New to LPS, Help needed

[drparker]

I got this nice purple and yellow favia, I think?

It was under T5 at the LFS. Put it under new Ecotech Radion LEDs. Good thing is I can tweak the intensity and color spectrum to get them just right. Bad thing is, I can tweak them and end up having them completely wrong:hmm4:

Growth?
Do these grow by expanding from the edges like an encrusting would? Do they expand at the top of ridge and form a new mouth? Or does a mouth split and form new ridges?

Color?
If you look around the edges you'll see where some of the purple is becoming florescent green is this because I have the wrong light settings or is it new growth that will turn purple?

 

[greech]

Prism favia. Very pretty! Mine grow by one of the eyes/mouth expanding and then splitting into one or more new eyes by developing new ridges within the expanded area. Hope that makes sense .

These are lower light corals so don't blast it.

 

[drparker]

Greech,

Thanks for the ID, fits right in with your avatar. Yes your description of how they grow makes perfect sense.

Thanks again, Happy reefing.