Favia Show Off Thread

[ianiwane]

Steel blue with pink (I have a much bigger piece but it broke while trying to frag the base rock off. This is the small frag)

Pink buster

 

[Sheol]

ReefMonger,

Actually, that isn't the origional reply- Which said "are you refering to that one just pictured?" But Frakin' AOL booted me off. When I got back on later in the day, I forgot that part. Sorry about that.
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ianiwane,
Man, that 2nd shot is spectacular! What did daddy look like?

Sincerely,
Matthew

 

[ReefGirlSara]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11680667#post11680667 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stewart1019
just ordered my first favia piece. do they grow their own skeleton, or should I put the frag on a rock they can spread to?

I was also wondering the same thing. Can someone help us newbies with this?

 

[650-IS350]

MAn, you beat me to it IAN. I was going to post pics. Ian and i both went to get the same pieces. Man if you guys just saw the mother colonies, GEEZ.

So can I get the small broken frag then IAN since I didn't get that one. LOL

 

[ianiwane]

Lol, come over and pick it up if you want it. But yeah the mother colonies were NICE. More pink than my pictures.

 

[650-IS350]

Man, if ya'll could have seen the chalice's too, monster size.

I would have been broke if I stayed longer.

Ian, I'll take you up on that.

 

[msn711]

Stewart and Sara, I'm pretty sure they grow their own skeleton (I think all LPS do), but someone please correct me if I'm wrong. That's not to say that they won't grow on to the rockwork if that's where they are though.

 

[nUgZ]

They do/will grow their own skeleton, but it's easier for them to grow onto some other structure.

 

[PauChi]

Do Favia's need strong lighting requirement and what's the best placement to position this particualr Coral? Do I need to feed every single mouths or do they 'spread out' the digested food throuhgout their internal system?

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[Sheol]

They do grow their own, but they can attach to/encrust LR too.
They are very tolerant of varios levels of light, & not particular. That is in general, individual types/species may have different requirements.
Be aware that they ARE aggressive too, very nice looking sweepers form at night!

Matthew

 

[stewart1019]

Thanks for the info. Will they have feeder tentacles come out for feeding?

 

[nUgZ]

Yes they will Stewart. Some more than others.

 

[Sheol]

Right NuGz,

Mine can REALLY "wig out" with sweepers if I put the Reef Plankton cube in the tank. But not always. I don't quite understand that. My Platygyra won't. However, I think that one is doomed & I"m facing the decision to discard it & get a less attractive one. But someone set it might cause my other corals to die.
(I'm also having another hostile Take-over bid from a Rhodactis & a hard coral. So much work, not enough tank time!)

Ciao,
Matthew

 

[ret25yo]

i'm showing mine ... not because its pretty ... but because when I got it 2 weeks ago it looked like a big flat leather coral (not kidding) lol
after introduction to my tank i sat him on the sand to adjust to the light-8x39w ATI powermodule so here he is two weeks after intro .
one week:

two weeks

 

[nUgZ]

It's definitely improving ret25yo. Post some updated pics in a few weeks.

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Playing with my new camera

 

[kev apsley]

those are nice Jose!

 

[nUgZ]

Good stuff Jose.

 

[Sheol]

Dang Jose' did you stay absent for a week just get those shots? Love the Actinic one. Nice corals as usual. Keep it up bro!

Matthew

 

[stewart1019]

Very nice