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Saint Patrick’s Snake Polyps Are The Craziest Zoanthids Ever!

Just in time for St. Patrick’s day, we’ve come across a fantastic colony of snake polyps that totally knocked our socks off. These wildly colored orange and green Isaurus snake polyps are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, despite being a…

Green Polyp Anacropora Is The Ultimate Cryptic Coral Strain

Anacropora has become a little more available to reefers in the last several years, but this genus still hasn’t yet received the adoration it deserves. Coming mostly in muted shades of white, brown, olive green and sometimes a rusty orange, we’ve…

Some Cryptic And Remarkable Corals From Palau

  The reefs of Palau are amongst the healthiest I have ever seen with lush coral growth that varied by habitat, but afforded plenty of cool coral encounters. The semi-enclosed lagoons with very shallow water is where an unusual Montipora could be…

Mile High Reefers Perfectly Captures ReefStock 2017 On Video

The Tenth Annual ReefStock has come and gone and it resulted in a ton of smiling faces and frag racks full of great new corals. ReefStock X was truly one of the best Denver reef shows we’ve ever had and we…

ReefStock 2017 Is This Weekend In Denver Colorado!

This weekend Reef Builders and Fritz Mardel are proud to present the tenth ReefStock and boy do we have a powerhouse show in store for our attendees. ReefStock is one of the best and funnest reef aquarium events in the world, because…

Wicked Aurora Jawbreaker Mushroom Has Supernatural Coloration

The Mushroom Anemone craze is still in full swing and it seems like we haven’t yet reached the end of this collectable rabbit hole. The latest mind-blowing strain to makes an aquaristic debut is this wild ‘Aurora Borealis’ mushroom anemone which…

Dramatic Acropora Color Change Sighted At Reef Raft Canada

We know that corals can change colors, some times pretty radically from how they are first imported. However one recent account from Reef Raft Canada takes the cake for a complete spectral makeover.  An unremarkable yet good looking colony of Acropora latistella arrived…

Epic Denver Area LFS Tour With LOTS of Eye Candy!

As many fish stores as we visit on an annual basis, I think it’s clear to our readers that we LOVE visiting the LFS. Every year I have an annual tradition of visiting every LFS in the Denver and Central…

Lined Gem Tang Is Truly One Of A Kind!

We’ve written so many cool stories about tangs and surgeonfish over the years – there must be a hundred articles on rare species, koi tangs, aberrations and hybrids. It’s definitely getting to the point where there’s not much we haven’t…

How Coral Beauty Angelfish Are Made

The Coral Beauty Angelfish is one of the most beautiful small fishes on the coral reef, Its purple color ranges from deep blue to magenta, with rippling bars that contrast boldly with its golden orange body color. These features makes…