Dragon Soul Four Heads WYSIWYG — Favia sp.

Dragon Soul Favia is a colorful, encrusting LPS coral prized for its bold contrast and distinctive polyp structure. Under reef and blue-spectrum lighting, this variety can display rich base coloration accented by fluorescent highlights around the individual corallite centers, giving the colony a dramatic appearance without requiring excessive movement or long-flowing tentacles.

This WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) specimen is the exact Dragon Soul Favia pictured, so you will receive the specific colony shown. Its encrusting growth form makes it a versatile choice for filling open areas of live rock and creating a colorful, textured focal point as the colony gradually expands across available surfaces.

Recommended Care

• Scientific Name: Favia sp.
• Common Name: Dragon Soul Favia
• Care Level: Easy to Moderate
• Lighting: 50–120 PAR
• Water Flow: Moderate — gentle, indirect flow
• Placement: Lower to Middle aquarium
• Temperament: Semi-Aggressive
• Growth Form: Encrusting to massive, forming distinct corallites
• Feeding: Primarily photosynthetic; supplemental feeding is beneficial

Placement & Flow

Place Dragon Soul Favia on a stable area of live rock or an appropriate reef surface where it has room to expand. Moderate, indirect flow is ideal, providing enough movement to prevent detritus from settling on the colony without constantly blasting the tissue.

Although Favia-type corals generally do not have the dramatic tentacle extension associated with some LPS, they can extend feeding structures after dark and should still be given reasonable space from neighboring corals. Avoid placing the colony where aggressive neighboring corals can contact or overgrow it.

Lighting

Dragon Soul Favia generally performs well under low to moderate reef lighting in the range of 50–120 PAR. Maintaining consistent lighting is more important than pushing the coral toward high intensity.

If introducing the coral to substantially stronger lighting than it was previously receiving, acclimate it gradually. This allows the coral to adjust while reducing the possibility of light-related stress or coloration changes.

Feeding

Dragon Soul Favia is primarily photosynthetic and receives much of its energy through its symbiotic algae. Supplemental feeding can be beneficial, particularly for supporting growth and maintaining strong tissue development.

Offer small portions of finely chopped mysis shrimp, other appropriately sized meaty foods, or quality powdered and liquid LPS coral foods. Feeding after the lights begin to dim can be particularly effective when the coral's feeding structures are more readily extended.

Dragon Soul Favia WYSIWYG is an excellent choice for reef keepers looking for a colorful, easy-to-place LPS coral with distinctive corallite structure and strong visual contrast. Because this is the exact specimen pictured, you know precisely which colony you are adding to your reef.