favia

a favia frag came from vho lighting and i placed it under my MH. i noticed that the frag started to bleach when i first put it in. So far it seems that the bleaching has stopped now. Will the original color return and will it re-grow zooplankton in the bleached areas?

 

Yup, just make sure its not under to intesnse lighting right away. Next time put it in a shaded area for a little bit and gradually move it to a more lighted area! hopes this helps

 

I just read more about favia as I got one recently........

Don't put it next to any other corals.


Hmmmm, I wonder if my mushrooms that are about 4" away will be alive when I get home.....LOL

 

yea i read that too. i put it about 3in off the sand bed and about 9in from a fist sized favia i already had.

 

I agree with the others, just one thing though, the coral will repopulate it's zooxanthellae algae, not zooplankton.

Also my favia doesn't extend tentacles much farther than 1", those are the feeders though, maybe I just haven't seen the nasty long sweepers yet.

 

hahah ao yea my bad on that one. studying too many different types of bacteria in my microbiology classes.