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Adastrea Echino
Echinophyllia sp.
Adastrea Echinophyllia Colony. The bright blue spots of the Adastrea coral contrast with the green to bright
fluorescing green of the surface of the coral. The blue spots can be arranged in rows toward the outer
edge of the colony. Reeffarmers acquired half of this imported colony which had been adapted to captivity.
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The Adastrea Echinophyllia has a very unique pigmentation pattern that Reeffarmers has never seen in a Echinophyllia coral before. The surface of the coral is colored green with areas of bright fluorescing green. The unique pigmentation consists of bright blue dots or spots that are found all over the surface of the coral (see above image). The blue spots can also occur in rows and they can develop patterns centered on a corallite mouth (see image below). Reeffarmers acquired a colony of this coral from Clint at Diamonds in the Reef. We split our colony with a private collector located in Los Angeles. Clint has been working directly with a collector in Sulawesi Indonesia. That collector had been holding this coral for a few months prior to Clint importing it directly. The corals marketing name was coined by Clint. This particular coral was adapted to captive systems when Reeffarmers had acquired it. The coral also fragments very well and Reeffarmers will be producing captive grown fragments of this coral for years. It has maintained its pigmentation fairly easily. Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of the Adastrea Echinophyllia for Reeffarmers.com in an 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive Weak to moderate light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The coral appears to require weak to Moderate illumination to retain its coloration. The Auctioned Edition opening bid for each new auction is $60.00 and was based on the following CFM Auction per small fragment. The quarterly auctioned edition auction schedules can be found below.
Adastrea Echinophyllia Corallite Closeup. The blue spots of the Adastrea coral
can form patterns inside the corallite areas. Note the pigment pattern in the lower right
corallite. Also note the rows of blue spots in the upper center of the image.
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Adastrea Echinophyllia Year 2009 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule

July
Auction
 Third Edition Auctioned through CFM Auctions Starts in July 2009
October
Auction
 Fourth Edition Auctioned through CFM Auctions Starts in October 2009

Adastrea Echinophyllia Year 2008 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule

September
Auction
 First Edition Auctioned for $60.00 through CFM Auctions
December
Auction
 Second Edition Auctioned for $55.00 through CFM Auctions

To inquire about the auctioning of this farmed fragment please send an email to reeffarmersauctions@aceweb.com.
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