Fender Bender Cyphastrea

$39.99

Only 1 available — one-of-one. The photo is the exact coral you receive.

You are buying the Fender Bender Cyphastrea in the photograph, not a stand-in image for the batch. Encrusting stonies take moderate light and moderate flow and creep across rock rather than branching, which makes them useful for filling in bare spots. Ships out of our Key West, Florida facility. UPS Next Day Air on Tuesdays…

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The $10 Box & Handling Fee is charged per box, not per coral. It covers the insulated box, heat or ice packs and the time it takes to pack live coral safely. UPS Next Day Air is one flat livestock shipping charge per order, the carrier cost of getting it out of Key West alive. A box typically holds around five small frags, so adding compatible corals to the same shipment usually will not add another box fee or change the shipping charge. Larger colonies, species that cannot share water, or extreme weather can require a second box. Orders with $349 or more in qualifying livestock ship free.

Florida: $30 UPS Next Day Air livestock shipping. Qualifying Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship UPS Next Day Air for a flat $30, plus the $10 Box & Handling Fee. Heavier or mixed shipments use our standard UPS Next Day Air rate. Orders with $349 or more in qualifying livestock ship free.

Livestock ships UPS Next Day Air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so nothing sits in a facility over a weekend. We ship livestock within the continental U.S. only. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.

In Key West? Visit our shop and take your purchase with you—no shipping required.

Before you buy, read our encrusting coral guide.

SKU: SPS-FENDERCYPH-001

Category: Encrusting Corals, WYSIWYG

Description

WYSIWYG Fender Bender Cyphastrea is offered under the retail name shown in the product title.

This is an encrusting Cyphastrea coral sold under the Fender Bender trade name. Color names are aquarium-trade descriptors and appearance can vary with spectrum, intensity, nutrients, and photography.

Care Guide

Lighting: Low to medium — PAR 75–150. It tolerates shade better than many SPS corals, which can help preserve color.
Flow: Medium — moderate, varied flow helps keep the surface clean and supports tight growth.
Placement: Lower-to-middle rockwork. It will encrust the surface it reaches.
Compatibility: Low direct aggression, but it can encrust into neighbors. Leave room for the colony to sheet outward.
Feeding: Direct feeding is optional. Normal reef feeding and stable nutrients are generally sufficient.

Keep salinity, temperature, and alkalinity stable, acclimate changes gradually, and allow room for outward growth.

Shipping: Ships UPS Next Day Air from Key West. Current eligibility and delivery timing are shown at checkout.

CARE INFORMATION

Lighting	Low to medium — PAR 75–150. It tolerates shade better than many SPS corals, which can help preserve color.
Flow	Medium — moderate, varied flow helps keep the surface clean and supports tight growth.
Placement	Lower-to-middle rockwork. It will encrust the surface it reaches.
Compatibility	Low direct aggression, but it can encrust into neighbors. Leave room for the colony to sheet outward.
Water Parameters	Salinity 1.025–1.026 · Temperature 76–78°F · Alkalinity 8–9 dKH · Calcium 420–440 ppm · Magnesium 1300–1400 ppm

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk. Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship UPS Next Day Air at $30. Other continental-U.S. orders use the applicable UPS Next Day Air rate. Eligible livestock orders of $349 or more ship free. A $10 Box & Handling Fee applies per box, including on free-shipping orders. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.
Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.

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