Do Favias like high light?

Do Favias like high light?

The best placement for a favia coral is in a location that gets moderate water flow and moderate-intensity lighting. Too much flow may damage the polyps. Too much lighting will cause bleaching.

Is Favia easy?

Favia corals are aggressive, expanding their sweeper tentacles at night well beyond the base. It is important to leave space between them and neighbors in the reef aquarium. Caring for Favia corals is relatively easy, if provided proper conditions, making them excellent choices for the beginner to expert reef hobbyist.

Where should I place my Goniopora?

The best placement for Goniopora coral is an area with moderate light intensity and water flow. This would typically be considered the middle region of the aquarium, about halfway between the most and least intense lighting and flow and away from the water flow.

What do you feed Favia corals?

Favia corals can catch food particles in the aquarium when their tentacles are out and this is also the best time to feed the coral if desired. Most meaty fish foods like krill, mysis, and brine shrimp will work. The pieces of food for the Favia corals will need to be small enough for the coral polyp to pull in.

Whats the difference between Favia and ACAN?

Taxonomy. The genus Favia consists of a reef-building corals, commonly known as brain corals because of their often spherical, corrugated appearance. “Acan” is short for the genus Acanthastrea, a similar genus.

Are Favites Coral aggressive?

When placing your Favites corals, please remember that Favites corals are known to be aggressive. They have long sweeper tentacles that can extend to sting other corals that get too close. Be sure to provide enough personal space for your Favites coral to grow and thrive.

How fast do Favites grow?

Some Favias only grow millimeters per year. I’ve had one for 5 years and it’s only slightly bigger but more round. I have another (war coral) that grows fast. It’s grown down and onto the glass in only a few years.

Does torch coral sting ZOAS?

They shouldn’t overtake the torch. If anything, the torch should sting the zoas, killing the polpys around the base of the torch.

Can Favites touch?

It means different things to different audiences. That favites pentagona can go by other favites pentagona. If it doesn’t look exactly like that, besides the color, then it can’t touch.

Do Goniopora like high light?

Goniopora can thrive in a wide range of lighting. We have kept Goniopora in different lighting intensities here at Tidal Gardens ranging from very dimly lit 50 PAR tanks all the way to bright aquariums receiving over 200 PAR. I would recommend placing them under moderate lighting intensities, between 75-125 PAR.

Does Favia coral encrust?

Favia are a diverse group of corals that can be encrusting especially when they are small, becoming massive domes or boulders as they grow.

Can favia touch ACAN?

They can be finicky at times. They need low flow and lots of space without anything touching them. Acans can touch acan if both same species. Favias, not so much.

What do you feed favia corals?

Do Favites sting each other?

Valuable Member. Most definitely. They will sting eachother to death.