Show Me Your Pavona!

[reefsic]

Mine has taken over and covered up a stubby piece of LR Tonga and is starting to grow out like a claw!!! Cant see in the pic, but its starting to ruffle on the underside too!

 

[unbreakable]

I can't get mine to branch like the above. It's encrusting a lot, kind of branched a little but nothing like the ones above.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary what's the consensus on care requirements? Do I need to feed this guy? I read a post about feeding it mysis shrimp. But I can't imagine this thing eating anything that large.

Strong current?
Strong lighting?

Any help would be great here.
Aaron

high currents for sure.

I've seen Pavona maldivensis grown very successfully in high lighting as well as lower lighting. Lower lighting is usually recommended. I can't see mine taking mysids. Perhaps smaller foods but I don't target feed mine and it's doing well in low light/ high current. It's much more orange than in my avatar (which was a picture taken using sunlight).

 

[dogstar74]

Great info thanks, I have mine in high light high flow, so I'm hoping it will do well. It's my first sps and I want it to do really well. It's in a 10 gallon tank, and I'm gearing up to do regular water changes, so it should do Ok I hope.

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[reefWW96]

this coral really is underrated! pretty cool growth pattern, i wana get one!
thanks all of you for posting pictures of this coral