Where to mount these type of coral frags?

marktea · Sep 17, 2017

Like the title says fellas, im not sure where these types prefer to be mounted. I have them in lower flow areas and they seem to enjoy it. Thoughts?

marktea · Sep 17, 2017

Almost forgot this little guy

jsker · Sep 17, 2017

Down low, low lighting, low flow, and they like dirty water

marktea · Sep 17, 2017

Nice I had the right idea

mounted to rock or will they grow? across sandbed?

marktea · Sep 17, 2017

Anybody? I'd like to get them in their homes soon as possible

nautical_nathaniel · Sep 17, 2017

You can put them in the sand bed on a rock, they'll just grow their skeleton outwards from there. Just make sure you don't let them get covered up by a goby or some other critter messing around in the sand.

marktea · Sep 17, 2017

Thank you !

mcarroll · Sep 18, 2017

I'd say these guys are extra adaptable.....they do not need to be down low, or in low light, or on the sand bed, or in low flow. They're sort of a lagoon coral....so they can tolerate quite a bit that some corals can't. I've even seen someone (in a book maybe) describe them in the wild as "the coral that grows where others don't". LOL

A lagoon can have either very bright light since typically they are shallow, or very lowlight due to particulates in the water. Flow can be highly variable too.

Put him where you'd like him – just don't let them be near another coral that could attack. My Hydnophora ate my first favia the night I brought the favia home. "Oh wow...what are all those strings all over it??" ;Bucktooth Nothing left in the morning but skeleton.

Maybe interesting:

Favia favus. Corals of the World - Photos, maps and information ... says these guys might dominate on the reef back margins.

This overhead pic can give you an idea of the proximity in the wild. The inside probably fills and drains with the tides and only gets really shaken up during storms. That's not a guaranteed calm under the surface though as the tide can get channeled which can create some serious flow velocity on a localized basis. Depth inside the lagoon can be highly variable too....near the reef is obviously shallow, but the middle can be very deep – to there's potential for a wide gradient of possibilities for all the corals found in this environment.
Notice there are lots of species and some are more cosmopolitan and can be found just about anywhere corals grow, but lots seem to compete well in environments like this. Click though the list (which is from JEN Veron's Corals of the World website.) and check em out!