Favia vs. GSP

lehner

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#1
Who wins? I have some gsp in my little 5g and rather than cutting it or removing it I'd rather just have it corralled. Would favia provide this?
 

SkyShark

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#2
In my experience, the cheap coral beats the expensive coral every time ;)
Really I'd say you are best off placing the gsp on a separate rock or glued to the back glass. Somewhere you can control the growth without much trouble.
 

SkyShark

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#3
I bet the favia would keep the gsp at bay. The gsp would grow faster and would just grow around the reach of any sweeper tentacles the favia puts out.
 
#4
I used a Torch to control my xenia. When the xenia would try to expand its territory the torch would sting it back...same theory but I don't know how aggressive the favia is.
 

SynDen

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#5
Favias can be fairly aggressive up close, but are slow growers, where as the gsp is a fast grower and could potentially just overrun the favia I think
 

FinsUp

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#6
I sense a new reality show in the making...

The Coral Wars!

I'm with Skyshark - put the GSP on the back glass or a rock that's separated from the other rocks a bit so you can keep it trimmed up/contained.
 
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