Need help with Favia

ahvrivera · Dec 19, 2010

Along with he yellow cap i picked up last night i saw this and had to have it. But as you can tell from the pic its reseading some. So the LFS owner gave me a heck of a bargain i couldnt resist to see if i can bring it back to its original luster. The deal is when i bring it back. he Would like a frag for payment. So Im am fairly new to the favias and really could use some advise on what is the best conditions, placement, waterflow ETC. would be for this gem. Thanks for all your help! Here are some pics

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Actinics

Speg · Dec 19, 2010

As long as your conditions are good and other LPS are doing well in the tank, this favia should start to repair itself.

Mine do well in medium-low light with medium-low flow. Feed it as much as possible and it should repair in no time.

ahvrivera · Dec 19, 2010

Speg said:
As long as your conditions are good and other LPS are doing well in the tank, this favia should start to repair itself.

Mine do well in medium-low light with medium-low flow. Feed it as much as possible and it should repair in no time.

i normally feed mysid.

what would be the best food to feed it?

Speg · Dec 19, 2010

ahvrivera said:
i normally feed mysid.

what would be the best food to feed it?

That's fine!

ahvrivera · Dec 20, 2010

Well good signs of fight. I put a cut 2 liter bottle over it and flooded it with Mysid and it ate like crazy. My cleaner shrimps where going crazy trying to get to the food. Going to take pics next time. Thanks for the help.

Kathleen · Dec 20, 2010

Very pretty. Good luck. I had heard about the 2 liter bottle but had never tried it.

ahvrivera · Dec 20, 2010

Kathleen said:
Very pretty. Good luck. I had heard about the 2 liter bottle but had never tried it.

Thanks!

droblack · Dec 20, 2010

Cleaner shrimp may be part of your problem.

Steve W · Dec 21, 2010

Can't tell from your photos, but favias are prone to infections with boring worms. I recently bought a "bargain frag" that was receding like yours and when I looked closely at it I noticed two or three tiny holes between the polyps near where it was receding. I read up on it and decided to do a fresh water dip followed by a iodine dip. Several small worms came out of the frag when I did the freshwater dip and now the frag is recovering and growing.

Steve

ahvrivera · Dec 21, 2010

Steve W said:
Can't tell from your photos, but favias are prone to infections with boring worms. I recently bought a "bargain frag" that was receding like yours and when I looked closely at it I noticed two or three tiny holes between the polyps near where it was receding. I read up on it and decided to do a fresh water dip followed by a iodine dip. Several small worms came out of the frag when I did the freshwater dip and now the frag is recovering and growing.

Steve

Thanks, ill look closely when i get home just in case. I did give it a fresh water dip before i place it in my tank and didnt notice any abnormalities. but i didnt do an iodine dip. had a bad experience burning a frag before, havent tried it since. Thanks for the input.

ahvrivera · Dec 21, 2010

Steve W said:
Can't tell from your photos, but favias are prone to infections with boring worms. I recently bought a "bargain frag" that was receding like yours and when I looked closely at it I noticed two or three tiny holes between the polyps near where it was receding. I read up on it and decided to do a fresh water dip followed by a iodine dip. Several small worms came out of the frag when I did the freshwater dip and now the frag is recovering and growing.

Steve

Thanks, I will look closer when i get home. I did give it a freshwater dip before i placed it in my tank. I didnt do Iodone tho becasue i burned a frag bad some years ago.. And i havent tried it since. Thanks for your input.

Speg · Dec 21, 2010

that bottle idea is awesome.

ahvrivera · Dec 21, 2010

Speg said:
that bottle idea is awesome.

ahvrivera · Dec 29, 2010

12/28/10 UPDATE.
It receded a bit more but not to bad. it has been eating good and yesterday it finally puffed up nice and fat. so im hoping its finally happy and will start growing. Thanks for all your help! will take some update pics here this week.