Limited Edition
Strawberry Shortcake Favia
Favia rosaria

The Strawberry Shortcake Favia was originally acquired by Clint and Krista Conway of Diamonds in the Reef. Clint distributed one fragment of the coral before selling the entire colony to a private collector. That private collector is not a fragment distributor.

Reeffarmers acquired a seed section of this coral from the Southern California reef aquarists who acquired the one distributed fragment. That reef aquarist had grown two seed sections of the coral from the two Favia polyps distributed from Diamonds in the Reef before they sold the original colony. The seed sections were grown and maintained under low light levels where the dark red pigments appeared to develop more intensely. We believe that the lighter pink corallite centers and green leading edges will develop if fragments of this coral are maintained in moderate to strong light levels. The growth of the seed sections of this coral demonstrate that the coral can grow and thrive within a captive reef systems.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a single large polyps of the Strawberry Shortcake Favia for Reeffarmers.com in his 225 gallon naturally filtered Quad-Zonal Reef Aquarium. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive low to moderate light under a 400 watt 14,000 K Metal Halide. The price is currently $60 per single large corallite.