Show me your cyphastrea!

[ZzyzxRiver]

I just got my first cyphastrea (jingle bells) and I'm excited to see what it does. I'd love to see pics of your established cyphastreas to see what I have to look forward to!

 

[dakoop]

If I show you my cyphastrea I might get banned

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

If I show you my cyphastrea I might get banned

Then you should send me a DM because I'd love to know how that's possible!

 

[Dawagner3240]

Here’s the two color morphs I have in my tank. I love the Cyphastrea’s and cant wait till they grow all over this rock.

 

[JayM]

Not the greatest pic, but the growth shown crept off the edge of a little 3/4” frag plug that has since been knocked off by something and isn’t doing all that well. The growth onto the rock from the frag took about 3-4 months.

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

These look great! I can’t wait until mine gets going!

 

[Mhamilton0911]

This is on a 3 or 4 inch rock arch. Almost fully covered now.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Here are some cyphastreas which are glued to my back wall

 

[dangles]

Branching are my favorite!

 

[BristleWormHater]

A lfs near me has a big one in their dt. I'll try to get a picture of it.

 

[UMALUM]

Branching are my favorite!

I agree

 

[tbrown]

Here’s the two color morphs I have in my tank. I love the Cyphastrea’s and cant wait till they grow all over this rock.

Bizzaro and PPE?

 

[Tcook]

Growing on a tonga branch

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

I regret starting this thread. Now I’m staring at my new plug cursing it for not growing before my very eyes!

 

[tbrown]

I regret starting this thread. Now I’m staring at my new plug cursing it for not growing before my very eyes!

Cyphastrea are a slow starter but one day you'll look in the tank and it's going to be triple the size and add new polyps each day.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I regret starting this thread. Now I’m staring at my new plug cursing it for not growing before my very eyes!

Spot feeding blended mysis might help it grow faster.

 

[souciemm]

Definitely make sure its in a place you dont mind it taking over! I just had to cover mine in kalkwasser paste to keep it in check :(. I love it but it just got to be too much in one place for my pico tank. It's been my fastest growing coral once it got going. I'm thinking about getting (or trading for) another variety and adding to the back wall though.

Picture is from over a month ago, and its amazing to see how much it had spread since then.

 

[Dawagner3240]

Bizzaro and PPE?

Not sure they were sold nameless:)