Coral diseases can be a PITA in the wild and in aquariums, and the first step n getting an ailing coral situation under control is properly diagnosing the problem. Some coral books include a small section on different coral diseases but since…
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Leonardo’s Apogon Reef is online and looking fine
Leonardo’s Apogon Reef is the long awaited sequel coral aquarium from Dutch reef aquarist Leo Den Breejen. Ever since the infamous Formosa Forest aquarium we’ve been chomping at the bit to learn what Leo would do next. Leonardo’s been working…
GARF founder Leroy Headlee passed away, glue a frag for Leroy
Leroy Headlee, the co-founder and director of the infamous Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation (GARF) passed away on Memorial Day leaving behind a legacy in the coral aquarium hobby which is undeniable. We never knew Leroy, spoke to him on the…
Lytro pictures of the Estherea Hotel reef aquarium by Jan Willem Esselaar
By now you should be keenly aware of our little infatuation with Lytro’s light field camera photography when coupled with beautiful coral reef aquarium scenery. With this point in mind, the amazing aquarium of Jan Willem Esselaar in teh Estherea…
Nostalgic reef life will always trump Limited Edition corals
With the number of limited edition corals having grown exponentially with prices to match, it’s important to appreciate your own personal coral history first. We all like the background stories on LE corals. Who can forget the first Solomon Island…
More Lytro images of aquarium corals
https://pictures.lytro.com/ReefBuilders/pictures/47726 We love our aquarium Lytro pics, and we love top down shots, so naturally we are addicted to combining the two. In this sequence of living pictures, we take the Lytro for another spin on our own little 28…
Floating corallites: larvae of some stony corals take a while to settle down
A new previously unknown life-stage of stony coral larvae has been published describing how a small percentage of lab-grown coral planula can float through metamorphosis. That was not a euphimism, as some stony coral larvae have been documented secreting a…
6 gallon SPS pico reef pushes the boundaries for nano tank enthusiasts
SPS corals are known for their higher level of care and sometimes difficult nature as far as corals go – most SPS aquarium set ups include high flow, high light, and big aquariums teeming with other invertebrate and fish life.…
Scientific research into coral farming yields new insight into the effect of flow, food and light
A recent scientific paper on coral farming was published by Zac Forsman and many colleagues on the effects of light, flow, and artificial foods on the growth of corals. The goal of the coral farming study was to see if…
PO4x4 phosphate testimonial from John & Cam’s Bali Reef, a 2500 gallon UK reef aquarium
PO4X4 is one of the newer phosphate removers on the aquarium market which has the added bonus of being able to be regenerated and reused. Sometimes it can take a while for home reefers to notice the relative performance of…
