talk to me about favia fragum (golf ball coral)

[foo_dog]

i have been watching this coral for weeks.at my LFS and it has seem to be doing fine, but never had any idea what it was, so when i was in there today, i picked it up for what i think is super cheap, in hopes of coming home and figuring out what it is, looked through some books and finanly found it.

but can find no real info. on it, and cant seem to find anywhere that sells it and ive seen it on the red list, so is it not importable? and did my LFS, maybe get it as a hitch hiker and have been growing it? i didnt ask, plus the guy that helped is more of an order taker and not the owner who knows his sh!t.

so any and all info would be absolutely stellar and helpful.

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[NewbyReefer]

Do you have any pics? Also from what I have read they are found around 30 meters so they would probably do good in a low light area.

 

[foo_dog]

Do you have any pics? Also from what I have read they are found around 30 meters so they would probably do good in a low light area.

Lights out still and I'm off to work
...ill have to get some tonight...

I found the same thing about 30 meters, but in the Corals book it mentioned them being seen and standing out amping seagrass, which would also mean the shallows...but beyond That not much...It did eat last night, by capturing food out of the water...

Mine is also nuclear green...when they apparently are normally brown and sometimes yellow...

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[foo_dog]

This is when its out feeding (night mostly)

And then when its retracted

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[foo_dog]

Sorry pics are sideways...taken and uploaded through phone on taptalk.

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[Anthrax15]

I would just treat it like any other LPS. Feed it at night, medium to low flow, low light in this case and you should be good.

That is a beautiful coral. I would defiently take that off your hands. Never seen it before

 

[Bcamp]

I have had mine for several years, I was told it was a moon coral?
Slow grower but seems hardy. I have mine in med. light on sand bed.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Just a heads up, but the photos you have posted up are not of Favia fragum. The greenish coral there is a true Palythoa (Palythoa caribaeorum most likely), and while it looks similar to some faviids, its behavior, growth, and care requirements/tolerance are quite different. Luckily, it is easier to keep, grows faster, and can handle just about anything you do to it. Be aware though that it can grow quicker than many zoanthids, to the point that it becomes nearly invasive in some parts of the Caribbean.

 

[foo_dog]

Just a heads up, but the photos you have posted up are not of Favia fragum. The greenish coral there is a true Palythoa (Palythoa caribaeorum most likely), and while it looks similar to some faviids, its behavior, growth, and care requirements/tolerance are quite different. Luckily, it is easier to keep, grows faster, and can handle just about anything you do to it. Be aware though that it can grow quicker than many zoanthids, to the point that it becomes nearly invasive in some parts of the Caribbean.

i dont think is, looking at other images of that its different, its skeletal structre is identical to favia fragum in look and feel, but then again it might be...

The polyps have no stalks at all and are very far apart from eachother...which What you suggested...they have stalks and are much closer together.

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