Let's see some Favias!

El Dude

El Dude

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I'm a self admitted relapsed Favia-holic...I'm just now getting back into them. Let's see all your Favias please! I'll start with a few of mine...

First wonder...purple/brown with orange/green iridescence and bright green eyes...


Prism...standard purple/green...


Unnamed...

A LFS here in SoCal just imported this wild colony and broke me off a frag! It's color is similar to a Fire and Ice Favia. Lavender with green ring and red center.


Sorry for the terrible cell pics...they don't come close to capturing the true colors...thanks for looking and sharing!
 
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Cecily

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Crappy cell phone picture doesn't do mine justice. Its a really pretty light teal and and lavender color..

Its also not starving to death. It's so fat and ALWAYS gets chunks of thawed raw shrimp.



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El Dude

El Dude

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Cecily that's a gorgeous piece! Wanna trade frags?!?!?! I'll drive over...leave now and be there Monday...lol
 
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Cecily

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Lol! Thank you. My husband went kind of nuts on our first eBay auction.. thought it was fun to bid. I ended up with it and I love it! It has a nice spot in my new tank and seems to be thriving!

Do they split? Because I feel like that's what mine is doing.. and why it's always so hungry.

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El Dude

El Dude

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Cecily said:
Lol! Thank you. My husband went kind of nuts on our first eBay auction.. thought it was fun to bid. I ended up with it and I love it! It has a nice spot in my new tank and seems to be thriving!

Do they split? Because I feel like that's what mine is doing.. and why it's always so hungry.

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They don't undergo fission in the sense that zoas do...the eyes/heads will bud new eyes but they will just add to the coral mass itself. There are a few different growth forms: flat, spherical and these crazy ones I've seen coming in lately that have funky branching growth almost like a cactus...lemme see if I can find a pic...nope...I remember seeing a colony pic in a magazine and a colony at an LFS...they're really bad@$$...anyway I'm sure somebody here knows what I'm talking about and knows more than I do...

Oh and if its always got polyps extended that's a great thing...feed it mysis or Artemia sp. nauplii...I keep mine blasted with light so they don't need to feed too much...they do look amazing with polyps extended though!
 
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Cecily

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Hmmmmm. Well they WERE just little circles when I got them. Now each circle looks crazy like a kindergartner drew it and have more than one mouth.

I legitimately feed mine CHUNKS of shrimp. They're hogs. I don't feel like mysis is enough for them. Lol.

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Cecily

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This is almost how it looked when I got it, minus the small head on the side.

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El Dude

El Dude

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Wow Cecily! That is some great growth! Once they form two mouths they may be ready to split off a baby...great before and after shot BTW!
 
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Cecily

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Thanks! :) I'm surprised I still have that picture. I've only had these guys a few months.. I'm very pleased with their growth now that I look back at that picture!

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El Dude

El Dude

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Picked up a sweet "Hamster in a Microwave" Favia...BEST coral name EVER!


Sliming up pretty good...
 
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