cyphastrea problem

[reynaldoramon]

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]

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]

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]

So theres hope!!!!!.

 

[reynaldoramon]

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]

So theres hope!!!!!.

There's always hope! !!!

 

[DeniseAndy]

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

 

[CoRaLJuNkiiE]

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]

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

 

[reynaldoramon]

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]

Do u have a full pic of ur tank??

 

[reynaldoramon]

Do u have a full pic of ur tank??

Fairly recent here...

 

[reynaldoramon]

Not the best photo

 

[CoRaLJuNkiiE]

Oooh purrddy:oops:

 

[CoRaLJuNkiiE]

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

 

[reynaldoramon]

A Samsung Galaxy 5

 

[CoRaLJuNkiiE]

Well dang. Lol.

 

[watchguy123]

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]

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?

 

[reynaldoramon]

How's it going coraljunkie?