whats happening to my Favia

[KevinK]

I have this one for 3 weeks now, and I feel something is eating it, ore something ells is happening to it.

gaps are faling in, and in the middle it is bevoming whit'isch

cant find real cretures in it

sugestions?

[christyf5]

Any fish picking at it? What do you have for lighting? Tank parameters?

[Borderjumper]

its looks to me like the back section hasnt been affected.. is that part shaded?

I suspect its getting burnt.

[KevinK]

the favia is located at 12 to 14 inch below the water, 4 inches of from the edge of the reflector (150W HQI)

exept my phosphate (0.07) everything is where it should be (0)
calcium at 430
KH at 8.5 to 9
magnesium at 1350
temp at 25.5 C

no fish that pick's

have a feeling and when locking close, it has som gaps in it, and did not had it before.

my other is still ok, at near the same location, only other side of tank

[Marlin65]

its looks to me like the back section hasnt been affected.. is that part shaded?

I suspect its getting burnt.

That would be my guess as well too much light.

[Myka]

Try moving it to a partially shaded location where it doesn't get any direct light until it heals.

[fkshiu]

It probably too much light. But it also might be stinging from a neighbouring LPS. Who are its neighbours?

[KevinK]

neighbouring are 2 hammer head's but 3 to 4 inches off.

I'm going to put it about 20 inches deep and se for a while

the thing is that some say it needs bright light, som say thy gro in nature at up to 20 feet, so less licht thy need.

as bright might be the prob. we try less

[Myka]

None of my Favias, Trachyphyllia, Symphyllia, and Lobophyllias like much light. I have them all on the sand partially shaded by other corals or off to the side out of the direct light of the halides. My lights are 250w DE 20K with electronic ballasts, so they don't put out a huge amount of PAR either.

[MitchM]

The randomness of the white spots make me think that the hammer may be responsible. I've seen sweeper tentacles from both my Favia and anchora (hammer) reach 6 - 8 inches in length.
My Favia is about the same depth under 400w MH and is one of my hardiest corals.
Have a look during the night for sweeper tentacles. They will still probably come out even after you move the Favia.
3 weeks is still a relatively new addition. I have found that the corals eventually get used to one another. If you run activated carbon, they may constantly be at war.

Mitch