Favia covered tank bottom

[zygote2k]

Since there seems to be an overwhelming amount of Aussie Favia frags in the greater metro area, I was wondering if anyone had ever thought of 'tiling' the bottom of a tank with favia frags and filling in the gaps with sand?

Will the individual favias war against each other or will they just grow close to each other and/or overlap each other?

I'm contemplating doing this in a small 2' cube tank...

[steveoutlaw]

Good question. I know that I have to keep my favias away from my other types of corals to keep them from getting stung, but I have they are right next to each other and don't seem to pay each other any mind.

 

I say go for it and take lots of pictures.

[flowerseller]

they will grow to each other and one will win and grow over the other.

[ToddR]

I have some favia that have extremely long sweepers for the size of the colony. It would be worth a try to see if favia are compatible with each other. A tank bottom plastered with them would look great.

[tpallas]

I'm doing that with some rainbow monti on my back wall. You'd just need good flow coverage to keep the detritus off.

[Gadgets]

Very seldom will you find two different types of favia that won't try to kill each other. They are too aggressive.