{"id":9045,"date":"2026-02-17T07:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/product\/metallic-green-favites-hard-coral\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:15:28","slug":"metallic-green-favites-hard-coral","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/?product=metallic-green-favites-hard-coral","title":{"rendered":"Metallic Green Favites Hard Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Metallic Green Favites Hard Coral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Metallic Green Favites Hard Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral that originates from the reefs of Australia and East Asia. It has an encrusting base and its polyps can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, including circular &#8220;pineapple&#8221; patterns.<\/p>\n<p>The polyps are typically green in color with metallic or iridescent undertones.<br \/>\nFavites corals are considered moderately aggressive, expanding their sweeper tentacles at night to defend their territory.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to leave adequate space between them and other corals in the reef aquarium.<br \/>\nThey require moderate lighting and water flow, and benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.<\/p>\n<p>Supplemental feeding with micro-plankton or brine shrimp twice a week can also be beneficial.<br \/>\nFavites corals are relatively easy to care for, making them suitable for both beginner and experienced reef aquarium hobbyists.<\/p>\n<p>They thrive in water temperatures between 72-78\u00b0F, specific gravity of 1.023-1.025, pH of 8.1-8.4, and alkalinity (dKH) of 8-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metallic Green Favites Hard Coral The Metallic Green Favites Hard Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral that originates from the reefs of Australia and East Asia. It has an encrusting base and its polyps can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, including circular &#8220;pineapple&#8221; patterns. The polyps are typically green in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9044,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[74],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9045","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hard-corals","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/9045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=9045"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=9045"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=9045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}