Does my favia look happy so far?

datagovi · 2024-10-31T20:19:27-0400

Hey friends! On October 23 I got what I assume to be a favia from Petco. It was labeled as an Australian coral, I tried to Google image search it. I did a coral dip from tropic marin before adding it into my tank. The first night, he put out some longish feeder tentacles (not sweepers). The night of October 30, I watched as it slowly consumed at least four or five brine shrimp, possibly one or two more, so he definitely has an appetite lol. My question is, does he look happy so far? He's on the sandbed to start since I didn't want to burn him or anything. I've included a picture in order from top to bottom, October 23 at Petco, October 30, and October 31. I've noticed that the edges of the coral look more plump since last night, is that a good or bad thing?

I know it's only been 8 days but I feel like if he wasn't happy, it would be more obvious. Thank you in advance!

crazyfishmom · 2024-10-31T20:21:17-0400

Looks pretty happy to me!

datagovi · 2024-10-31T20:34:08-0400

crazyfishmom said:
Looks pretty happy to me!

Yay! That's a huge relief! Hopefully he continues to do well, thank you! If you don't mind me asking, if something were wrong that didn't make the favia happy, like light, flow, etc., do you know how quickly it would take for me to find out? Even if it's an estimate like another week or something.

crazyfishmom · 2024-10-31T20:59:49-0400

datagovi said:
Yay! That's a huge relief! Hopefully he continues to do well, thank you! If you don't mind me asking, if something were wrong that didn't make the favia happy, like light, flow, etc., do you know how quickly it would take for me to find out? Even if it's an estimate like another week or something.

Favias tend to be pretty hardy and do well in a lot of conditions so as long as it continues to fluff up I would not worry. When not doing well they will retract into the skeleton. It’ll be pretty stark.

datagovi · 2024-10-31T21:32:07-0400

crazyfishmom said:
Favias tend to be pretty hardy and do well in a lot of conditions so as long as it continues to fluff up I would not worry. When not doing well they will retract into the skeleton. It’ll be pretty stark.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!