At their base is a hard protective limestone skeleton called a calicle which forms the structure of coral reefs.
Carpet polyp coral.
Clove polyps are a soft coral which strictly means their polyp segments come in multiples of eight octocorallia as.
The basic wall components of corals.
It will happily grow on any hard surface it can find including your tanks walls and glass.
Higher flow tends to do better because it will keep detritus from settling on them.
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However it is quite adaptable to different varieties of lighting systems.
Five examples where specific wall types are dominant.
A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum cnidaria the other being the medusa polyps are roughly cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the vase shaped body in solitary polyps the aboral end is attached to the substrate by means of a disc like holdfast called the pedal disc while in colonies of polyps it is connected to other polyps either directly or indirectly.
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Sharing what i learned as i grew out my green star polyps gsp carpet in the reef aquarium.
Coral forum clove polyp growth clove polyp growth by ajkochev august 27 in coral forum reply to this topic start new topic recommended posts ajkochev ajkochev community member 311 posts april 27 2010 posted quote.
Like any other coral the green star polyps as well requires light to survive.
The genus heterocyathus has walls formed of mixtures of thickened septo costae and epitheca.
Other major families may have two equally dominant wall components.
Reefs begin when a polyp attaches itself to a rock on the sea floor then divides.
The genera acropora montipora and pocillopora have walls of mixtures of thickened septo costae and coenosteum.
The green star polyp is a fast growing coral another reason why they are a great beginner coral.
And it is for this reason why you need to think very carefully where you place the coral.