414driver Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Got a large Pavona colony from a pal...it looks like a softie but apparently is an SPS. What light levels does it like? How high in the tank?? What flow??? If you all give me the correct answers you might all share in the frags soon!! I call it my incentive program!!(whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 High flow and medium to high lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Pavona's like low light and low flow. I have one that is shaded under a rock and is doing well. Too much light bleaches it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Pavona's like low light and low flow. I have one that is shaded under a rock and is doing well. Too much light bleaches it out. LOL.. I just googled it and that's what it said.(laugh)(laugh) Like I know anything about SPS. Sorry for giving you the wrong info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 i think the coral in the picture below is pavona and it's doing well for me under high light and lots of flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I have a small piece that I have had for about a year or so. Slow growers, but I didnt realize they needed shade, mines up high. I guess I shade it and see if it picks up a bit. Seems to be some descrepency on the care of these? I wonder who is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 LOL they are pretty hardy corals and even what I have read there is conflicting information but I have found that both the green and orange maldivensis do better in lower light and are a deeper richer color. The green one and the orange one both got bleached out when I had them in less shady spots. They do grow slow though. As with anything there are so many other conditions (lights, water parameters) that it may do different in other people's tanks. Here's the orange one: and the green one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Pavona Maldivinesis are a pain. I have seen them do well in higher light and lower light. Just not mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I have had many different varieties and have had good luck with them up high, mid level, down low, under 400wers, 150wers, t-5s, and in high flow, low flow, and in tanks with way too many nutrients. Of course I have had varities that do not do so well for whatever reason, no matter where they are placed. I would say start out at a medium level with a medium amount of flow and go from there. Each tank will produce different results and each variety will react differently from one tank to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Yep just try it out in a few different spots....they are pretty hearty so just see what it seems to like best after a few days in each spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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