Cyphastrea Coral Care Tips

Cyphastrea are one of the hottest corals in reef keeping right now. This is a great beginner friendly coral that can find a home in a variety of tanks ranging from mixed reefs to shadier sections of an SPS dominated tank. They have a very unique appearance and come in a wide array of color variants so if you are a collector, Cyphastrea will definitely keep you busy tracking down all the different colors.
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0:00 Introduction
1:57 Lighting
3:39 Chemistry
7:26 Dosing Methods
8:20 Phosphate and Nitrate
10:00 Water Flow
10:55 Feeding
13:25 Propagation and Aquaculture
14:01 Conclusion and Credits

[@DeeFromBrooklyn]

Your photography is by all means the best on the net. Great vid

[@dhbfpv]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@Intertaining.reels96]

I just wanna say thank you for all the corals u cover Man U helped me so much ur the only channel I come to how

[@rickbond79]

Thank you for introducing the link between Ph and Calcium / Magnesium! Very helpful for me as a new reefer, much appreciated!

[@Gerardalba]

I have just recently discovered your channel. Beyond impressed by your high level of excellence in everything you do.

[@tidalgardens]

Thank you very much. Welcome.

[@harkinsaquatics]

This is one of my favorite corals And I learned something today. I never new there was a plating variety. Thanks for the info.

[@qa377]

I didn’t know there were branching forms!, that’s awesome!

[@maceysdaddy5150]

Great video and chemistry lesson. You always have the best coverage of coral spotlights. Thanks!

[@dlegarern1]

Thanks for all the amazing coral care videos. The videography/photography is stunning!

[@palmtree1144]

One of my favorite corals.

[@BigRigWA]

Love these videos and love these corals. Amazing content again guys.

[@sami-yc3xj]

Cyphastrea has always been my favorite, finally got a branching variety years ago and a freak heater malfunction killed it shortly after. Can’t wait to get my hands on another one!

[@diacanthusreef3609]

👍 Always great to see that notification pop up

[@TheBobby416]

Thank You. Sure have come a long ways. And so much ahead. Wow. Thank you

[@randya2308]

Have been thinking about picking one of these up but didnt have enough info so i really appreciate this video.

[@papachan18]

That was a great video! Thanks for educating me.

[@Firefenex1996]

I was looking at the old cyphastrea video last night. Thanks

[@Entety303]

New tidal gardens video, nice

[@lmcmullen91]

Love watching your videos! Thank you for the great info! 👍

[@tylermohr25]

This coral has really grown on me, went from one to 3 in my tank! Didnt know they would soak up Cal as much though, learned something new.

[@inigovalencia645]

Thank you for all the info. Very helpful

[@wilsonline90]

great series of videos. very detailed info. thanks

[@Messier87_M87]

Wow just learned this coral is in the same family as my merulina ampliata coral. Great video!

[@Peter_Herrman]

Thanks for the great information!

[@adamschaafsma5839]

I don't think I've seen a branching variety that surprised me. Great video again!

[@thereefinrican]

Thanks for the video. Great information. Very helpful.

[@MK-bu3yl]

Got a free meteor shower from you guys just before Christmas.. it’s my first cyphastrea and so far it’s doing great in low light! :D

[@jerrislittlereef4023]

Another informative video. Thanks Than.

[@jluusaltwateraquarium8320]

Thanks you so much sir... Sharing fantastic video and corrals tips... It's been 3 years I watch all your videos inside KZbin channel... . I stills having trouble my saltwater aquarium..Thanks again sir...

[@jbh613b]

Exceptionally informative video

[@carllindqvist7764]

I wish these were more readily available in Europe, would love to have one.

[@Garethaxz]

Very difficult to find the branching meteor shower variant, that's quite impressive to see in such high resolution, thanks for the video.

[@dragonskinstudio]

I jist got a branching pink and red one still learning about this one

[@aquaticnstuff7666]

I like Cyphastrea because they are basically LPS in SPS encrusting form, what I mean is they "EAT" like LPS.

[@_akalman]

Just got a meteor shower and red cyphastrea. I can’t wait to see them color up!

[@bluerider0988]

Great video.

[@tidalgardens]

Thanks!

[@gamingwithcam6600]

Love cyfastria

[@MrEvilPearl]

I am actually just about to buy the WWC skittle bomb! perfect timing

[@eralpdemirkazik9142]

As usual a great video. Thank you very much. Do you have a recipe about diy amino acid additive

[@eurospec]

We have three cyphastrea corals in our tank. Purple, Green, and Blue. Purple likes direct light, blue likes indirect light (high up in the tank but off to the side of a light), and green likes low light. Funny how they have such different needs.

[@greggwiltshire5998]

Thanks

[@tidalgardens]

Welcome

[@Jaaaaayyy]

My alkalinity drops from around 8.4 to 7.8 worst 7.5 every 5-7 days in my 40 gallon , using Red Sea coral pro brings up the alk to 8.4 doing a 5 gallon water change weekly but dipping that much in alk weekly ,will that stress out the corals since it’s going back up from around 7.8 back to 8.4ish doing a water change ? I am asking because I was given a fender bender cyphasteria , and wanted to make sure the dip in alk and raising by thag much with a water change won’t bother it ,as I mostly have softies and a few lps as well.

[@joshgrove1042]

Mounting tips?

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

I have the decadia branch pale blue but the polips don't petrude but it is skinning over the base and that part is an aqua green with red polips don't know y

[@arnodepotter5030]

I'd love to know what species the blue branching Cyphastrea is in the beginning of the video. :)

[@gabesreef]

👍🏽

[@260fa]

You think this coral would do good with a us marine current led light? I haven’t had success with any other sps, but you say these don’t like strong light

[@kingfishers79]

Yay another tidal Gardens video and I'm the first here....happy days

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

I use soda lime reactor with skimmer to stop the co2 being smashed into tank water I don't have to buff dkh as much if my ph is ok and need to buff dkh I use sodium carbonate if my ph is low but dkh is ok I change the soda lime granuals normally they turn blue I been reefing for 25 years this is my most stable set up oh I use tropic Marin reef pro I allso started using aquaforest np pro and probiotic s sweet

[@liodiy]

Omg

[@SpiegNet]

LOL... guess I've been mispronouncing the name all this time. Nice video.

[@marcelrodriguez2067]

This coral is weird for me some do well while others just die on me no matter where i put them in the tank. Everything else does great for me except this lol

[@Will40th]

Top shelf aquatic stairs high and world wide coral stairs moderate light

[@Arizona9001]

Noob question. What does “rainbow” mean when used to describe coral.

[@paulmuadib8955]

I've been in the game several years and I don't know...... I'm in it for the brown. I like brown.

[@bettinico]

I tried one but it just didn't do well as soon as i got it, and I tried in low lighting. :/

[@benjamingagnon7486]

Haha I got mine 1.5 month ago... Stuggle like crazy.. polyps never got out.. 2 week Ago it start to grow like crazy.. and this week.. he's just dying... Loll

[@burtminshew4812]

Than....I have a meteor shower in 300 par and it's been growing good for a year. Polyps are not out wide and it looks almost like an encrusting monti.