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Limited Edition
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This original Favia colony was exported from Bali Indonesia in 2009. It was distributed through a West Coast US wholesaler who sold the coral to an east coast retail shop. Joey Nichols of Joe Knows Reefs acquired the imported colony from the LFS (local fish store) located in Sumter South Carolina. At that time the coral was primarily brown, had lost its color and was in poor health. Joey placed the colony within a well run and established reef coral system. After some time recuperating the coral regained its health and developed its exotic pigmentation. Joey kept a fragment of the original Favia and eventually grew out 3 separate colorful seed colonies. A large healthy and colorful section of the coral was returned to the LFS. This coral appears to require weak to moderate light levels and moderate to weak water currents.
Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in a 130 gallon Raceway Gyre BiZonal system. This system is naturally filtered with a semi-cryptic zone and a reef flat exposed zone. In Steve's captive reef the coral is positioned to receive weak to moderate light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. Water current is moderate to weak. The first edition fragment was sold on the Buy It Now page.