A coral by and large is a colony of polyp animals that is attached to the reef – it sits there, grows onto the reef, sometimes it breaks off but it’s supposed to re-attach or at least stabilize itself. Not so with the endless Goni discovered rolling around Australia like a tumbleweed. Although some corals Read More

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It’s Sunday morning, and I’m drinking coffee while procrastinating a water change. If your morning could use a little reef building love, check out these videos of Minh’s old reef aquarium. Skimmerless and heavily fed, this tank is an eyeful of NPS, Gorgonians, and Goniopora. Throw in some risky butterflyfish and a pair of mated Read More

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Goniopower is a new coral food from Two Little Fishes, developed by flowerpot-coral artist Justin Credabel. Goniopora corals have always been somewhat of a challenge to keep in an aquarium over the long term, and recent consensus seems to agree that these corals are especially in need of additional nutrition on top of good lighting and water Read More

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Gonioporas are gorgeous and ubiquitous, and almost every reefer has encountered them at some point in time. Many of them come in crazy colors such as Red, Green and even Blue. Yet they are considered one of the tougher LPS corals to keep, and up till recently, considered “impossible” by some. Well the exemplary specimen Read More

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Imagine our surprise when we visited a brand spankin new aquarium shop in the Denver area to discover something we had never seen before. The place is Dorkfish Aquatics, and when we swung by the new retail location we were flabbergasted by this inverted coral bowl which served double duty as a magnifying lens and target feeding Read More

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Red branching goniopora is a novel new growth form of the popular red flowerpot coral which was recently introduced to American reefers by the coral powerhouse, Route 66 Marine. At first glance the pictures of the red branching goni made it appear as an interesting novelty but seeing it in person was anything but. Unlike Read More

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Red Goniopora balls are an unusual growth phenomenon which seems to be an artifact of captive growth conditions. ORA recently shared a story about how daughter colonies of red Goniopora, presumably G. stutchburyi, which started out as typical eraser size fraglets grew into unusual ball shaped colonies when kept together in a basket Read More

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If our previous video of Julian Sprung’s peninsular reef tank wasn’t evidence enough that he is an aquarist who reefs to his own wave, then this second video of his refugium coral tank ought to reinforce that notion. Not only does this “refugium” no boast any live rock, it is also not the scuzzy, under-the-tank Read More

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