I would love to see some Colony pictures of Cyphastrea Decadia

[arconom]

I would love to see some Colony pictures of Cyphastrea Decadia. All the pictures I have seen are Frags.

 

[CAreefer]

Don't know if this counts as a colony or a frag, but here it is nonetheless.

CAReefer

 

[wentreefgirl]

Oh ya, i want to see the burgandy one. I thinking about that one myself.

 

[Eve]

Don't have a burgundy one - but this one is about 3" x 3" (started from a tiny frag) and a big chunk of a frag - accidentally :-( - was taken off of the top right corner.

 

[johns]

So do these grow very fast in your experience?

I dont know why - I always figured it was a slow grower, but I had no basis for that.

 

[Leishman]

Nice pic Eve. I got my frag from Eve 4-5 months ago and it has trippled in size.

 

[Eve]

The owner of the "accidental big chunk" speaks

This has been a very slow grower for me. I've had it for a couple of years now but it seems to be fairly hardy surviving a disaster of a tank transfer when many others gave up sitting in buckets and a kalc flood that caused other SPS's to slime (no deaths) but this one didn't miss a beat.

 

[arconom]

Awesome Pictures guys. For such a cool looking coral I'm surprised I barely see Colony pictures. I always see frags.

 

[wentreefgirl]

Lol to the owner of the accidental chunk. So would you say they grow like an 1/8 inch a month or less or more? Seriously contemplating a peice. Eve, any plans to accidently lop off another peice. Hint hint.

 

[joetbs]

Here's my AC colony. It seems to heal over & color up pretty fast, though I haven't noticed too much growth since I got it. The tyree one grows really slow I think based on the very limited availability.

 

[Eve]

Wentreefgirl - sorry I'm just seeing your post!

I had to break down about 1/3rd of my tank and did knock off 2 tiny pieces (kind of like the size I first got from the LE list). They need to grow more before I let them go.

 

[wentreefgirl]

Pm'd you. Thanks eve.

 

[arconom]

I just bought a frag

I run 250watt halides on my tank where are you guys mounting them?

Do they like to be mounted high in the tank or low?

 

[wentreefgirl]

What color did you get and where did you get it.

 

[joetbs]

Acronom, Med/low light and moderate flow.

 

[Eve]

I've always kept mine close to the bottom under 400 watters (14K's). It seems to be OK with just about any current - my current now is pretty strong but it's not getting blasted- but it also did fine in lesser current before I switched tanks.

 

[marrone]

I actually have mine high up but it's slight shade by a power head. It a lot bigger than the picture show and it has kept it's color really well since I've gotten it.

 

[arconom]

I can't believe I just found out about this beutiful coral

All your colonys are incredible!

I placed mine midlevel in the tank. A low flow area.