Skittles bomb Cyphastrea help

crazyfishmom · Jan 9, 2024

Hi all,

My skittles bomb Cyphastrea looks very meh. It essentially looks white with black polyps. The polyps open and extend but it doesn’t have any of the beautiful colors. Any suggestions? It is sitting on a ledge with little light near a different Cyphastrea that looks stunning. All the other cyphastreas in my tank are super happy and growing. Any thoughts other than moving it around? If you have one, where do you have it placed in your tank. I have a PAR meter so if you know PAR for yours please let me know what that is. Thanks!

Cichlid Dad · Jan 14, 2024

MrGisonni · Jan 15, 2024

50 to 75 par with solid flow. Give it a little time to adjust.

crazyfishmom · Jan 15, 2024

MrGisonni said:
50 to 75 par with solid flow. Give it a little time to adjust.

Thanks for the response. That’s about where mine is PAR wise. I think it gets decent flow in the spot where it is sitting but not a ton. It’s been at that same spot for about 6 weeks. It seems happy in the sense that the polyps are definitely out and I’m looking at it now and it seems to be coming off the plug and starting to encrust on the rock so I’m assuming that means it doesn’t hate life it’s just very lack luster right now. I’ll keep waiting. Thank you!

BQ5 · Mar 28, 2024

crazyfishmom said:
Thanks for the response. That’s about where mine is PAR wise. I think it gets decent flow in the spot where it is sitting but not a ton. It’s been at that same spot for about 6 weeks. It seems happy in the sense that the polyps are definitely out and I’m looking at it now and it seems to be coming off the plug and starting to encrust on the rock so I’m assuming that means it doesn’t hate life it’s just very lack luster right now. I’ll keep waiting. Thank you!

Any luck getting some better color out of this? I'm having a similar problem. Mine has been a meh brown color since I've gotten it.