Favia Corals

74 Favia corals for sale, including war coral, Favites and rainbow morphs
Shop aquacultured Favia corals for sale, including war coral, Favites, and saturated rainbow morphs. Often called moon or brain corals, Favia and the closely related Favites grow as encrusting domes of tightly packed corallites, each one ringed with contras... Read more Show less

Shop aquacultured Favia corals for sale, including war coral, Favites, and saturated rainbow morphs. Often called moon or brain corals, Favia and the closely related Favites grow as encrusting domes of tightly packed corallites, each one ringed with contrasting color. They want low to moderate light and gentle flow, feed readily at night, and hold color better than almost any other LPS coral in the shaded lower third of a reef. Every Favia frag here is grown in our own systems and ships with a live arrival guarantee.

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    Care Level Moderate
    Lighting Low–Moderate
    Flow Moderate
    Placement Low–Mid
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    Care Level Moderate
    Lighting Low–Moderate
    Flow Moderate indirect
    Placement Low–Mid

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Favia Coral Care FAQ

Is Favia coral hard to keep?
Favia are hardy and well suited to an intermediate reefer, and many keepers consider them easier than acans. They want low to moderate light, gentle flow, and stable alkalinity, and they tolerate a reasonably wide nutrient range. The two things that cause most problems are placing them too high under intense light, which bleaches the tissue, and underestimating their aggression, which lets them damage neighbors or get damaged in return.

Where should Favia coral be placed?
Low to middle rockwork or the sand bed, shaded from direct overhead light, with gentle indirect flow. Favia are encrusting domes that grow outward across whatever they sit on, so give them a flat or gently sloping surface and room to spread. Leave four to six inches of clearance from other corals, since they deploy sweeper tentacles at night that reach well beyond the visible colony.

Are Favia corals aggressive?
Yes, more than their static appearance suggests. Favia extend long sweeper tentacles after dark and will sting anything within reach, and they are also well defended against corals that sting back. This makes them good neighbors for other aggressive LPS at a distance and poor neighbors for anything placed close. Check the tank an hour after lights out to see how far the sweepers actually reach before finalizing a placement.

What is the difference between Favia and Favites?
The difference is in how the corallites are built. Favia corallites each have their own separate wall, so you can see a distinct groove between neighboring polyps. Favites corallites share common walls, giving a honeycomb appearance with no gap between them. Both are sold under the Favia name in the hobby and both are often called brain or moon corals, and since their care requirements are identical the distinction rarely affects husbandry.

Do Favia corals grow fast?
Moderately. A Favia encrusts steadily outward across rock and adds new corallites at the margin, with a frag typically covering a plug and beginning to spread onto surrounding rock within several months. Growth responds strongly to feeding and to stable alkalinity rather than to light intensity. Target feed small meaty foods once or twice a week after the feeding tentacles emerge and the growth rate improves noticeably.

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What are Favia corals?

Favia are encrusting large polyp stony corals that grow as low domes or plates covered in tightly packed corallites, each a separate polyp ringed with contrasting color. The hobby name covers both Favia and the closely related Favites, and older references group them as moon or brain corals. What collectors buy them for is color contrast: the best morphs pair a bright rim against a completely different center, repeated across dozens of polyps. They sit among the hardiest collector LPS corals.

Favia and Favites morphs

Favia are traded by named color lineage rather than species:

  • War coral — the classic Favia morph, typically green corallites against a red or orange body, and one of the most recognizable LPS in the hobby.
  • Rainbow and multicolor morphs — lineages carrying three or more colors across the colony, priced at the top of the group.
  • Dragon Soul and named collector lines — established lineages from specific farms, selected for extreme contrast and reliable color retention.
  • Favites morphs — honeycomb corallites sharing common walls, often with stronger geometric patterning than true Favia.

Favia coral care: light, flow, and feeding

Favia want less light than most reefers give them. Low to moderate intensity on the lower rockwork or sand bed holds color best, while high light bleaches the tissue and washes out the contrast that makes the coral worth keeping. Flow should be gentle and indirect. Keep alkalinity and calcium steady with dependable water testing equipment and check your reef lighting coverage before placing a frag. Target feed mysis or prepared LPS food once or twice a week in the evening once the feeding tentacles appear.

Managing Favia aggression

Favia are well armed. Their sweeper tentacles extend several inches at night, and because the colony looks completely static during the day the reach is easy to underestimate. Leave four to six inches of clearance from other corals, and be aware that a Favia will generally win an extended border war with acans, blastomussa, and most softies. Pair them at a distance with other aggressive LPS rather than tucking them into a crowded shelf, and observe the tank after lights out before committing to a final placement.

Building a low-light LPS shelf

Favia belong on the same shelf as the other low-light, calm-water collector LPS, where the whole group can be viewed as a mosaic of contrasting color. Compare acan corals, chalice corals, and blastomussa corals for the same zone, or browse the full range of live corals for sale.