Tela Honduras Sometimes the best discoveries happen by accident. Finding the ultimate Scolymia habitat in Tela was just that. The day started with a GPS point named Flor, after fishermen often seen floating above the exact same spot in the…
LPS Corals
Fireball Echinomorpha Just Might Burn Your Retinas
Over the last decade the hobby has collectively handled tens of thousands of Mycedium, Oxypora, and Echinophyllia colonies and strains. We’re probably starting to deplete the truly novel colors and patterns within these species but thankfully, we’re just beginning to explore the diversity of Echinomorpha.…
Echinomorpha Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Even if you’re into chalice corals and consider yourself a connoisseur of Echinophyllia Mycedium and Oxypora, there’s still a pretty good chance you don;t know or don’t have an Echinomorpha. With only one species in the genus, Echinomorpha is kind of an odd…
Homophyllia bowerbanki, a reintroduction to ‘Bankies’ and ‘Hillae’
It’s been nearly a year now since the familiar Australian ‘Scolymia’ and Bowerbankis were removed from Acanthastrea and placed into their own new genus Homophyllia. Unsurprisingly, most reefers still call them ‘Acans’ by convention, but there is a lot that we…
Holographic Acanthophyllia Adds A New Dimension to Doughnut Corals!
The Holographic Acanthophyllia is a specimen of doughnut coral which is rainbow on a whole different level. We’ve covered our fair share of Acanthophyllias over the years, but the new multi-dimensional coral from Reefmaster Indonesia is a radically different specimen. …
How To Care For LPS Corals
LPS Coral Care Large polyp stony corals (LPS corals), are an extraordinary group of corals with bright vivid colors, often coming in rainbow coloration. They vary dramatically in textures and shape as well as hardiness, and are a fantastic addition…
Rainbow Acanthophyllia Makes its Way to America
We’ve just sighted another Rainbow Acanthophyllia and it’s quite a doozy! We see a decent number of pseudo-rainbow colored meat corals but only a few of them have the color and pattern to really take the motif all the way. Earlier…
Coral Colors – The Secret Movement of Corals
Coral Colors Coral Colors is a beautiful macro time lapse video that gets up close…
Echinophyllia bulbosa & E. gallii, Two New Species of Chalice Corals from the Indian Ocean
The diversity of chalice corals in the aquarium hobby is already very high but now…
Top 10 Bicolored corals and invertebrates
Invertebrates and corals in particular, are fascinating to us higher primates (humans) particularly because they…