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Is this typically how it grows, drooping like this?looks ok. if it starts to bleach or lose tissue it's a problem.
NoIs this typically how it grows, drooping like this?
Thoughts on what's going on here?
Hard to tell with all the red but they don’t look too well. Favia should be inflated, if you see the skeleton outline below the skin that is not a good sign.
Appreciate the before and after pics! This was a free piece from AquaSD and it was showing skeleton before. Now, it has tissue covering all over that part, extends its tentacles at night, and was generally looking great. However, the two corners started to sag for some reason. It also started to grow another polyp on the top part, which I thought was a great sign. I guess I'll keep an eye on it for now and see what's going on with the drooping.Hard to tell with all the red but they don’t look too well. Favia should be inflated, if you see the skeleton outline below the skin that is not a good sign.
As an example this is not good:
On the other hand this is happy Favia:
Same Favia as before after it recovery
Or this:
From your description it probably is ok. Favia can be all puffy one minute and less so next. But when you see skeleton something is not right.Appreciate the before and after pics! This was a free piece from AquaSD and it was showing skeleton before. Now, it has tissue covering all over that part, extends its tentacles at night, and was generally looking great. However, the two corners started to sag for some reason. It also started to grow another polyp on the top part, which I thought was a great sign. I guess I'll keep an eye on it for now and see what's going on with the drooping.
At least I don't see skeleton However, the tips that are drooping from the two corners does have little white marks on them. Water chemistry wise I think everything is in check, and salinity is 1.026, and temperature is 79F.From your description it probably is ok. Favia can be all puffy one minute and less so next. But when you see skeleton something is not right.
Same Favia during feeding time
just relaxing
Still you don’t see the skeleton
Makes perfect sense to me. My feeling was that I bought these as "hard mode" inadvertently. I'll see if there is anyone local to me that has a decent enough selection. If nothing else, do you or anyone here have any recommendations for good, online stores for aquacultured corals?Is it more difficult taking care of non-aquacultured coral? Yes, I recommend buying from a local reefer if u can. The coral that comes from the ocean is more suited to the ocean. The one that is grown in a home aquarium are much more forgiving because they are more likely to be used to aquarium life.