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Dragon Soul Favia

Retired August 2010 !


Dragon Soul Richard McKellips Seed Colony. This amazing Favia species coral from Australia can develop
some exotic pigmentation patterns. When viewed from far away there are three distinct areas of pigments:
a bright green corallite center; a dark purple inner ring and the upper ridges which develop red pigments.
This image of Richards colony demonstrates how the coral appears when the tissue is fully expanded.
Image Copyright © 2007 by Richard McKellip All Rights Reserved.

The captive US exotic coral market has began to see some absolutely incredible Reef Building Stony Corals exported from Australia during 2007. The first corals that attracted lots of attention were the Acan Lords, but we also some incredible Australian Favia Brain corals with exotic pigmentation patterns. The Dragon Soul Favia species Brain has a ringed pigmentation pattern. The inner corallite wall has a distinct dark purple that contrasts with the center corallite color and the upper corallite ridge color. This purple inner wall gives the coral a ringed appearence. Corallite ridges are colored red while the inner corallite area is bright green. The red ridge coloration can vary depending on the health of the coral. This red fluorescing pigment appears to be stimulated to fluoresce brighter with some green light illumination. So the ridges may appear more red under 10,000 to 14,000 K halides. The coral also develops a bright green leading growth edge. Reeffarmers acquired our seed fragments from Richard McKellips with mobileaquatic.com . We were also offered a fragment of the coral from Miguel with FraggleReef at around the same time. Both Miguel and Richard acquired their corals from the same exporter/importer and they have mutually agreed upon the Dragon Soul name.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 125 gallon naturally filtered TriZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a cryptic zone, filter feeder zone and reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned 20 inches away from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The coral appears to develop its most intense coloration under moderate illumination. It may appear more red under 10,000 to 14,000 K halides. Please note - in August 2010 Reeffarmers retired this coral. It was mainly due to the coral not recovering well from fragmentation. We no longer maintain a seed of this coral. There were also many additional colonies imported.


Dragon Soul Favia Reeffarmers Seed corallite closeup. This corallite closeup demonstrates the incredible rainbow
pattern of different colored pigments that this coral can develop. The upper right leading edge of this coral develops
bright green pigments. The corallite center is solid medium to bright green. The inner wall or ring of the corallite
has a dark purple coloration. This purple changes to red at the upper inner wall ridge. The purple coloration is caused
by a combination of red and blue pigments. These blue pigments are most dense nearer the inner corallite center.
Image Copyright © 2007 by Reeffarmers All Rights Reserved.

Dragon Soul Favia Year 2009 Quarterly Limited Edition Schedule
March
Cancelled
June
Cancelled
September
Cancelled
December
Cancelled


Dragon Soul Favia Year 2010 Quarterly Limited Edition Schedule
March
Cancelled
June
Cancelled
September
Cancelled
December
Cancelled


Dragon Soul Favia Year 2011 Quarterly Limited Edition Schedule
March
Cancelled
June
Cancelled
September
Cancelled


Dragon Soul Favia Year 2008 Quarterly Limited Edition Schedule
March
Cancelled
June
CFM Auctions
September
Cancelled
December
Cancelled


Dragon Soul Favia 2007 Quarterly Limited Edition Schedule
September
First Edition Auctioned from Sept 7th to Sep 12th through CFM Auctions
December
Delivered to D. Wang


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