Where to buy Cyphastrea
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Cyphastrea
Small stony coral with tightly packed, uniform polyps forming encrusting or mounding colonies. Coloration ranges from brown and tan to orange, red, and blue morphs, often with contrasting polyp centers or oral discs.
Key facts
- Appearance Description
- Small stony coral with tightly packed, uniform polyps forming encrusting or mounding colonies. Coloration ranges from brown and tan to orange, red, and blue morphs, often with contrasting polyp centers or oral discs.
- Additional Notes
- Encrusting cyphastrea. Hardy and easy to care for.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaii.
- Feeding Needs
- Primarily photosynthetic via zooxanthellae. Benefits from occasional target feeding with small meaty foods (copepods, phytoplankton) but not required for survival.
- Family
- Cyphastridae
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Flow Requirement
- Medium to High
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Lighting Requirement
- 100-200 PAR
Research before you buy
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