Favia growth over 11 months.

[PedroYoung]

First pic is when this frag was 6 months old (started as single polyp) just after last Christmas, second is this morning (along with a crop shot to zoom). Love watching the garden grow...

IMG_6873 by Peter Young, on Flickr

rainbow favia by Peter Young, on Flickr

rainbow favia crop by Peter Young, on Flickr

 

[Radman73]

Nice! Lighting and feeding?

 

[PedroYoung]

Nice! Lighting and feeding?

Lighting is AI Hydra 26's set to max out at 50% blues 18% white and small amounts of everything else. I feed about once a week, mix of PE Mysis, Oyster feast, Celanus, and whatever else is around.

 

[Radman73]

Thanks! How far is the coral below the light? Curious as I have a couple of favia's and I'm not sure on placement.

 

[PedroYoung]

Thanks! How far is the coral below the light? Curious as I have a couple of favia's and I'm not sure on placement.

I keep my lights about 14" above the water and the favia is about 4" off the bottom of 18" deep tank. Different favia's like different lighting though. I usually move them around until they seem happy (or if they don't complain when I first place them I leave them alone).

 

[Hermie]

I know this is old, but doesn't this look more like a Micromussa/Acan than a favia? I ask because I wonder if Micromussa are faster growing than favia (I think so).