Christmas Favia Coloration?

[ritter6788]

For those of you keeping them, what lighting are you using? Do they need more high light or lower light? I've never been able to get a good coloration like I see in some pics on here. Some pics of yours will be greatly appreciated.

Here's mine, I've never been able to get the dark red center like I see on some.

 

[organism]

From what I've seen they tend to like lower, bluer light. Have seen some great ones on the sand bed of 20k/LED tanks

 

[jc-reef]

^^^ +1 I have mine lower just off sand bed / with partially shaded light.

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[CarlDelain]

I keep mine in the sand shaded by a frag rock.
2x150w Phoenix 14Ks
I found that no matter where i keep them in my tank, if they aren't shaded, they start to bleach out.

 

[ritter6788]

Thanks for the replies. Very nice corals! That's the idea I was getting so I moved it from the bright leds to the t5s. After a couple of months under the t5s the color was even less so I moved it back to the leds and the little color I had is coming back again. I wish I could get mine to look like the pics in this thread.

 

[Sheol]

+4, I think. LOL Mine was on the sandbed in the old reef. It seemed happy there, bluse my ocellaris clown didn't bother things on the sand..

Matthew

 

[kingfisher62]

This is how mine look under 72W PC lighting , 36W daylight / 36W actinic ,stock lighting in my 29G biocube.

 

[ritter6788]

I hate you all. :lolspin: Thanks for the tips everyone.

 

[Lynnmw1208]

I just got a frag of this coral and I was wondering if it is an encrusting type or will it grow by itself on the sand? Just wondering if I should but it on a rock or not

 

[cloak]

I kept mine on the sanbed and it grew. I did however have a light dusting of puca shell on top though. The tissue needs something to grab onto, so fine sand might not work out to well. Placing it on a rock will also work, it just needs to be in constant contact. No fiddling with it. It might take awhile but it will encrust.

 

[SinisterReefer]

Does anyone spot feed theirs?

 

[CarlDelain]

I spot feed everything in my tank.
It's not necessary though.

 

[sullyfish]

lower light best for mine also, I recently did a lights out for 3 days to rid my tank of some cyano, and all my corals did fine but did see a little bleaching on the christmas favia. A few days later it was fine.

 

[FinancialReef]

I spot feed and keep it shaded on the sand.