Is my favia dead?

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Hello reef community,

Basically title, wondering if this Favia is gone or can I try and resuscitate. It was doing great for about a month and then started to get more pale, and now the green by the mouth is almost non existent.

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Phosphate: around 0.3
Nitrate: around 40
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 78 F

Thanks in advance!

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As long as you have stable water parameters and there's no pests on it then do a dip in iodine and put it in a low flow low light area of the tank. I had one that I thought was dead for sure and it came back strong. It took almost a year to recover so be patient.
 
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As long as you have stable water parameters and there's no pests on it then do a dip in iodine and put it in a low flow low light area of the tank. I had one that I thought was dead for sure and it came back strong. It took almost a year to recover so be patient.

Thank you for the advice. May I ask what the iodine is for? Pests? I haven't seen any pests in general, is there something specific to look for that's hard to see as opposed to like a bristle worm?

Also, I actually had put it up in high PAR light thinking it wasn't getting enough, so I should move it to low light?
 

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Thank you for the advice. May I ask what the iodine is for? Pests? I haven't seen any pests in general, is there something specific to look for that's hard to see as opposed to like a bristle worm?

Also, I actually had put it up in high PAR light thinking it wasn't getting enough, so I should move it to low light?
Welcome, here's a link to a discussion on the usage:


Lower light and lower flow reduce stress on the coral so it can recover.
 

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My first favia got to a point that looked way worse than that. That actually looks ok. I agree with iodine dip though. It did quick and immediate wonders for my struggling favia. Also low light (50-80 par). Flow isn't as big of a deal with those in my experience. Feeding also helps favia. I found reefroids didn't do a lot but mysis lead to new growth.
 
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My first favia got to a point that looked way worse than that. That actually looks ok. I agree with iodine dip though. It did quick and immediate wonders for my struggling favia. Also low light (50-80 par). Flow isn't as big of a deal with those in my experience. Feeding also helps favia. I found reefroids didn't do a lot but mysis lead to new growth.

I feed the tank mysis daily for the fish, it's quite a bit, but do you think I should be trying to target feed the Favia?
 

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My first favia got to a point that looked way worse than that. That actually looks ok. I agree with iodine dip though. It did quick and immediate wonders for my struggling favia. Also low light (50-80 par). Flow isn't as big of a deal with those in my experience. Feeding also helps favia. I found reefroids didn't do a lot but mysis lead to new growth.
How are you getting favia to eat a mysis?

If my fish don't come and scoop it up (regardless of how overfed they are) it generally will just blow away even with the pumps off
 

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How are you getting favia to eat a mysis?

If my fish don't come and scoop it up (regardless of how overfed they are) it generally will just blow away even with the pumps off
Add some food to tank to get a feeding response (wait 20 minutes or so). Kill all flow including return/HOB. Spot feed directly and also feed fish at same time so they don't rob the corals.
 

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