New endangered coral ruling threatens your right to grow corals

In 2012, the NOAA made it known that they were considering listing 66 stony coral species as threatened. After receiving extensive public comments to the tune of 42,000 letters and emails along with another 32,000 emails after extending the comments…

ORA shows off their first captive bred leucokranos clownfish

Amphiprion leucokranos is a coveted hybrid-species of clownfish which is only very rarely available, usually from the Solomon Islands. But if you made it to MACNA 2014 this weekend you could have seen a display with half a dozen of…

Dr. G’s SPS & LPS Coral Dip Solution

Dr. G’s SPS & LPS Coral Dip Solution is an aptly named coral dip with a new take on how to cleanse corals before putting them in the aquarium. Dr. G’s Coral Dip Solution does not use pine oils or…

New Coralife Aqualife LED features interchangable LEDs and directional lunar lights

The new Coralife Aqualife LED is taking affordable aquarium LEDs in an intriguing direction allowing you to customize and tweak your lighting with interchangeable 3W LED tri-lamps. We were able to get a sneak peak at this image and expect…

Vir euphyllius: the best pictures of this little known coral shrimp

The list of cute little coral-shrimp seems like it is endless. Another very discrete crustacean that we came across during our Fluval sea Flores Expedition earlier this year is Vir euphyllius that is exclusively associated with LPS corals of the Euphyllidae…

Observations on unusually colored Acropora in the Flores Sea

During the Fluval Sea Flores Expedition we came across a couple of specimens of unusual, bicolored Acropora colonies. It’s always surprising to meet with a single coral harboring two very different color patterns throughout the colony. We don’t exactly know the correct…

Skimz intros new space-saving dosing storage containers

Storing anything is a challenge with the limited storage space many of us have around our aquariums and for those of us that utilize a dosing regimen, the new Skimz DB4 dosing liquid storage containers are worth a look. The…

Great results feeding Doc’s Eco Eggs Brew to corals

Doctor Eco Systems is a relatively new,  self styled group with a focus on providing low cost, high quality, food stuffs for your marine aquaria.  I have met with the group several times at various shows around the country and…

Pachyseris inattesa is a newly described coral from the Red Sea

Pachyseris inattesa is a new species of plating stony coral recently described from several locations around the Red Sea up and down the coast of Saudi Arabia. Colonies of the newly described Pachyseris inattesa was previously confused as belonging to the Leptoseris genus…

Delicate Anacropora forbesi can actually grow into fields

Anacropora is a delicate, thin branching stony coral which is greatly underrepresented in the aquarium hobby. However in the wild, the fast-growing thin branches of Anacropora species can all but take over certain habitats. Closely related to Acropora and Montipora, Anacropora is the physical embodiment…