Group+3A

8/8 Neatness/Organization 6/8 Introduction-No refs for info? 6/8 Procedure-Needs to be more specific! 8/8 Data- Not all in same units 0/8 Conclusion-missing! 28/40 Total Group #3 Haley Celotti Kevin Stewart Jenny Ferron Nick Supina
 * // Clavularia viridis //**

Will different currents effect the growth of green star polyps?
Other: Clavularia virids, Green Star Polyps or GSP are mostly found in Indonesia. They like meduim to high light, and will usually grow better and fastest in T5. They like to live in mostly in an area with higher water flow, but we will test that out. Green Star Polyps are soft corals. They do well in a water tempature of between 74 º and 84 º F. Green Star Polyps are small bright green polyps all connected by a purple mat. They are open during the day, and they retract at night and when they feel disturbed, but it isin't unusual for it to not open their polyps at times. Although green star polyps can survive in any light condition, they can be easily shocked if they are suddenly moved from a low to high light situation. Green star polyps are also known to be good indicators of change in water flow and quality, since they will not open if change is detected. Placement: Anywhere in your tank that receives light and high flow. This coral will grow in almost any light condition, however it will not have great coloration unless under bright light. This coral loves a higher current to keep pest algae from growing on it and potentially smothering it. Feeding: Green Star polyps are photosynthetic and require no feeding. It is unknown if they will accept any prepared foods. This coral also thrives off of phosphates and other nutrients in your water.

Materials: Procedure: __Data__ // Please note that throughout the expiriment other groups // may have moved our corals and put them in different areas. Due to this factor, results will vary, and corals were lost. WEEK 1 High Flow - 1cm x .5 cm x 1.5 cm Medium flow- 1cm x .5 cm x .25 cm x 1 No/low flow - 2 cm x 1 cm x 2 cm x .25 cm Week 2 High Flow - missing Medium flow - 1cm x .5cm x 1cm x 1.5 cm No/low flow- missing Week 3 High - 1.25 cm x .5 cm x 1cm x 1.25 cm Medium - Coral fell off No/low - 2.5 cm x .25 cm x 2.5 cm x .5 cm Week 4 High - 1.37 cm x .62 cm x 1 cm x .5 cm Medium - gone now/low - missing Week 5 High- 2 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm medium - gone no/low - gone week 6 High - 2 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm Medium - gone No/low - gone Week 7 High - missing medium - gone no/ low - gone
 * a razor blade
 * six small equal sized pieces of green star polyps[measure them]
 * a tank with different speeds of current flow[preferably same tank with same nutrients etc]
 * reef glue/super glue
 * cement plugs
 * rubber gloves
 * bone cutters
 * Measure green star polyps equally
 * Cut GSP into 6 equal squares with razor blade
 * glue GSP to cement plug with reef glue
 * find places in a tank with different currents
 * place each in different current
 * compare growth rate of the green star polyps

The one coral we had left it had alot polyps on it. That was the only one that we had that was growing. We lost almost all of them due to other groups moving them around. From the one we had left it was growing pretty good. They said that they would grow best in high current waters and the one we had was in a high current place so it grew pretty good.