Using the world’s most powerful Xray laser to look deep inside corals

Corals are amazing living animals which are continually building up new layers right on top of their endoskeleton. By examining a cross section of a coral skeletons, these layers or “growth-bands” can reveal clues about the coral’s past. Much like…

This giant hammer coral IS the aquascape!

The giant aquarium-grown wall hammer coral at Neptune’s Tropical Fish has been a reef aquarium institution in the Denver area for nearly two decades. Generations of new and seasoned reefers have made the pilgrimage to this humble aquarium store on…

Transport yourself to a natural coral reef ‘aquarium’ in Indonesia

As reefers we stare at our corals in our home aquariums with an idea of what natural coral reefs are like. There are lots of notions about what our corals actually look like on the reef, where they live, and…

An Ultra-Low-Nutrient System for Acropora and other SPS

Welcome to the next level of coral care. By now I am assuming you have at least understood all the key general practices to maintain some of the hardier corals, from soft corals to large-polyp stony (LPS) corals to some…

Fluorescent Friday – the macro time lapse videos of Coral Morphologic

When it comes to imaging and photographing corals, few shooters can come close to the level of skill displayed by Coral Morphologic. In addition to growing lotsa vice zoanthids, presenting at a TEDx conference, and rescuing rare corals from the Miami River,…

Chimera Heliofungia, a fusion of two long tentacle plate corals

It’s quite rare that we see a long tentacle plate coral which is noteworthy enough to turn heads, but we have a special treat for you today. This incredible Heliofungia actiniformis comes to us from Bali Aquarium who spotted this specimen…

Comiquarium coral care comics are way beyond cute

Artist Raymond Wibowos CORAL SPECIES series has to be one of the cutest ways to learn coral care. Raymond started the educational comic series on his Instagram account @Comiquarium and we’ve been hooked ever since. The Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa was the first…

Buy a Neptune WAV, get a Unique Corals frag pack

Neptune is rolling out a promotion with Unique Corals to give you the opportunity to get a free frag pack if you purchase the Nepture WAV starter kit from an authorized dealer in the US between today and the end…

Fluorescent Fridays – Explore a fluorescent coral reef with Luminescent Labs

We are seeing more and more fluorescent photographs emerging from the interwebs but this is the first time we have found a fully interactive Fluorescent coral reef you can explore without getting wet. For this week’s edition of Fluorescent Fridays…

ReefStock 2016, February 27 & 28th in Denver Colorado

ReefStock, the official Reef Builders marine aquarium conference is just a month away, taking place in Denver Colorado the weekend of February 27th and 28th. With ReefStock in its ninth year, we’ve hit quite a stride about getting into high…