Plug recommendations for favia

[jmatt]

Picked up a few favia / favite frags and have them sitting in eggcrate at the moment. Assuming I can not only keep them alive, but have them grow a bit (not a given lol), what's a decent frag style for a brain coral like this?

I have no idea where I'm gonna put them in the DT ultimately, so I'm looking to give them an appropriate base for a year or so.

I dislike when I see large puddling frags on a flat plug... but these don't puddle, right? They kinda build a dome upwards in which case a flat plug might actually be appropriate.

Any advice?

And I'm sure there's a reason people will puddle their frags, I just don't know what it is. Easier to cut up and sell?

 

[MoshJosh]

Oceans Wonders Coral Frag Rocks - 10 Pack

Oceans Wonders Coral Frag mounts are perfect for the attaching coral frags including hard and soft branching corals such as Acropora, Birdsnest, Montipora, Kenya Trees, Xenia, etc. They are bright white in color and fit into standard egg crate or into small cracks or crevices in your aquarium’s...

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[blaxsun]

They will eventually grow around the plug if given enough time, but the above is an awesome idea.

 

[jmatt]

Oceans Wonders Coral Frag Rocks - 10 Pack

Oceans Wonders Coral Frag mounts are perfect for the attaching coral frags including hard and soft branching corals such as Acropora, Birdsnest, Montipora, Kenya Trees, Xenia, etc. They are bright white in color and fit into standard egg crate or into small cracks or crevices in your aquarium’s...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

That was fast, I'll take a look.

 

[jmatt]

That was fast, I'll take a look.

Now if they only had them in purple or gray... hmm.

Perhaps I could coat them with a thin skin of Aquaforest Stone Fix, that's pretty dark.

 

[jmatt]

This has promise.

Real Reef Frag Rocks - Real Reef Solutions

Real Reef Solution’s Frag Rocks offer the aquarist or commercial coral farmer a sterile, natural, realistic base for their coral frags. Reef Frag Rocks look like living coral rock and are made from the same natural building blocks that coral and live rock are composed of; natural calcium...

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[Derrick0580]

Reefing Art Breakable Coral Frag Tile 4inch 10pcs with Free Aquarium Glue White frag Rack Plugs https://a.co/d/hORInty

I love these for encrusting corals.

 

[fish farmer]

Picked up a few favia / favite frags and have them sitting in eggcrate at the moment. Assuming I can not only keep them alive, but have them grow a bit (not a given lol), what's a decent frag style for a brain coral like this?

I have no idea where I'm gonna put them in the DT ultimately, so I'm looking to give them an appropriate base for a year or so.

I dislike when I see large puddling frags on a flat plug... but these don't puddle, right? They kinda build a dome upwards in which case a flat plug might actually be appropriate.

Any advice?

And I'm sure there's a reason people will puddle their frags, I just don't know what it is. Easier to cut up and sell?

I usually take rock rubble and form a mound style base so they can't grow flat. You could also find flat tile you could cut and layer slightly larger underneath.

The top of this was only 5 polyps, I mounted it to rubble and eventually to the rock. It's starting to hang over, so I may stuff epoxy along the edges.

I did the same to this one. I started with 5 polyps and grew it over a round base.