Chicken Pox Favia First Edition Corallite. This is the actual first edition fragment that
Reeffarmers is distributing for this coral. Single corallites tend to be large
and are up to 1 inch in diameter. Note the new corallite located in the upper area.
The Chicken Pox Favia has very large almost LPS sized corallites. The center of the corallites
are brilliantly colored with bright orange pink pigments. The entire center area also has
bright white spots or grains of pigment. The center corallite also tends to have a ring or band
of bright orange pink pigments. The outer corallite is colored medium green and there are spots
or grains of pigment throughout the surface. Near the center of the corallite the outer corallite
area also has pink orange pigment spots. Polyp tentacles are white tipped (see image above).
Reeffarmers acquired this coral from Clint at
Diamonds in the Reef.
We divided the imported coral colony into three sections with a local reef enthusiast and a Southern
California reef store. Clint named the coral based on how the bright colored corallite centers
appear to be chicken pox on the surface of the coral.
Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of the Chicken Pox Favia for Reeffarmers.com
in a 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is
positioned to receive week light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. It
appears that this coral will develop its best growth and coloration under weak to moderate lighting.
The Auctioned Edition opening bid for the first edition auction is set to start at $70.00 per
small fragment consisting of a single large corallite. The quarterly auctioned edition auction
schedules can be found below.
Chicken Pox Favia Year 2009 Quarterly Auctioned Edition Schedule
July Auction
First Edition Auctioned for $70.00 through CFM Auctions
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