Neon yellow hammer corals are the new must-have Euphyllia ancora
The yellow hammer coral is an exciting new color variation of the ever popular Euphyllia ancora. We’ve seen a steady stream of exciting new fleshy LPS corals coming to aquarium channels over the last few years; most of us will be familiar with the orange hammer corals, gold torch coral and even an orange frogspawn Read More
Euphyllia baliensis is a new large polyp stony coral with extremely thin branches
We all had a good look at the new Euphyllia baliensis with the huge announcement from Conservation International in Spring of 2011 but now the new coral has a name, and a whole lot more details on what makes this coral special. Hailing only from a limited range in Bali, Euphyllia baliensis has extremely thin branches, which are Read More
Orange frogspawn coral from Vietnam is jaw-dropping and stunning
In the recent years, we’ve seen quite a number of “orange” Euphyllia trickling in from Australia and Indonesia such as the famous orange hammer coral, and the pretty elusive orange branching frogspawn coral. Unfortunately, as the popularity for these exotic Euphyllias peaked, so did the controversies that came along with it. We’ve seen plenty of unscrupulous vendors Read More
Bali’s new reef fish and coral revealed in stunning detail by Conservation International photos
The eight new reef fish and single new coral species that we wrote about on Friday are already being revealed in great detail by new press photos from Conservation International. Among the newly discovered species are one Euphyllia coral, two dottybacks, two cardinalfish, one reef perch, a blenny and a goby. Although when new troves Read More
New pseudochromis and Euphyllia among the recent discoveries in Bali, Indonesia
Scientists just discovered eight new fish species and one new coral species after conducting a marine survey around Bali. Targeting 33 different sites the team identified 952 fish and found that eight were new undiscovered species that included damsels, eels and blennies plus a new variety of euphyllia coral Read More
Orange Frogspawn coral morphs appears in both branching species, from Indonesia
This weekend at Fragstock in Denver CO we caught sight of some amazing orange frogspawn coral that was being offered by Midwest Saltwater. We’ve seen the yellow torches and the orange hammers, but the orange frogspawn was definitely a first sighting for many reefing vets at the show. After orange hammer and yellow torch corals Read More