How about some pics of your favites/favia/favid!!

[zeppelin]

 

[Justin74]

dang zeppelin! Is it time to get the pizza cutter out yet ?Nice peice!

-Justin

 

[katpurdy]

can you please tell me the difference between favia, favites and favid?

 

[A.G]

How fast do they grow guys?/

 

[Ciarán]

can you please tell me the difference between favia, favites and favid?

The difference between Favia and Favites is very subtle but it can be distinguished from what i understand by this: Favia have colonies of polyps that have monocentric corralites (one mouth at the centre of each polyp) , the polyps themselves are aligned in what is called "plocoid" fashion. Basically this means that the polyps are notably distinct from each other and share only epitheca e(or the place where a polyp joins the substrate and forms a vertical wall upward).

Favites on the other hand also have monocentric corallites but the polyp colonies are organised in cerioid fashion, meaning that all polyps share walls and are compacted very closely together, often forming polygonal structures. They are not so compacted as to form valleys ("meandroid") as in Playtgyra Sp. but they are visibly more "bunched" than Favia.

"Favid" as far as i understand it is just a loose group term used to categeorise all "brain" corals of a specific form (Favia, Favites and sometimes including Platygyra, Leptoria and Montastrea Spp.). Its not an actual genus or species.

 

[Shnabbles]

what kind of lighting do favia like? how often do you feed them??

I might have to much light for it, because it doesnt look as nice as these and more levels are all good, CA, ALK, PH all good.

 

[sunny03]

here are mine

 

[mummra100769]

MUMMRAS WARR KORRAL

MUMMRAS WARR KORRAL

 

[stevedola]

sunny, i think the orange piece you posted might be an acan enchinata

 

[jay24k]

Here is the only one I have.