ihglifelol Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I just ordered a meteor shower cyphastrea coral for my aquarium. I know it needs low light and med flow, but what will it eat. How fast does it grow, and should it be kept away on an island rock like gsp or on the main rock. any other care tips? would appreciate it Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, ihglifelol said: I just ordered a meteor shower cyphastrea coral for my aquarium. I know it needs low light and med flow, but what will it eat. How fast does it grow, and should it be kept away on an island rock like gsp or on the main rock. any other care tips? would appreciate it My cyphastrea likes high light and high flow. I do not feed it anything and it’s spreading quickly. ??♀️ Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 ok, the website said low light. will it stop spreading if it is on an island or will it spread in the sand? how fast do they grow? Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, ihglifelol said: ok, the website said low light. will it stop spreading if it is on an island or will it spread in the sand? how fast do they grow? I would start it low and then go from there. Mine has been pretty hardy but it took a while to get going. For some people they go crazy all over the rocks. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Mine seemed to like moderate light and decent flow. Mine lost colour and polyps stayed closed in high light. Always start at the bottom and see how the coral does. 1 Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 Im gonna put it at the bottom and see how well it does, i don't have to worry about it growing to much as in 3-4 months it may grow a bit but i will move all my corals, invert etc to a new 32 gallon. Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 will they benefit from feeding? Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, ihglifelol said: will they benefit from feeding? I do not feed mine. Quote Link to comment
Homewrecker Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Ive always had them do well under lower light but with moderate flow Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 ok I'm getting a yellow with orange polyps cyphastrea Quote Link to comment
jcgoat Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Definitely start it low. Mine is on the bare bottom in a corner, and it's growing nicely. Quote Link to comment
MrJoel Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Mine lost color and barely opened in higher light. Now I have is on the bottom near a corner where the lighting it lowest. Color is better and the polyps have been more open in the last few weeks then I had ever seen them. It has never seemed to respond to regular feeding like my other corals but it did seem to perk up with regular phytoplankton dosing in the tank. Since moving it I have also seen it spreading onto the rock I glued it to and there are new polyps popping up all over between the old ones. Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 ok one thing i noticed is mine (which is a bright orange) is super opportunistic when feeding, it tries to catch any food i put in the tank and usually succeeds as it is near the end of the flow where the food meets. Quote Link to comment
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