Feeding dragon soul favia

[pseudorand]

Below is my drag soul favia. I've had it for 2 years. It was with the first batch of coral I ever bought. It died back at first, then grew back to look like it does now a couple of months later. It's now looked like that for a year and a half - alive, but no growth.

I decided to start feeding it. A can get food to the coral and it sticks to his tentacles. But then everyone else eats it before he can.

The tentacle in the pick is my brittle star, which just stole the Lion's share of his dinner. Instakarma occurred and my clarkii clown grabbed it right off the starfish's arm.

I don't always see that, but I do always see crabs around him an hour later. I don't think he gets any food. I do fees him at the same time as the rest of the tank, but they clean up the frozen and then go for the favia's pellets.

Any hints?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Moderate light and water flow and I feed mine mysis shrimp and occasional brine shrimp

 

[Nate Chalk]

That bristle worm grew faster than your coral piece . 2 years and thats all its grown wow

 

[pseudorand]

That bristle worm grew faster than your coral piece . 2 years and thats all its grown wow

That's the bristle (or maybe serpent) star, not a bristle worm. He's the one who stole dinner from my favia.

Maybe he needs more flow. But after the first time he "died" and the came back, I didn't dare move him. My other corals did ****e too them, so nothing seemed odd. By now most everything else is growing like mad. I'm still scared to move him, so I figured I'd try to feed first.

 

[Tired]

You can put a container (with breathing holes) upside-down over the favia while it's eating, so nothing can steal from it.

Favias don't need much flow. It might be in too much light, if it normally looks that scrunched.

 

[Tcook]

Here's mine. Have had it a little over 1.5 years. Almost trippled in size. Under a par of 80-90. Never direct feed. Maybe I should.

 

[BaliReefBox]

Here's mine. Have had it a little over 1.5 years. Almost trippled in size. Under a par of 80-90. Never direct feed. Maybe I should.

Hi I have the identical piece and was wondering what happens when it grows and covers the entire rock its on? Does it continue onto the sand?

 

[Tired]

Favias and other, similarly shaped LPS will attempt to expand outward over sand, but can't do that nearly as well as they can expand over rock, and touching sand makes them vulnerable to bacteria and general irritation. It's best to place your favia on something, like a small rock or large frag disc, so it can expand onto that.

 

[Tcook]

Hi I have the identical piece and was wondering what happens when it grows and covers the entire rock its on? Does it continue onto the sand?

I just slipped a 3" frag disk under mine.