Hell Rider Favia

The Hell Rider Favia (Dipsastraea sp., historically classified under Favia) is a sinister, high-contrast Large Polyp Stony (LPS) coral prized for its dramatic, dark-mode appearance and intense glow. Popular among collector brain coral enthusiasts, this striking cultivar features deep midnight-purple, charcoal, or dark metallic-black corallite walls contrasted sharply by vivid neon-red, electric-orange, or glowing yellow oral discs and fiery mouths that illuminate like burning embers under blue actinic lighting.

Coloration: Deep midnight-purple, dark navy, or charcoal skeletal walls, framing electric neon-red to bright flame-orange oral centers and glowing mouths.

Growth Pattern: Encrusting and Dome-forming (forms compact, low-profile encrusting mats that slowly mature into rounded, thick brain-like domes). Sold as a frag on a 0.5 -1 inch frag plug.

Lighting: Low to Moderate (PAR 75–150).

Water Flow: Low to Moderate (Gentle, indirect sweeping current).

Feeding: Active nocturnal LPS carnivore; extends short translucent feeder tentacles after dark to capture mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and fine micro-pellets.

Aggressiveness: Semi-Aggressive (deploys delicate, stinging sweeper tentacles at night to defend its space).

Care Level: Easy to Moderate (Hardy and resilient once established, holding its dark midnight walls and fiery eyes best under blue-heavy spectrums).