Has anyone seen this color Cyphastrea?

[MarleyMoose]

Hi everyone -

I picked up this little one a week ago and am not sure if this is just bleached out or?? It's more darker grey than white, though. The polyps are orange and there is some orange towards the bottom of the mat. Has anyone ever seen this color Cyphastrea? So far my Google searches has not been fruitful...

It looks like it is trying to turn orange throughout maybe.

Thanks in advance for any ideas and sorry the photo is not the best!

 

[MarleyMoose]

 

[IKD]

Looks like a slightly bleached meteor shower cyphastrea.

 

[MarleyMoose]

Looks like a slightly bleached meteor shower cyphastrea.

Thank you for the reply! So if I just let it be (with good husbandry) it should in theory grow back its original tissue color?

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

Yes looks like meteor shower. I have one the gray gets a blueish tint when healthy

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

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[MarleyMoose]

Yes looks like meteor shower. I have one the gray gets a blueish tint when healthy

It seems I've seen the meteor shower with blue tones, and that is what we were told it was! This one has no blue in it, only dark grey. I always, always, always research before purchasing but had a moment of weakness

How long did it take to start growing onto the rock?

 

[MarleyMoose]

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And gorgeous pieces by the way!! it does look a bit like this though!!

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

I got this piece 5 months ago and it was dead center of the plug not touching the ends. Once it started growing I would say it took about a month to cover the plug and get on the rock. It was so fast growing on the plug I noticed growth everyday. On the rock is still fast but not as fast as on the plug.

And gorgeous pieces by the way!! it does look a bit like this though!!

Thank you!! You have a niche one as well fully encrusted

 

[MarleyMoose]

Thank you! Well, it's a start! Hopefully mine will take off too once situated. I'm still trying to find where it is happiest in the tank i.e. substrate, bottom, middle.

 

[jhadaway]

I have a meteor shower as well and it seems more green in the shade more blue in higher light. Grows like wildfire once it settles in. Mine prefers low light.

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

Mines likes flow. Enough to move the polyps around occassionally

 

[MarleyMoose]

Thank you for the kind replies everyone! Excited to get back into this hobby!

 

[Seansea]

How is your meteor shower look now? Just got one that looks exactly like yours. Hoping it will blue up

 

[MarleyMoose]

How is your meteor shower look now? Just got one that looks exactly like yours. Hoping it will blue up

It still looks to me like it's turning orange... My guess was that it might have been bleached and the tissue is slowly healing?

But now it looks like there's some green showing. Hoping it's not a bacteria or something ‍

PS- excuse the cyano, I'm working on it!

 

[HB AL]

Before ya know it it will look like this. Cool, easy coral, high light, low light, it doesn't care.

There's an abalone shell and rocks all fused together in the pic, then some more on the back Tonga branch.

 

[Seansea]

It still looks to me like it's turning orange... My guess was that it might have been bleached and the tissue is slowly healing?

But now it looks like there's some green showing. Hoping it's not a bacteria or something ‍

PS- excuse the cyano, I'm working on it!

Looks like its greening up to me. Hope mine does to. Just grey lookin

 

[Seansea]

Before ya know it it will look like this. Cool, easy coral, high light, low light, it doesn't care.View attachment 3098993 There's an abalone shell and rocks all fused together in the pic, then some more on the back Tonga branch.

Wow that looks great! Did yours start out drabbin out before becoming that beautiful speciman?

 

[MarleyMoose]

Before ya know it it will look like this. Cool, easy coral, high light, low light, it doesn't care.View attachment 3098993 There's an abalone shell and rocks all fused together in the pic, then some more on the back Tonga branch.

Wow!! This is gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing, gives me hope haha!! I would love to come across some of this at a trade show....

 

[MarleyMoose]

Looks like its greening up to me. Hope mine does to. Just grey lookin

Not to sound like a newbie lol... you mean you *want* it to turn green? What would that indicate?