Oregon blue tort show an exceptional view of acontia filaments in action

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPD1Ajp75k[/youtube] Most reefers are aware of sweeper tentacles that are large and noticeable in LPS corals, but we don’t think about the reach of SPS corals very much. Galaxea, Scapophyllia, Oulogyra and Euphyllia all have large and long-reaching…

Funky new little ‘Mini Scolie’ now coming in from West Australia

One of the coolest new things spotted at MACNA this year was not necessarily the products, but a treasure trove of colorful “Mini Scolies” from West Australia. New fish species are discovered on an almost daily basis but it’s very…

Justin Credabel’s Goniopower coming soon from Two Little Fishies to feed your flowerpot corals

Goniopower is a new coral food developed by Justin Credabel to be easily consumed by Goniopora and Alveopora flowerpot corals. We are very proud of Justin’s new product and we’ll let him tell you what Goniopower is in his own…

New Era LPS Coral Pellet gets a soft release for initial reefer’s testing

The LPS Coral Pellet from New Era Aquaculture is a new coral food for target feeding of large polyp stony corals. The New Era LPS Coral Pellet will cost about the same as the marine pellet, about $15 for a…

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July 25th – July 31st API Nexx filter merges the best of power and canister filters Ecotech Radion LED trademarked by the makers of the Vortech Following passion to a job in the aquarium industry Tunze Masterstream powers a boat,…

West Australian Corals, get ’em while they’re hot!

West Australian corals including Symphyllia wilsoni, Scolymia australis, fancy chalice corals and a whole suite of fancy zoanthids are the latest crop of hot reef aquarium corals from the land down under. However, recent satellite observation suggest the West Australian…

This Rainbow Acanthophyllia is one of the nicest we’ve ever seen

The rainbow Acanthophyllia coral we came across this weekend is one of the nicest meat corals we’ve ever seen. We spotted this gorgeous meat coral at Mile High Aquatics in Parker, Colorado and we were impressed at how this coral…

Reef Jewelry of sterling silver and pearl are like miniature sculptures

We spend a lot of time talking about reef aquarium geekery but this weekend we encountered something really special at the Golden Colorado Fine Arts Festival. One jewelry maker, Sheppard Hill Designs from Paonia, CO was displaying a whole case…

Australomussa rowleyensis colonies from Timor Indonesia put this coral on the map

Australomussa rowleyensis is not quite a chalice coral, not quite an LPS and although it once was just an unusual curiosity that was sometime spotted in shipments from Indo and Australia, this amazing crop of Australomussa from Timor Indonesia is…

Reef Builders Personal Shopper: amazing reef life you can buy online right now

Sometimes we find ourselves browsing the amazing WYSIWYG of our livestock sponsors and we are just flabergasted at what can be found in a single day. Some of these specimens are top of the line, and you’ll feel it at…