Favia question.

burkhart.5150 · 09/29/2014, 07:12 AM

So I've had this favia for several months, I'd say close to a year. Well the problem is everything else in my tank is growing, and this one well it has had the same four heads on it since I bought it. The colors are ok not bleached. It extends its tentacles when I feed the fish and I will spot feed it with oyster feast mixed with plankton and it eats. So my question is why is this coral not growing when all other around it are growing.

Sugar Magnolia · 09/29/2014, 07:14 AM

Favias are very slow growing corals. Can you post a pic of yours?

rovster · 09/29/2014, 07:18 AM

Yeah, some grow really slow, especially when they are just a couple of heads. Once you get to around 20+ heads you can start to appreciate the growth a bit better.

burkhart.5150 · 09/29/2014, 07:38 AM

Thank you for the quick responses. I'll look for a picture in my phone as my tank lights are off.

burkhart.5150 · 09/29/2014, 07:41 AM

apologize for so much blue this is the only "good" picture of it.

shesacharmer · 09/29/2014, 02:30 PM

It looks healthy so I guess it's just one of the slow ones. Five years from now you'll see that picture and say, "Wow! I forgot it was so small."

09/29/2014, 07:12 AM	#1
burkhart.5150 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Woodland ca Posts: 239	Favia question. So I've had this favia for several months, I'd say close to a year. Well the problem is everything else in my tank is growing, and this one well it has had the same four heads on it since I bought it. The colors are ok not bleached. It extends its tentacles when I feed the fish and I will spot feed it with oyster feast mixed with plankton and it eats. So my question is why is this coral not growing when all other around it are growing.

09/29/2014, 07:14 AM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Favias are very slow growing corals. Can you post a pic of yours? __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

09/29/2014, 02:30 PM	#6
shesacharmer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Central NH Posts: 1,241	It looks healthy so I guess it's just one of the slow ones. Five years from now you'll see that picture and say, "Wow! I forgot it was so small." __________________ 75 gal, LR w/refugium, 79 deg, PH 8.0, sg 1.025, amm 0/nit 0/nit 0, Calcium 420, dKH 8.3, mag 1300, Phos 0 Current Tank Info: A work in progress...

09/29/2014, 07:18 AM	#3
rovster Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miramar, FL Posts: 7,518	Yeah, some grow really slow, especially when they are just a couple of heads. Once you get to around 20+ heads you can start to appreciate the growth a bit better.

09/29/2014, 07:38 AM	#4
burkhart.5150 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Woodland ca Posts: 239	Thank you for the quick responses. I'll look for a picture in my phone as my tank lights are off.

09/29/2014, 07:41 AM	#5
burkhart.5150 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Woodland ca Posts: 239	apologize for so much blue this is the only "good" picture of it.