Acropora carduus is a fast-growing, thin-branching species of SPS coral which comes in a huge range of color forms, none more popular and widespread in the reef keeping hobby than the venerable ‘Red Dragon Acro‘. First introduced to the reef…
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Fragging Sun Polyps and Sniping Aiptasia [Video]
When we buy coral frags, we invariably look forward to the day that they reach a mature size and are eventually ready for making more frags but in the case of Palythoa grandis, you may be waiting a very long time.…
500 Day Update of the One Day Nano Reef [Video]
It’s been a good long interval since we did an update on our one-day nano reef tank build but this tank has been absolutely coasting. Part of the reason for the delay is that we did an update at 300…
Texas Man Dies from Apparent Exposure to Palytoxin
Palytoxin from zoanthids is a well known and widely documented potential danger from our reef aquariums that we have tried to keep in focus many times over the years. Toxicologists have ranked palytoxin as one of the most dangerous natural…
Parazoanthus atlanticus is a new species of Yellow Polyp from the Dutch Caribbean
The biodiversity of the Dutch Caribbean has been studied for 250 years, but most records of Zoantharians don’t go much beyond the genus level or are grouped into generic catch-all species despite being common. A group of zoantharian specialists from Japan and the Netherlands has sought to change that by collecting and DNA testing new specimens as well as reexamining huge numbers of historic records and data of species collected and described from the area.
The Xenomorph Coral Could Only Have Been a Zoanthid
The Xenomorph coral is an amorphous new species of zoanthid that reminds some people of the face-hugging extra terrestrials from popular culture. Many types of corals are pretty alien looking already but this newly described species of zoanthid is really…
Aenigmanthus segoi, a New Genus & Two new Species of Zoanthid
A new paper on the phylogeny and the evolution of zoanthid growing forms has identified a new species of Hydrozoanthus, and a completely new genus and accompanying species called Aenigmanthus segoi. While in the aquarium hobby we are mostly focused with the shallow…
Snapshots of My Own Personal Reef and Planted Tanks
If there’s one thing that you should know about me by now, it’s that I really really love aquariums, especially my own tanks. I miss them when I’m traveling, even if for just a few days. There’s a webcam setup to…
Japan Is Getting In On the Zoanthid Craze
Coral Monster has made a splash for some remarkable (and expensive) corals before – but in what we think is a first for Japan, they’ve got some Hype zoanthid strain which is right up there with the best of them.…
Beginners Guide To ‘Cycling’ A Saltwater Aquarium
Nitrogen Cycle For Saltwater Aquariums No we don’t mean strapping your tank to a bike and taking it for a spin! Cycling your saltwater aquarium is a critical process all aquariums must endure before they are ready to be populated with…
