Where to buy Honeycomb Coral
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Honeycomb Coral
Favia favus forms encrusting to mounding colonies with a distinctive honeycomb pattern of tightly packed corallites. Coloration varies widely, including yellows, oranges, reds, browns, and greens, often with contrasting polyp centers and ridge margins.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75 gallon tank • Requires medium lighting (150–250 PAR) • Moderate flow; avoid high direct current that can damage polyps • Benefits from meaty foods (mysis shrimp, copepods) supplementing photosynthesis; feed 1–2 times weekly • Maintain temperature 75–80°F, pH 8.1–8.3, and salinity 1.024–1.026
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Feeding Needs
- Photosynthetic only
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to Hawaii, including the Great Barrier Reef and Indo-Malaysian region.
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium
- Flow Requirement
- Medium
- Family
- Faviidae
- Additional Notes
- Hardy LPS coral tolerant of varied conditions. Feed small zooplankton occasionally for optimal coloration and growth.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 75-80°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.024-1.026
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