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Little Princess Favia
Limited Edition Little Princess Favia Reeffarmers Original Seed Section.
We are finding more Favia/Favites species corals that develop some incredible
pigmentation patterns in captivity. In most cases the Favia corals only need weak
Metal Halide light or Moderate to strong Power Compact or T5 lighting to develop
and maintain their pigments. The Little Princess Favia has one of the more exotic
Favia color morphs. A combination of pink corallite centers, brilliant fluorescent
green valleys and radiating spots of cream white pigment make this one incredible coral.
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Another must have colorful Favia. The Little Princess Favia has some very striking pigments patterns. The inner center of each corallite is colored bright pink. Around this an outer band of darker purple pigment occurs along with spots of cream blue/white pigments. These spots occur in rows that radiate outward into the surface area located between corallites. The surface area between corallites has an intense fluorescing green pigment.

This coral was originally found by Phil Henderson. Phil located the coral in 2007 at the retail reef shop Jeff's Exotic Fish located in Orange California. We do not know what part of the world this coral was originally exported from. Phil believes the coral needs strong PC or T5 lighting to grow well and maintain the fluorescing green pigments. Under metal halides the coral appears to only require weak to moderate light levels to maintain growth and color. The coral also appears to prefer moderate water currents.

Reeffarmers acquired our original seed of this coral from Richard McKellip. Unfortunately we lost that seed. We acquired a new seed colony for this incredible coral from the California Reef store Fins and Critters. Our new seed is doing very well. We may have auctioned a previous First Edition fragment from our original seed. That auction was on the old CFM Auction site and the records are now lost. So we have decided to start again with our new seed.

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 moderate to weak light levels from a 400 watt 20,000 K Radium metal halide. The price of this coral per small fragment consisting of a single polyp will be determined by the first edition auction below.

Reeffarmers Second Seed Colony. Acquired from Fins and Critters.
A small seed colony of the Little Princess Favia is a colorful sight.
Reeffarmers acquired this new seed during the 2010 IE-CFM Coral Show.
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Reeffarmers Actual Little Princess Favia First Edition fragment.
This auction was closed and sold on September 30th 2010.
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Little Princess Favia Year 2010 First Edition Silent Auction Closed - Sold
Bid Amount
Name of Bidder
Status
$ 75.00
 Frank McDonald - Great Ocean Wonders Winning Bid

For this silent auction, bidders are required to give their full name and their winning bid along with an optional maximum bid. We will accept these bids via phone 909-989-9711. If no one is there leave a message. We also accept bids via email to reeffarmers@aceweb.com . Email bids will be processed in order of their time stamp. Reeffarmers will be answering the phone from noon to 8 PM PST on the final auction day. Other days we will tend to be here in the afternoon and evening. Accepted payment for the final winning bidder is paypal. We do not use ebay and left them a few years ago for various reasons that many people now realize. And we also do not trust online automatic payment systems such as shopping carts ever since the old Coral Farmers Market auction site was attacked and hacked. The method we use for this silent auction is safe and secure. Please note - Your full real name will be displayed above. This is so the accuracy of the auction bidding process can be independently confirmed. Steve Tyree with Reeffarmers is the administrator for the auction. Bid increments are $5.00 . Next day shipping charge for this coral is $45.00 (UPS Express Saver). Local pickups have no shipping charge. California residents add 8.75 % sales tax.
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