NatureBatsLast suggested the same remedy.

 

[Chuck Spyropulos]

Gsp

Funny how GSP, red clove, and cinnamon polyps are "really cool" when they're the first corals in your first reef tank.
Now they are a menace in a nice sps set up! I will do the kalk paste trick as per Greg... NatureBatsLast suggested the same remedy.

Yeah, the GSP was my first colony and it looked "so good" back then. But now ...not so much.

 

[snowmaker]

Couple pictures of "the event" and the aftermath a couple days later.
Did the kalk paste bit on some brown polyps that were really cool as a first coral that hitchhiked on my first live rock, then slowly started taking over the rock, which is a large, really nice bowl shaped rock.
Before trying I shut down flow in this area. I let paste set for an hour or so before first vacuuming, then vacuumed once per day for a few days so far. The remaining white is just dead coraline algae. Most polyps left are clear and vacuum up fairly easy. I only did 1/2 of the colony so far.