Limited Edition
Metallic Pink Favia
Favia sp.

John Dakan of YourReef discovered this coral at a wholesaler within California. He initially noticed a slight unusual shade of color within the corallites center. John acquired the coral in early 2008 and was maintaining the coral under weak illumination since Favias generally do better under low light conditions. Reeffarmers acquired two seed sections in April 2008. We exposed the seed sections to slightly stronger 20,000 K halide illumination. The pink color in the center of the corals corallites exploded with intensity when exposed to the slightly stronger illumination.

We were unable to distribute this coral in 2009 and through the first half of 2010. This is because the coral suffered some slow growth after fragmentation and was nearly lost to algae infestations. We have since managed to grow about a quarter sized seed section and will be harvesting this coral toward the end of 2010. As far as we know we are the only coral farming operation to save and grow this coral.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of the Metallic Pink Favia for Reeffarmers.com in an 80 gallon naturally filtered Bi-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive moderate to weak light under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. The coral appears to require moderate to weak illumination to intensify its metallic pink color. The price is currently $80 per small fragment.