03-21-2007, 09:19 PM
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Little Fishy
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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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03-21-2007, 09:25 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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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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03-21-2007, 09:36 PM
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Tankless Poser
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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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03-21-2007, 09:45 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Aah,. Stylo,.. I still say the Star Pylops will win.
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03-21-2007, 11:22 PM
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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 
Star polyps will win a battle with a stylo no question
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03-22-2007, 07:56 AM
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P P PUPPPY POWER
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which is growing faster?
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03-22-2007, 11:12 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
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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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03-22-2007, 05:31 PM
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moddin aint easy
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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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03-22-2007, 06:27 PM
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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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Last edited by Fly Guy; 03-22-2007 at 08:57 PM.
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03-22-2007, 09:56 PM
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Little Fishy
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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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03-22-2007, 09:58 PM
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Little Fishy
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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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03-22-2007, 10:02 PM
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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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Last edited by Fly Guy; 03-22-2007 at 10:10 PM.
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03-31-2007, 09:40 AM
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Little Fishy
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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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03-31-2007, 09:50 AM
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Tankless Poser
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flyguy, that picture scares me big time
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03-31-2007, 11:20 AM
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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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