Official Acanthophyllia, Cynarina, and Indophyllia show off (and appreciation) thread!

[ChrisIC]

Here are my Acantho and Cynarina. I absolutely the texture, colour and size of these corals, if I had the money I'd cover the floor of the tank with these guys and Trachyphyllia!

 

[tedreefing]

Here are my two favorite coral in my evo13.5

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Love these corals!!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Snuggled Meat!

 

[Hecdr34]

I bought this Indophilia with no color and semi bleached about a month ago. I've been feeding it every other day and it's looking great so far

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Still need to add an Indo to the fam.

 

[chousecat]

Do feeding these type of corals mandatory for long term health?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Do feeding these type of corals mandatory for long term health?

Absolutely. In-situ, they are found in areas where all the gunk and leftovers from the reefs collect and are almost constantly eating. They don't thrive off of light alone.

 

[MERKEY]

To male it easy I just feed my fish directly over all my meat corals...all the tiny particles fall down to the meats and they love it.

This creates a feeding response in all the corals which I then broadcast feed a concoction of coral foods which also reach the meats.

GOTTA FEED YOUR MEAT!

 

[chousecat]

Absolutely. In-situ, they are found in areas where all the gunk and leftovers from the reefs collect and are almost constantly eating. They don't thrive off of light alone.

That makes sense, I had a blue meat coral a while back that was doing really good for about 4 months and then shriveled away by the year mark. I couldn't figure out why especially with my parameters being about on par with other the normal reefing recommendations.

How about nitrate and phosphate levels? My phosphate runs high sometimes in my nano, up to 0.3 when I lack on maintenance.

 

[Tcook]

 

[Mr_Knightley]

That makes sense, I had a blue meat coral a while back that was doing really good for about 4 months and then shriveled away by the year mark. I couldn't figure out why especially with my parameters being about on par with other the normal reefing recommendations.

How about nitrate and phosphate levels? My phosphate runs high sometimes in my nano, up to 0.3 when I lack on maintenance.

In my experience, they don't seem to mind some nutrients in the water as long as it's somewhat stable. I think you could keep a Cynarina in a jar if you kept it fed, they aren't picky.

EDIT:
I have also heard the opposite from some other people, saying that they can't handle any phosphates, so take everything with a grain of salt. I'm by no means an expert, I just love these corals and like to keep them.

 

[STEEZY]

My indophyllia and cynarina. The cynarina is more pink and cool thank the photos let in.

 

[jonray]

Gotta love cynarina

 

[Tcook]

Quite puffy today.

 

[Tcook]

Moved them for a moment but they looked all happy so I thought to share a pic.

That would be a nice house warming basket

 

[Tcook]

Just picked up this small cynarina

 

[HairyGary]

Indophyllia? Dinner plate.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Indophyllia? Dinner plate.

Holy smokes man! That reminds me of one I used to have, affectionately names Fritter. She was solid red with a white edge and details, but just before she got sick with BJD she started developing gold streaks in her vesicles. I like to imagine she'd have become something like this beast!!

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Whats the best LPS FINAL VOTE!

Torches not even close you can’t beat an ASD, OG, and a TSA HG

www.reef2reef.com

Vote Acanthophyllia in the Best LPS vote final round! Torches are in a 50% lead but we can totally turn it around.