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Limited Edition -
Purple Green Eyes
Cyphastrea japonica


Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Main Colony Closeup.
Note intensely green colored polyps and purple blue body.
Image Copyright © 2006 by Hugo Zuniga and Mario Mchava All Rights Reserved.

This brand new Cyphastrea japonica coral has a new pigmentation pattern for Cyphastrea corals that has not yet been seen within U.S. reefs. The main body of this Cyphastrea is colored purple blue, while the polyps and corallite ridges are colored bright green. This is very unusual for a Cyphastrea. We believe that this is a C. japonica based on corallite size and pigmentation pattern. The coral also has another exotic quality concerning its pigmentation. When polyps are retracted (see image below) some of the corallite ridges have developed a pink stripe pigmentation mark. We initially distributed this coral as an Auctioned Edition First Edition at the 2006 February SouthWestern Coral Farmers Market. Reeffarmers first acquired this coral from Snipersps and Mario Mchava who found the coral at a local retail reef shop in Southern California. They now prefer a Limited Edition distribution for this coral and Reeffarmers has agreed. The coral is now being released as a new LE coral. Steve Tyree is maintaining a farmed section of this coral for reeffarmers.com in one of his 125 gallon naturally filtered Tri-Zonal Reef Aquariums. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positoned to recieve moderate to weak light levels under a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium Metal Halide. Limited Edition Reservation price for fragment is currently $95 per small sized fragment. The bimonthly limited edition reservation schedules can be found below.

Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Polyp Closeup.
Polyps are fully extended. Note intensely green colored tentacles and purple blue body.
Image Copyright © 2006 by Hugo Zuniga and Mario Mchava All Rights Reserved.

Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Polyp Closeup.
Polyps are almost fully retracted. Note pink lines of pigments on the edges of corallite ridges.
Image Copyright © 2006 by Hugo Zuniga and Mario Mchava All Rights Reserved.

Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Year 2009 BiMonthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Reserved for R. Rhode
March
Reserved for I. Hartwell
May
Reserved for R. Lin
July
Reserved for S. Hansen
September
Sold as Buy It Now
November
Reserved for R. Bash


Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Year 2010 BiMonthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Available
March
Reserved for W. Roesler
May
Available
July
Available
September
Available
November
Available


Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Year 2006 BiMonthly Limited Edition Schedule

March
First Edition Ebay Auctioned for $127.50
May
Shipped to G. Adkins
July
Shipped to A. Deukmedjian
September
Delivered to C. Conway
November
CFM Auctions


Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Year 2007 BiMonthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Shipped to E. Nichols
March
Reserved for A. Andrasz
May
Reserved for J. Berney
July
Reserved for R. Barton
September
CFM Auction
November
Reserved for B. Wilson


Purple Green Eyes Cyphastrea japonica Year 2008 BiMonthly Limited Edition Schedule

January
Shipped to S. Spargur
March
Shipped to G. Schwab
May
CFM Auctions
July
Shipped to M. Schwitters
September
Sold as Buy It Now
November
Reserved for P. Schrieber


To inquire about reserving a limited edition farmed fragment of this coral please send an email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com.

Copyright © 2006 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.

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