cyhastrea location

foxfacelo · Apr 9, 2016

I have a meteor shower cyhastrea that I need to relocate in my tank. I've seen a number of them pictured on rocks separated from the reef proper. So I was wondering if they were invasive or aggressive or both. Is it safe for me to place it directly onto a rock that is integral to the reef structure?
Thank you!

hybridazn · Apr 9, 2016

Cyphastrea is considered a LPS coral, but to answer your questions I would make sure it is seperate from other rocks you don't want it on. It grows very well and will overtake other sps with relative ease when growing. When I had my huge colony I had it leaning up against a rock structure, but it was a good 6 inches down the backside of the rock that got very, very little light. It managed to grow down there and up onto the rocks and over took a red Robin stag I had.

WindeyD · Apr 9, 2016

I haven't found anything that slows this coral down; highly advise keeping it sequestered on its own rock.

foxfacelo · Apr 9, 2016

hybridazn said:
Cyphastrea is considered a LPS coral, but to answer your questions I would make sure it is seperate from other rocks you don't want it on. It grows very well and will overtake other sps with relative ease when growing. When I had my huge colony I had it leaning up against a rock structure, but it was a good 6 inches down the backside of the rock that got very, very little light. It managed to grow down there and up onto the rocks and over took a red Robin stag I had.

thanks...I was afraid of that!

foxfacelo · Apr 9, 2016

WindeyD said:
I haven't found anything that slows this coral down; highly advise keeping it sequestered on its own rock.

thanks...I'll do that!

cloak · Apr 9, 2016

If it ever does start growing in spots where you don't want it to you can always smother it with some epoxy. I have to do this to a Leptastrea on a regular basis to keep it from mowing down some of the surrounding corals. GL.

ou12004 · Apr 9, 2016

cloak said:
If it ever does start growing in spots where you don't want it to you can always smother it with some epoxy. I have to do this to a Leptastrea on a regular basis to keep it from mowing down some of the surrounding corals. GL.

Why not glue square tiles or ruble in between the 2 corals then when it gets close you just break off the frag and glue a new one in its place? You don't have to kill the coral and you can spread the wealth.