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Watermelon Favia

Watermelon Favia

$250.00 CAD
$250.00 CAD
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Watermelon Favia is a classic, high-contrast favia with a bright mix of red and green tones that glow under blue reef lighting. It is a hardy encrusting LPS that adds colour and texture without needing high light. Once settled, it will slowly spread across the plug and surrounding rock, forming a dense, patterned colony over time.

Why we love it

  • Classic “watermelon” red and green contrast that pops under reef lighting

  • Hardy encrusting growth with excellent texture

  • Great mixed-reef LPS that does not demand high light

Suggested parameters

  • Temperature: 24–26°C (75–79°F)

  • Salinity: 1.025–1.026 SG

  • pH: 8.1–8.4

  • Alkalinity: 8–9 dKH (keep it stable)

  • Calcium: 420–460 ppm

  • Magnesium: 1300–1400 ppm

  • Nitrate: 5–15 ppm

  • Phosphate: 0.03–0.10 ppm

Care and placement

  • Difficulty: Easy to moderate

  • Placement: Low to mid rockwork with good clearance

  • Lighting: Low to moderate (acclimate slowly if moving higher)

  • Flow: Low to moderate, indirect (enough to keep it clean, not enough to irritate tissue)

Feeding

Not required, but helpful for growth and colour. Offer small meaty foods or a quality coral food 1 to 2 times per week. Feeding at night often works best when feeder response is strongest. Reduce flow while feeding for best results.

Compatibility and spacing

Favia can be aggressive and may extend sweepers, especially at night.

  • Leave 5–10 cm (2–4 in.) of space from other corals (more if it is reaching)

  • Keep away from delicate SPS tips and fleshy LPS that can be damaged easily

  • Generally compatible with reef safe fish and inverts, but avoid nippy fish

What you are buying

You are purchasing one Watermelon Favia specimen.

  • Frag size may vary by individual listing

  • Mounted on a frag plug or small base (unless otherwise stated)

Colour and growth form can vary by system and may shift during acclimation due to lighting, flow, nutrient levels, and tank maturity.

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LIGHT

LOW: Place coral at the bottom of the tank. Depending on the type, coral may need to be placed off sand and therefore mounted on a ceramic disc of piece of rock.

MEDIUM: Place coral at mid-range of the tank. Best placed/glued on top of a rock scape at mid-range height. 

HIGH: Place coral from mid range to just below water level. SPS coral are shallow growing so they require and are able to tolerate intense light.

FLOW

LOW: Most soft coral do well with a small, gentle pulse. There are certain corals that can even be placed in areas of indirect flow, meaning places aside a rock structure or set into a entrance to a cave style space.

MEDIUM: Many LPS types of coral prefer medium pulse current. Most Euphyllia or corals that have more tissue structure connected to their skeleton, don’t like to be in a high flow area like the direct flow of the wave pump.

HIGH: Similar to high light, SPS enjoy being in some heavy current. Most LPS and SPS that branch encrust or plate prefer high flow that simulates the top water waves.

SKILL

ENTRY: While some may say beginner level, "Entry" is a good term to be used when starting out in the world of corals and marine life. Prior to adding livestock, you want to ensure that your reef has the proper parameters including zero levels of ammonia and nitrite. Seeing traces of nitrate in your waters is a good sign - just keep them at a lower level of 2ppm to 10ppm. Maintaining correct temperature and salinity are a huge factor to stable parameters. Starting to monitor your PH, alkalinity, calcium and magnesium is a great habit to get into to keep a successful reef.

While some soft coral don’t require too much light, having a proper reef light that puts out the proper pars is very important. You'll also want to have a good amount of flow and protected rock areas, as placing corals in their happy spot is ideal for success.

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