Where to buy Massive Star Coral
Best known price right now: $13.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Massive Star Coral
Favites vasta forms large, dome-shaped colonies with distinctive starlike corallites arranged in a compact pattern. Coloration ranges from brown, orange, and green to pale cream, often with contrasting polyp colors and radial septa visible in each corallite.
Key facts
- Appearance Description
- Favites vasta forms large, dome-shaped colonies with distinctive starlike corallites arranged in a compact pattern. Coloration ranges from brown, orange, and green to pale cream, often with contrasting polyp colors and radial septa visible in each corallite.
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Coloration
- Brown to green with massive colony structure
- Family
- Faviidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 75-80°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Additional Notes
- Aggressive feeder with potent sweeper tentacles—isolate from nearby corals or place with adequate spacing. Highly rewarding with consistent feeding and stable conditions.
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Lighting Requirement
- Medium (150-250 PAR)
- Flow Requirement
- Medium to High
- Feeding Needs
- Primarily photosynthetic; benefits from occasional feeding of small meaty foods (zooplankton, mysis shrimp) 1-2 times weekly to enhance growth and coloration.
- Coral Type
- LPS
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to Great Barrier Reef, including the Indo-Australian Archipelago.
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