Cyphastrea. Meteor Shower or Superman

[roblack]

I have 2 nice pieces of the PPE. It grows fast like the MS.
Here's an old pic of one of the pieces.

 

[sjfishguy]

So what are the care requirements of these?

 

[gbcichlids]

Pretty hardy. Medium to moderate light and flow. Grow relatively fast.
I have two frags. one meteor shower and one japonica.

 

[evojoe67]

WOW!!!! You guys have created a monster as i am addicted to these bad boys!!!!
How can i get my hands on some of these?

 

[gbcichlids]

Google them. Several sites sell frags.

 

[blindsider]

Check this one out. Jason Fox's PPE Cyphastrea. Just colored back up for me.

amazing!

 

[knockout]

let me revive this awesome thread... cyphastrea is one of my favorites, I have 6 or 7 different ones or at least they seem different, here are a couple of pics I have in photobucket, I can post the others when I get home tonight!!!


This one is branching and this is how it looked when I first got it, the color has shifted dramatically since and now is more of a cream vase with the red tips

MS

LE Blood Red Eye Cyphastrea

 

[Sheol]

What the... All the photobucket pics got deleted. I can't see 75% of the pics in the thread!

Matthew

 

[SDguy]

They work for me

 

[knockout]

couple more:

this one has a darker green base and red polyps

japonica

this is the same coral as on my second picture on the previous post

and don't worry I never delete my pics of photobucket!

 

[Sheol]

Peter,
Some are working, but others say "deleted by photobucket"
Happens some threads more than others, is it a bug with Photobucket?

Matthew

 

[125galbiznotch]

nice pieces

 

[dmyers557]

Love the Meteor shower. I have mine shaded to help it retain its colors.

 

[jubjub]

pic of my meator shower

 

[jjmcat]

These are the same coral but under different lighting.The first pic is the most recent.It is under 14k Hamiltons and the second is under blueline 14k.

 

[gbcichlids]

Very nice coral there, Jarrod. I did hear that lighting does effect the color of this cyphastrea.

 

[sfexplicit]

These are the same coral but under different lighting.The first pic is the most recent.It is under 14k Hamiltons and the second is under blueline 14k.

Absolutely amazing. Mine looks like the first pic. How do I make it look like the lower pic? Is it placement? Flow? Water quality? Lighting?

 

[funkoptimus]

Is that just laying on the sand? Do these grow like a chalice or more like a monti?

 

[getzvillereefer]

I'm really struggling with the ms. Crappy polyp extension if any. I can see red in the polyps but no extension. Just moved it to a lower flow area hoping it helps. Any suggestions. Checked params a couple days ago. All were in check.. God do I hope these take off.. Such great looking pieces..

 

[Flowbot]

Is that just laying on the sand? Do these grow like a chalice or more like a monti?

They encrust.