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Limited Edition
Pink Fame Watermelon
Pink Fame Watermelon Limited Edition LPS Stony. Sexy Corals original colony imaged.
The unique star eye pattern of the Pink Fame Watermelon can be seen in the upper
right corallite. Normal Watermelon Corals have a random pigment spot eye pattern.
The green edge color that True Watermelon corals possess can be seen in the upper left.
 Image Copyright © 2010 by Sexy Corals All Rights Reserved.
Another Watermelon Chalice with incredible pigmentation patterns and colors. This pink and blue watermelon chalice can develop a very unique pigment pattern within its corallite mouth areas. An Orange Red ray pattern travels outward from the mouth. This develops a star-like pattern within the corallite mouth. Between the rays the corallites have the typical bright fluorescent green pigment found within the Watermelon Chalices. The surface of the coral is rough with many bumps that are colored bright pink. Between these pink bumps there is a bluish grey pigment that develops within valleys. The leading growth edge is bright fluorescent green which is typical of the Watermelon chalice corals.

Reeffarmers acquired our seed of this coral from Mike at Sexy Corals. Mike originally acquired the coral in an Indonesia transhipment. That was earlier in the year around March 2010. This chalice was initially just grayish with a hint of pink. Within 2 to 3 months in Mike's system the chalice devleoped into this new Watermelon pigment morph. Mike believes the coral requires medium to high light to develop the pigmentation. The stronger the light the brighter the pink. Also prefers moderate current flows.

Steve Tyree is maintaining a seed section of this coral for Reeffarmers.com in an 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 corallite will be determined by the First Edition Silent Auction.

Please note Reeffarmers is no longer taking new reservations for new corals. The current economic conditions are not supportive for reservations that extend for a few years into the future. After this first edition is distributed, we will sell future captive produced fragments on either our Buy It Now page or via another silent auction. We will still list exotic corals as Limited Editions and will continue to build web pages for them.

Limited Edition Pink Fame Watermelon First Edition Fragment.
This was the actual First Edition Pink Fame Watermelon fragment Reeffarmers distributed.
Two full corallites are present within this small sized fragment. Physical size is about
5/8 inch by 3/8 inch. In this image the corallite mouths are closed.
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The Pink Fame Watermelon Year 2010 First Edition Auction Closed - Sold
Bid Amount
Name of Bidder
Status
$ 180.00
 Ryan Bridgeman Winning Bid !
$ 175.00
 Jack Lenhardt First 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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