FAVIA questions

AquariumNut-Josh · Sep 1, 2014

Hi all I bought some favias acans and zoas that are all in quarantine for 2 weeks before I move em to my display ( its day 4 of the qt ) . Just curious about favia care . The one doesn't seem happy and it looks like its died back as there is a bit of skeleton showing around the entire coral . The water quality is excellent Its had nothing in it and has a phosphate removal pad and floss filtration And ive done water changes . I know they dont like high light so I shaded them there are no pests that ive seen . Plus I dipped all of my corals and all that came off were harmless hitch hikers ... my acans are very happy so are most of my zoas ( some wont open but thats just zoas I guess ) and the other favia looks alright Its had a tiny bit die off but just on a little bit on the one side I would imagine thats stress related . Ive tried spot feeding with crushed fish flakes . Only my acans ate that . So ive ordered some live phytoplankton and rotifers . Anything I should give it in particular? This is the one that im concerned about

this is my other favia

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Daniel@R2R · Sep 2, 2014

Where are they placed in your tank? My favias seem to like moderate flow and lower lighting (mine are on the sand bed). The one in the bottom picture looks like a war coral (still in the favia family) which IME like higher light and moderate flow. Others with more experience can feel free to chime in.

AquariumNut-Josh · Sep 2, 2014

Im a complete noob when it comes to favias lol ive kept a ton of different corals just not that ... I have it well shaded theres a 90 watt led above a 10 gallon soo I figured I would need to lol I ordered a little power head to add flow

chemwiz · Sep 2, 2014

+1 on the War Coral ID, but they both will take the same foods. Unlike Acans which you can get to eat during the day, the Favia family will almost always only eat while the lights are out. I would reconmend feeding a frozen shrimp based food a couple hours after lights out twice a week. I spot feed my Favias the same food I feed my clownfish. That should allow your frag to grow a bit as it looks like the top one looks ok but is pretty fresh cut. Hope that helps.

moulton712 · Sep 2, 2014

I've noticed they dont like dirty water. Plus they will bleach in high light easy. Make sure they don't flip over onto sand or they are toast. Some have long sweepers so be aware.

Daniel@R2R · Sep 2, 2014

AquariumNut-Josh said:
Im a complete noob when it comes to favias lol ive kept a ton of different corals just not that ... I have it well shaded theres a 90 watt led above a 10 gallon soo I figured I would need to lol I ordered a little power head to add flow

Ok. Am I understanding that you have no flow right now other than your filtration? If so, that may be your issue. Once you add that new powerhead that will probably help a lot. :thumb: