Show Off Your Cyphastrea

ProjectAnemone · Mar 2, 2017

DaveRaz · Mar 4, 2017

zachxlutz · Mar 4, 2017

Here's my Meteor Shower. Encrusting quickly... Would love to add more color variations and a branching variation to the tank too.

Branespikin · Mar 4, 2017

Bizarro

LetItReef · Mar 4, 2017

Tagging.
Care to share placement/flow?

zachxlutz · Mar 4, 2017

LetItReef said:
Tagging.
Care to share placement/flow?

Mine seems to be very happy near the sand bed in my tank, medium flow and lower light. T5 8x54 watts over 120 gallons. Seems to be pretty versatile in what it can handle based on where I've seen specimens in other peoples tanks.

LetItReef · Mar 14, 2017

Bump for more Cyphastrea!

ProjectAnemone · Mar 15, 2017

Just for fun I hacked up several different cyphastreas and glued them to a dead Milli and a fake coral made of polymorph. Will be interesting to see how they grow over the two structures.

zachxlutz · Mar 15, 2017

ProjectAnemone said:
Just for fun I hacked up several different cyphastreas and glued them to a dead Milli and a fake coral made of polymorph. Will be interesting to see how they grow over the two structures.

Whoa. Very cool experiment. Can't wait to see results. Keep us posted.

LetItReef · Mar 26, 2017

Bump

zachxlutz · Mar 27, 2017

I've noticed a change in the flesh on this Cyphastrea.

I've had it in the system for about 5 months now. Great growth and great coloration. I just noticed that the flesh around some of the polyps appears to look "torn". The areas where I see it the most are near the polyps at the lower part of the coral where it's encrusting over the live rock.

All other coral in the tank are showing great polyp extension, coloration and growth. This issue appears to be confined to this particular piece.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

For reference:

Here's a photo from 02/28/2017 showing the coloration and growth.

Tank:
120 Gallon Display
55 Gallon Sump
Total water volume 150 gallons
ATI Sunpower 8x54 watt T5 lights

Parameters:
Temp: 78* F
Salinity: 35 ppt
Ph: 8.0-8.2
Alk: 8.3-8.5
Ca: 430-435
NO3: 3-5 ppm
PO4: .01-.03
Mg: 1380
(all parameters are very stable, I test very often)

Dosing (through dosing pumps):
BRS Alk/Cal: 31.5 ml daily each
Red Sea Coral Colors ABCD: .6ml daily each

Dosing (manual):
Nitrate: KNO3 - as needed, usually 10-20ml (28g/150ml solution) weekly
Vibrant: Weekly

Feeding:
Dry: Pellets, 4x daily through auto feeder
Frozen: Mysis, daily or every other day

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. If you want to see some more photos of the tank, please click the link in my signature.

ProjectAnemone · Mar 27, 2017

ProjectAnemone said:
Just for fun I hacked up several different cyphastreas and glued them to a dead Milli and a fake coral made of polymorph. Will be interesting to see how they grow over the two structures.

So the coral skeleton is slowly growing algae on the bare spots and the frags are starting to encrust, where the polymorph structure has no algae, and has much more encrustation from the frags. Will get updated pics soon.

zachxlutz · Mar 28, 2017

ProjectAnemone said:
So the coral skeleton is slowly growing algae on the bare spots and the frags are starting to encrust, where the polymorph structure has no algae, and has much more encrustation from the frags. Will get updated pics soon.

Awesome. Can't wait to see.

Payson · Mar 29, 2017

Well... looks like i might be in the market for some bizzaro after scrolling thru this thread!!

ProjectAnemone · Mar 31, 2017

ProjectAnemone said:
So the coral skeleton is slowly growing algae on the bare spots and the frags are starting to encrust, where the polymorph structure has no algae, and has much more encrustation from the frags. Will get updated pics soon.

Hard to see the encrustation, but the algae is clear.