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Alexander
Sheila1322
In my opinion, it will be easier to glue the frag itself to the live rock with super glue. It takes quite a long time to grow, and it might get lost behind the rocks before it attaches (if it's really small).
Diana7891
Favia is an LPS (large-polyp stony coral) coral with its own skeleton. Accordingly, it does not attach to the rock and does not crawl from stone to stone like soft corals.
Luis3725
+100 But it can spread, that is, grow on everything that is located nearby. However, this is quite a lengthy process.
Matthew
This is exactly what interests me. I want to look not at a piece of coral lying in the aquarium, but at a coral that seems to be growing on one of the live rocks.
Wendy8540
My favia has "wrapped" its skeleton around the stone it was lying on for 2 years.
Heather6148
I want to do it that way.
But for now, it doesn't look very good - just lying on J.K. (living stones).
Mariah
Is the placement of Favia on sand allowed or only on rocks? I just placed mine right on the sand in a secluded spot, and now I'm wondering.
Beth3383
You'll have to wait until it grows.
You can do it on the sand, as long as it doesn't get covered with it. She doesn't like that.
Sheila1322
To speed up this process, the adherence to the stone must be strong so that it can crawl over it more easily as it grows. Sometimes, when the distances are large, the skeleton goes under the stone... This problem was solved by connecting two stones with KZ glue (cement), as suggested to me. I am attaching a photo. This is Acanthastrea... but the essence is the same...
Cheryl
I really liked the middle photo (you could say I fell in love at first sight).
Right now, I have the following thoughts:
To trim the piece of live rock to match the shape of the frag and glue it (assemble it like a mosaic - any shape and size)
or
To create a mounting spot for the frag on the live rock and glue it in.
Meghan
In the first photo, in the left corner, it's the same one, but just glued. In the one you liked, it's after 4-5 months...
We were making the seating area, and you are looking for suitable stones.
Kevin3114
How close can this glue or cement get to coral tissues?
Rick
As far as possible! I managed to get 1mm closer, but I got the fabric a bit dirty with dust, and Akana got stressed. In particularly difficult spots, I used a toothpick to get in there!
Natalie
It does not crawl, but it encrusts. We glue the stone to the desired surface, and we feed the polyps close to the desired encrusting area every 2 days in a targeted manner. We check the results after 3-4 months. By the way, this works not only for madrepore corals but also for soft corals. I can't say for SPS, as I haven't experimented with them. I can say for sure that encrusting happens much faster than the growth of the coral's own skeleton for a solitary coral in the sand. There are plenty of offspring, but they grow slowly. However, they encrust additional surfaces more quickly.