Over 20 years after becoming the first in-situ (Ocean Farm), licensed coral farm in Indonesia, Bali Aquarium has done it again, becoming the first ex-situ (inland) licensed coral farm in Indonesia to obtain export quota for these corals. It’s been…
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Unboxing Fresh Frags from Worldwide Corals [Video]
Everyone loves new frags and last week we had the good fortune of visiting the Disneyland of aquarium frag culture, Worldwide Corals in Orlando Florida. As is tradition, we spent the majority of our time documenting as much as we…
Coral Frag Garden Maintenance
When you are a collector like me, you will eventually be buying a lot of small frags of corals due to the lower cost and availability of imported corals these days. The challenge will be to grow these little nubs…
Time To Frag Birdsnest Coral With Gallery Aquatica TV!
G’day Reefers! Ania the coral fragging fairy has graced us with another frag file video. In this new episode we learn about Seriatopora, Birdsnest coral a diverse, adaptable, and fast-growing corals perfect for beginner hobbyists but not to be forgotten…
Coral Lok Makes Planting Coral Frags As Simple As Twist And Go
The Coral Lok system is a two-part design with a screw-shaped frag plug that fits into modular reef cells embedded with a female threaded Coral Lok receiver. The system is currently designed for coral restoration projects on the natural reef, however, aquarists…
Onna Coral Field in Okinawa Japan
A recent image posted by Lagoon Diving showing off Acropora growth in Okinawa had us curious to learn more about this iconic reef restoration project. The Onna coral field project started more than twenty years ago when, following a bleaching…
Automated Coral Husbandry with CHARM
CHARM Last week when we saw the frag cleaning robot called ‘CHARM’ the intriguing video had me asking questions. Isn’t it easier to clean frags by hand? How is this robot supposed to recognize all sorts of frags? Is this…
ReefStock Denver 2020 Is Just Over 2 Months Away!
We can’t believe ReefStock 2020 is just around the corner! In just over two month we will be welcoming vendors and attendees from around the country to attend our annual reefing event in Denver Colorado. Take note, ReefStock 2020 has…
Our First Batch of World Wide Corals Frags for the Reef Builders Studio
It’s been a long journey getting the Reef Builders Studio to the point where we can start receiving frags. But now that at least the first coral flat is really doing well, we felt comfortable receiving an exciting shipment of…
Unboxing Aquacultured Frags from Eye Catching Coral [Video]
We hope we’re not coming at you with too many videos this week because we’re in the pocket and going to ride it until we get caught up with a ton of exciting topics. Next up is our first coral unboxing…