We’ve been fans of the CeramEco Vida Rock as a green alternative to traditional live rock, however being able to get your hands on it wasn’t always easy. A new partnership between CeramEco and Aquarium Specialty is good news as…
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Reef Raft USA hosting 24-hour sale starting at 6 p.m. PDT today
Reef Raft USA is a great coral vendor from Orange County in California and the store is hosting a unique 24-hour coral sale starting on today at 6 p.m. PDT and ending Saturday, June 8 at 6 p.m. PDT. As…
RTN even happens to the best of the aquarium hobby
Right or wrong, rapid tissue necrosis (or RTN) is in this hobby often is seen as a newbie mistake — a sign of bad husbandry and a sign of bad decisions. Ironically this is a view mostly held by inexperienced…
Green Hairy Acropora is a drool-worthy specimen released by Unique Coral
I tend to stick to gadgets and technology posts as coral, fish and livestock posts aren’t my strength, however I had to share this nice looking coral from Unique Corals. Dubbed the ‘Green Hairy Acropora’ this frag has a bright…
Pulsing Xenia mystery solved
The pulsing Xenia has been a scientific mystery for that last 200 years since it was first discovered by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829). Why does this particular coral spend so much energy pulsating? Corals are extremely efficient organisms and do not waste energy…
Bleeding Apple Australomussa is the Mother of all ‘Mussas
Holy Wow, mother of all that is Reef and Holy would you take a look at this Australomussa rowleyensis, the Mother of all Mussas. We’ve long been a fan of Australomussa, especially since they began being collected from Timor Indonesia. The…
Boris Bielan’s Azoox system is 800 gallons of non-photosynthetic coral heaven
There are azoox aquariums and then there are massive azoox aquariums. At a little over 13 feet long by 39 inches by 26 inches, Bories Bielan’s azoox system falls into the latter category. Based on scale alone this is perhaps…
Rainbow Pectinia alcicornis are totally hot this year
Rainbow Pectinia are a new breed of the once obscure group of corals which are making a big splash this year. Although corals in the wild haven’t changed, what we harvest for our reef tanks changes quite a lot and…
Fascinating footage of fluorescent corals under confocal microscope will leave you mesmerized
Chances are you are spending your Easter Sunday morning contemplating why it is still snowing outside, and how you are going to find all those eggs in a half a foot of snow. What’s a better way to escape the…
Awesome Fungiid is either Podabacia or a special form of Lithophyllon
Podabacia is a very unique genus of disc corals which is hardly never seen in the aquarium trade, let alone in any interesting color. How are lucky are we then that we stumbled upon an amazing colony of Podabacia motuporensis, in…