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Limited Edition
Passion Fruit Chalice
Wet Thumb Frags
Limited Edition Passion Fruit Chalice Reeffarmers Original Seed Colony.
The Passion Fruit Chalice was named by Wet Thumb Frags and it contains a mix of fruit colored pigments.
The surface of the chalice is pink pastel, while the corallites are golden yellow.
Leading growth edge is lime green. Pigment specks and splotches occur all over the coral.
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The Passion Fruit Chalice has a lot of potential to develop some very interesting color morphs. The main surface of the chalice is primarily pink with specks and splotches of blue cream colored pigments scattered across the surface. Corallite eyes are golden yellow with specks and splotches of additional pigments. The leading growth edge of the coral is green colored. This chalice is very similar to a watermelon chalice with some unique pigment variants all its own.

The Passion Fruit Chalice was originally imported early in 2010. The original colony was lost, but Reeffarmers managed to save two seed fragments of the coral. One of these seeds has remained in our grow-out tanks and has successfully adapted to captivity. The coral is growing well and even develops that puffy happy chalice appearence. Reeffarmers acquired our initial two seed fragments of the Passion Fruit Chalice directly from Wet Thumb Frags. We have since given one of our seeds back to Wet Thumb Frags. Reeffarmers has also distributed a couple of other fragments of this coral as an LE Evaluation coral.

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 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 Actual Passion Fruit Chalice First Edition fragment.
This was the actual First Edition fragment consisting of one corallite.
Physical size was approximately 5/8 x 3/8 inches.
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Passion Fruit Chalice Year 2010 First Edition SOLD
Bid Amount
Name of Bidder
Status
$ 75.00
 Steven Johnson 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. The payment 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. Please note - If you do not place a maximum your bid could be out bid within the final minutes of the auction. If you want to be called when your bid is no longer the winning bid, please let us know. Otherwise you may want to place a maximum bid.
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