Cyphastrea help.

[masssnapz]

I have a sps dominant reef and have been able keep everything I put in the tank healthy, colorful and growing, except meteor shower cyphastrea. It has great polyp extension, and great growth. In a year it went from a small encrusted frag plug to about two 6 inch in diameter pieces, but I cannot get it to color up. The polyp are a bright red but the base is a cream color almost. I have tried high light, low light, shade etc. Anyone have any tips for gettING this baby to color up ?

Tank...
40 breeder 20 sump
2 x hydra 26hd
Alk 8.5 dkh
Calc 430
Mag 1350
Phos undetectable
Nitrate 5ppm
Dose brs 2 part via doser so everything is pretty stable.
Dose aquaforest probio s, probio f, coral V.
Dose acropower
Ato for stable salinity
Tank is in basement so no heat swings.

 

[Psiber_Syn]

From my readings shaded low light gives it the bluish color and more light makes it more greenish but I never seen it cream colored unless it's new growth then it's kinda see through shoot a pic of it let us all see :)

 

[mdb_talon]

I would give it more time in the shade. Anytime I have had one like that it colored up in the shade/very low light - but took awhile.

 

[masssnapz]

Ok I'll try a couple months in the shade.

 

[nemo1017]

My cyphastrea all like dIfferent areas. But generally speaking; the lower in the tank they tend to color up more.

 

[nemo1017]