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View Poll Results: Which would win in a coral battle?
Pink Star Polyps 11 73.33%
Cat's Paw Coral 4 26.67%
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Old 03-21-2007, 10:19 PM   #1
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Pink Star Polyps vs. Cat's Paw


My friend has a pink star polyps growing right up against a Cat's paw coral. The battle for space has been taking place for over a year. If you had to choose, which one do you think would win? Probably set it too long but the poll closes in 7 days. I'll give the winner when votes die down.
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Old 03-21-2007, 10:25 PM   #2
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Cats Paw? That's a nickname for Pllicopora right? If so I say the star pylops will win.

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Old 03-21-2007, 10:36 PM   #3
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Its a Stylophora sp. (just looked it up) I thought it was somthing different that had more of a sting.
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Old 03-21-2007, 10:45 PM   #4
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Aah,. Stylo,.. I still say the Star Pylops will win.

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Old 03-22-2007, 12:22 AM   #5
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Im not sure ive ever actually seen any "sting" from star polyps against another coral...........However, ive lost quite a few corals in a loaded reef tank to star polyps via smothering though. Once that tank in question came down star polyps are no longer allowed.

I would like to see these "pink" star polyps if they are actually entirely pink...dont think ive seen that before

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Old 03-22-2007, 08:56 AM   #6
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which is growing faster?
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Old 03-22-2007, 12:12 PM   #7
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I'd like to see a pic of the Pink Star pylops too actually,.. I've seen blond ones,.. but never pink.

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Old 03-22-2007, 06:31 PM   #8
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i think the stylo will kill back the stars, but they will just keep comming and simply out grow the cats paw, star polyps hands down.
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Old 03-22-2007, 07:27 PM   #9
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wanna see something funny and incredible??

Pics courtesy of Scuba Dave......hope ya dont mind Dave.

It doesnt seem to bother the clam as much as you would think.......but i dont see any corals growing out of that field anywhere.



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Old 03-22-2007, 10:56 PM   #10
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You guys haven't seen pink star polyps? They aren't brown and they aren't green. They aren't flourescent pink like certain zoos. But definitly a type of pink fleshy color. I'll get a pick in a couple of weeks when I'm there next.

And I think Fly Guy's pics shows how fast GSP grow. If it was a growing race the GSP would win by a landslide. Other than Xenia, I don't know of a coral that grows as fast as GSP.

So should I announce the winner or should we get more votes?
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Old 03-22-2007, 10:58 PM   #11
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Cool, I realized I had a pic from over a year ago. In this pic there are PSP GSP and the cat's paw in the upper left corner.



I'll get an after pic in a couple of weeks to show the difference.
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:02 PM   #12
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The pink star polyps are cool. I havent seen those before.

That GSP field isnt mine.......i remembered a old thread and dug them up......they are Scuba Daves, or i believe USED to be scuba daves....lol
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:40 AM   #13
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I should be able to get some picks next Tuesday, but the winner in real life is the cat's paw. Tough stuff. SO if you bet on the cat's paw, you win!
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flyguy, that picture scares me big time
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They look like Clavularia to me, not star polyps. Of course, common names...you can call anything anything.
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