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04/02/2012, 10:58 AM
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Favia alive?
 Is this alive?? I've never seen it look aNy different. Just started with corals so not sure what dead ones look like. |
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04/02/2012, 11:10 AM
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I'm no expert but it looks like it still has tissue on it so I would say it still looks alive. Does it put out feeders after the lights shut off?
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04/02/2012, 11:12 AM
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Move it to a darker spot in the tank with less flow looks irritated.
How long has it been in your tank?
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04/02/2012, 11:17 AM
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I've never really noticed it look any different even after the lights are out. Will it be a significant difference or just something small?
Also I just moved it to one of my other tanks right before I took that picture, I thought maybe it wasn't getting enough light in my big tank so I moved it to my tank with LED lighting. It was in my other tank for like a month though. |
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04/02/2012, 11:22 AM
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What are the water params?
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04/02/2012, 11:25 AM
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I had the same issue with mine. I never could tell if it was dead or alive...so I gave it away.
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04/02/2012, 11:29 AM
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If it was dead the flesh would start to fall off\peel away from the skeleton. Or start to lose color then show skeleton....
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04/02/2012, 11:35 AM
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Also Favias\Favites don't really show much difference in appearance like Candy Canes\Trumpets, Torches, Frogspawns or even other brain corals. My watermelon has looked the same from the day i got it - it may puff every now and then when feeding but for the most part it looks the same all the time. Now my Trach coral is a different story...
Check it at night during feeding time....
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