cyphastrea problem

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

Wanted to post another picture so you could see growth even better.

Here u can see the growth on the new one. Looks discolored now to the left of the frag, but it'll start to color up as it grows. Also u can see the remains on the plug starting to grow.

DeniseAndy · Oct 6, 2015

If it helps at all at this point, I have had two cyphastrea in the past and mine loved the bottom of my tank in lower light. I run MH and T5s and my par on the sand is about 80 - 90.

I agree, it is sometimes so hard to find that perfect light. I have had many a corals I had to move around and lost many a corals too.

Tab28 · Oct 6, 2015

Don't give up on it. I had a jingle bells that totally browned out and died. Threw the plug in my low light sump. In a few months it caught my eye with its new growth. Now it is back in tank.

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

So theres hope!!!!!.

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

And if you like cyphastrea, you may be interested in leptastrea too. Another lps with similar care of cyphastrea. Here is mine that I got at the same time as last cyphastrea.
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reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

CoRaLJuNkiiE said:
So theres hope!!!!!.

There's always hope! !!!

DeniseAndy · Oct 6, 2015

Oh I miss mine. I had that version and a blue and purple. My gorgs killed them all before i got them moved.

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Thats funny. Lol bc i have one... a jason fox john deer. It did the same thing its still kicking though. All the orange eyes or whatever they r called r still there but all the green is gone

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Ughhhh i cant stand losing corals. Ur tank and corals r beautiful by the way. Reynaldo

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

CoRaLJuNkiiE said:
Ughhhh i cant stand losing corals. Ur tank and corals r beautiful by the way. Reynaldo

Thanks. I try. My tank is just over a year old.

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Do u have a full pic of ur tank??

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

CoRaLJuNkiiE said:
Do u have a full pic of ur tank??

Fairly recent here...

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

Not the best photo

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Oooh purrddy

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Looks pretty clear to me. R u using an iphone to take that?

reynaldoramon · Oct 6, 2015

A Samsung Galaxy 5

CoRaLJuNkiiE · Oct 6, 2015

Well dang. Lol.

watchguy123 · Oct 7, 2015

I have only had the meteor cyphasterea, none of the other colored cyphasterea. Beautiful, fast growing, grows great in very low light and super aggressive. I love all the encrusting coral like montis, cyphasterea, leptoseris, Favias etc but unless I can find a spot to control their growth like an isolated rock, I am hesitant. Some of these guys just don't play nice. Sometimes I'll lay down a bed of epoxy/putty that they can grow on but that I can remove from the rockscape should I want to move or trim them.

reynaldoramon · Oct 7, 2015

watchguy123 said:
I have only had the meteor cyphasterea, none of the other colored cyphasterea. Beautiful, fast growing, grows great in very low light and super aggressive. I love all the encrusting coral like montis, cyphasterea, leptoseris, Favias etc but unless I can find a spot to control their growth like an isolated rock, I am hesitant. Some of these guys just don't play nice. Sometimes I'll lay down a bed of epoxy/putty that they can grow on but that I can remove from the rockscape should I want to move or trim them.

That epoxy idea is a great idea should j e counter that. What happens if two different kinds of cyphastrea grow into each other?