Ten days ago, I purchased a favia frag. I drip acclimated it and placed it on the sand bed in the area with my other lps corals. After the first day or so, I started to noticed slow tissue recession. I've read that favias prefer moderate lighting and water flow. I have 4.8 watts per gallon, I don't really know if that's ''moderate'' or not, but the corals are doing well, except for this favia and one other zoa frag. I've tested and retested the water, everything is within normal parameters. What could be going on? Too much light for it?
favia help
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akitareefer
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I have favias that do well in full shade, might want to try that. Only other problem I could think of is it being fresh cut?
I have one spot that is shaded, but it's in closer to the powerhead so the flow is higher. but I can try that. Someone else had asked if it was fresh cut. The shop couldn't honestly tell me, they said it had been in the tank for about a week when I bought it. usually the frags from the store are pieces that break off the larger colonies for sale. They collect the broken off pieces and glue it to a frag plug. If it were fresh cut, how long should the recession occur?
akitareefer
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I like to give my fresh cuts a couple of weeks but 1 week isn't horrible. I'd try full shade for a week as long as it isn't in direct flow.
So I moved it to an area with more shade, and it seems to be doing better, the tissue recession has atleast slowed, if not stopped. my next question is how or really what to feed it. I've tried to feed it brine shrimp since the mouths are very small. should I feed it like the rest of my lps corals (usually once sometimes 2 times per week)
