Favia MoonStone

ChilisREasy · 01-20-2007, 08:24 PM

Can anyone tell me the average growth rate of moonstones..please specify lighting..mine lost all tentacles, turned half brown (was neon green) because i was told low light. its healing now after putting it in stronger light & more current.cant find much about this particular coral in my area. (Rare to see one too)

Twitterbait · 01-20-2007, 09:04 PM

di you have a picture? most favias grow pretty slow because they have a much bigger skeleton to build. you can expedite the growth of it if you set it next to an existing sold base to grow along.

Waynesworld · 07-23-2007, 08:45 AM

moonstone are medium to high light. LFS has one under MH at the top ifof a reef tank now. They work with t5's that I have seen. Growth rate is moderate from what I have seen as well. Very nice coral though.

ckusnierek · 07-23-2007, 09:39 AM

I got a 2' square (cut with a tile saw) on Ebay about 2 months ago and it is starting to grow around the cut edged but just barely. I also got a full one a few weeks ago that I have already seen threee heads split on it but cant really tell if its getting bigger. Right now it;s the size of a grapefruit.

ChilisREasy · 07-23-2007, 07:51 PM

mine hasent grown any ....almost 2 years old now

vitamin sea · 11-10-2007, 10:39 PM

same here no growth in a year

ChilisREasy · 11-11-2007, 03:54 PM

well its 2 years now, under 120w 10K PC, a little growth, not much..so i moved it into my new tank under 150w 10K MH...looks better..not green again yet

betamed · 11-11-2007, 04:08 PM

Mines grown about 1" in the year that I've had it. T5 lights pretty far down w/moderate flow.

holyscoly · 11-25-2007, 10:33 PM

mine grew as fast as a handicap snail with a nail on its foot lol

tdwyatt · 11-25-2007, 11:22 PM

It will depend on the water parameters (temp, Ca, alk, Mg), whether it is fed, location in the tank, and the lighting. I have seen some grow quickly depending on spp. and good conditions, others waste away in poor systems to nothing... Soooo, I guess it will depend.

Bender 2 · 01-14-2008, 07:13 AM

Mine is growing onto the rocks that the original moonstone is sitting on.

Loverotties · 01-14-2008, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdwyatt

It will depend on the water parameters (temp, Ca, alk, Mg), whether it is fed, location in the tank, and the lighting. I have seen some grow quickly depending on spp. and good conditions, others waste away in poor systems to nothing... Soooo, I guess it will depend.

I agree with Tom,there are many varibles that any coral grows.