Coral Identification can be a tricky undertaking but one tool has risen to the top to help make sense of polyps and corallites, Russel Kelley’s Coral Finder guide. Now in its fifth edition and second annual revision, this 2022 edition…
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BYOGuides’ Coral Finder Rolls Into its 2021 Edition
Coral identification could be one of the biggest challenges to new aquarists but even veterans struggle to properly identify coral to the proper genus and species. Russell Kelley’s Coral Finder has been one of the best tools to identify a…
Really get to know Scleractinia with the free Coral Finder Toolkit movies
Corals can be quite difficult to identify for the uninitiated, and even certain groups can be quite challenging to differentiate from each other. We are always super motivated to find the latest and greatest new corals, either in the wild,…
Coral Finder V2 is new and improved and a little bit cheaper
More than a year ago, we reviewed the Coral Finder waterproof field guide which is arguably one of the best field guides for Indo Pacific Coral identification. Now, the same folks have release Version 2 of the Coral Finder guide with more features…
Indo Pacific Coral Finder goes up for preorder at Premium Aquatics
Purchasers at Premium Aquatics spared no time in getting a supply of the spankin new Indo Pacific Coral Finder which was recently released. We first posted about the direct connectedness of the IPCF to the gold-standard stony coral taxonomy work,…
Coral Finder underwater identification guide works well when diving or fragging
The Coral Finder is a new coral identification guide from the Coral Identification Capacity Building Program (CICBP). The CICBP wants to train everyone on how they can better recognize the key features of certain coral groups down to the genus…
Seven Ways to Reuse Dead Hard Coral Skeletons
Don’t throw away those dead coral skeletons as we have seven useful ways for your aquarium corals to live on: 1. Use as home decor In the 1970s and 80s coral skeletons made popular home decor items, especially in bathrooms.…
Online Coral ID Workshops Are Back For 2023/24
Do you know your Collines from your Coralla? Your Paliform from your Petaloid or Phaceloid? Your Septa from your Septo Costae? Learn all these hard coral descriptive terms and most importantly, how to identify virtually all Indo-Pacific hard corals to…
We’ve been on a coral ID course. Here’s why you should too.
We’re feeling high on reef life this week, as we’ve just finished a four day BYOGUIDES Online Coral ID workshop with Russell Kelley. As the title suggests, this virtual, live workshop is held by author and science communicator Russel Kelley…
Russell Kelley Online Coral ID Workshop is back in January 2023
After overwhelmingly positive feedback from the previous workshops, the Online Coral ID Workshops are back, and now spanning 4 days. That’s 16 hours of Indo-Pacific Coral ID Training! Proper coral identification matters and this workshop will teach you all the…
