This awful scientific name probably doesn’t ring a bell to you but Bernardpora stutchburyi is actually a very common coral. It’s cultured all over the world, and misidentified under so many other names. The most used common name is short polyped flowerpot…
New Variety of Dragon Fruit Acro from the Great Barrier Reef
While diving out the incredibly reach inner reefs of Southern Great Barrier Reef with Nic from Ultra Coral Australia, we found yet another insane piece of Acro… The crazy thing with this Dragon Fruit Acro, is that it harbors the…
Euphyllia cristata, the Coral Everyone Forgets About
In the recent day, writing about Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia, a sudden question struck us, what about Euphyllia cristata, is it Fimbriaphyllia or Euphyllia? We always wanted to write about this coral, it’s one of our favorite in the Caryophylliidae, but we…
Have you ever seen a Fimbriaphyllia ‘Frammer’ Coral?
What exactly is a Frammer coral? It’s a Fimbriaphyllia with a tentacles mix of Hammer and Frogspawn tips. Recently the Euphyllia group has been revised and the only Euphyllia is the Torch, Euphyllia glabrescens, and all other former members have…
Coscinaraea, a Remarkable Genus of Coral & Aquarium Rarity
As proper coral nerd, we’re always on the lookout for different corals, regardless of their aquarium suitability. Diving around the world, we regularly come across this genus of coral in the shallow water, and never really understood, why these gorgeous…
Cherry Blossom Acropora rosaria is an Immortal Classic
While exploring inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef with our friends from Ultra Coral Australia, we came across many times a popular aquarium coral: The Cherry Blossom Acropora rosaria and were really astonished by its beauty and diversity. Nic…
Boring Bivalves Can Eat Corals from the Inside!
During our stay with the UCA team, and the few diving we made with them, we noticed that many corals, and especially Lobophyllia were showing weird holes on their polyps. After investigation, we found out that they were infested with…
The Eye of Horus is a Great New Accessory for Mobile Photography
The Eye of Horus lens coral filter is a new addition to the mobile phone coral filter lense. These lenses that help remove the blue color to let other color get through became really popular in the last couple of…
Master of all UCA Homophyllia bowerbanki, is the ultimum LPS coral
During our stay in Australia, and touring up Ultra Coral Australia shed, we came across plenty of amazing coral. But one particular piece, stood far above the crowd. We were very lucky enough to steal a shot of the whole…
You Might Need Sunglasses to Look at the Solar Flare Acropora glauca
Scouting inshore reefs south of Mackay together with Nic from Ultra Coral Australia, we came across another crazy looking staghorn coral. It was so bright yellow, almost fluorescent, that it was glowing out even in this dirty nasty turbid water.…