The Importance of Coral Nutrition

As we have noted in previous articles most aspects of the hobby have some controversy associated with them. Needless to say, coral nutrition is one of them. For many years the general consensus was that all corals needed to thrive…

Our Favorite Method of Feeding Frozen Coral Food

Feeding corals is one of the most important aspects of the care of all sessile invertebrates in a reef aquarium environment but it’s not as easy as dropping in some flakes or some pellets. Most coral foods are particles of…

Reef Blizzard ZC, ZR, XC and LPS Foods Review

Reef Blizzard is Brightwell Aquatics’ range of coral foods that offer a wide selection of food types and particle sizes so reefers can fine tune their coral feeding regimen. Earlier this year Brightwell added four interesting new foods to the…

Four New Reef Blizzard Foods from Brightwell Aquatics

Continuing their tradition of making reef aquarium foods based on specific particle size, Brightwell Aquatics has just announced four new Reef Blizzard formulas targeting specific reef animal mouths. The four new Reef Blizzard recipes are ZC – freeze dried copepods,…

The Shape of Corals is Linked to How they Feed

It’s been over 20 years since I started culturing corals in the ocean and in dedicated aquariums. I always believed that the shape of a corals was mainly determined by trying to expose as much surface to light while withstanding…

Plankton Bloom All in One Live Coral Food Sustainable Aquatics

Live foods are one of the best, most nutritious, and clearly the freshest option to feed a reef tank but who’s got the time to feed corals their meat and vegetables separately? Plankton Bloom is a new live food product…

Coral Frenzy Coral Foods gets refresh benefitting hobbyists and retailers

Coral Frenzy Coral Foods got a significant upgrade earlier this summer with a new look that included improved product formulations and packaging while streamlining product options along with improving traceability and support for independent retailers. For Coral Frenzy, this is…

Reef Energy AB+ Combines Red Sea ‘Coral Food’ Into one Bottle

Reef Energy AB+ plus is a new formulation of Red Sea’s unique blend of additives specifically designed to meet the needs of coral nutrition. As far as we know Red Sea’s Reef Energy A & B additives are the only…

New EasyLPS Pellet Food from EasyReefs

EasyLPS is a new pelleted coral food for LPS species from EasyReefs. EasyReefs is trying to make a name for itself as a company solely focused on the nutrition of reef animals with a lineup that started with very fine…

New Vegetable Protein Food Koral Veggy from Xaqua

Koral Veggy is a new coral food from Xaqua which comes specially packaged to provide corals with a fresh treat. As the name implies, Koral Veggy is primarily a plant-based coral food made with ‘vegetable proteins’ consisting primarily of phytoplankton…