Ruesai Leelapruht’s simple yet elegant reef system from Thailand
Beauty as relating to aquariums does not have to depend on the size of coral colonies, rarity of fish or even the latest and greatest equipment. A good layout with well balanced rock and coral placement alone can go really far. Ruesai Leelapruht’s system from Thailand might lack massive impressively colored acroporids seen in many of Read More
Siam Reef Club’s dynamic and ever changing 30 gallon cylinder reef
Thailand is home not only to ChingChai’s amazing DSPS tank and the SRC’s softy tank, but also to the quaint little 30 gallon cylinder you see above that houses some pretty amazing inhabitants. This convex mini reef aquarium sits right in the Siam Reef Club’s lounge, together with the 90 gallon soft coral tank. As you Read More
Stellar, simple soft coral and LPS tank is a masterpiece of father and son collaboration
This stellar soft coral reef tank really needs no words.Even though stony, azoox and uber-rare reefs are all the rage, stepping back with some simple soft corals is a welcome break and this tank shows just how nice it can be. The 40-gallon reef, a blend of soft and LPS corals, is a collaboration between Read More
Eleutherobia ‘Fuzzy Carrot’ coral is a new maricultured NPS softy from Quality marine
As you may have guessed the yellow, orange but most often red colonies of Eleutherobia are non-photosynthetic, filter feeding fine particles from the water column. Some species of Eleutherobia Fuzzy Carrot coral occur in shallow water but only in caves or overhangs and it only extends polyps at night so it will need a dark place Read More
Aldersladum is a new soft coral genus created for two unique (former) species of Efflatournaria
Aldersladum is a new genus of soft coral which was erected due to some very peculiar sclerites in one former species of Efflatournaria and another new species of soft coral. The two species in the genus Aldersladum are A. godwanum and A. jengi which are joining the soft coral family Alcyoniidae that include Sinularia and Read More
Grube’s Gorgonian is a fast-growing and hardy new soft coral from ORA
Grube’s Gorgonian is a species of Pacific Pinnigorgia which is very rare in the hobby but it’s about to get a whole lot more available as frags from ORA. Grube’s Gorgonian (pronounced Grooba’s) has a long history of aquarium culture in Europe where it has been handled by many prominent Euro-reefers including Dietrich Stüber of Read More
Simple, low tech reef tanks can be bliss
My home office is down in the basement of our house. There are weeks where my job has me working late nights down there and at some point, I figured a little aquatic life would make my work environment more relaxing and cheerful. However, I didn’t want something requiring a lot of attention and maintenance. Read More
Daylight soft coral spawn caught on film in the Phillipines
We’ve been lucky to follow along on the adventures of the California Academy of Sciences team that is currently on biodiversity expedition of the Philippines and have seen various postings from Richard Ross and Matt Wandell of the Steinhart Aquarium but this short video was a pleasant surprise to us and the CAS expedition team. Read More
Sympodium encrusting soft coral starting to appear in blue and green colors
Sympodium is an interesting encrusting soft coral which is just beginning to show up in some coral shipments. We personally spied the Sympodium colony above tucked away in a corner of a display tank at Amazing Aquariums and Reefs and we’ve been getting reports of this genus showing up sporadically at stores throughout the country. Read More
Huge weekend video roundup with lots of Old School goodness
For some reason this weekend we happened to stumble onto a handful of videos that all have an old school slant to them. The first video of Ganzel’s Reef embeded above definitely has a new school cinematic approach but we couldn’t help but smile at the diversity of corals represented; Sarcophyton and Lobophytum leather corals Read More