Dactylotrochus cervicornis is a new species of solitary and deepwater coral

This year a very peculiar solitary stony coral called Dactylotrochus was described from small colonies collected from the deep sea. What makes Dactylotrochus cervicornis special is that unlike the large meaty solitary deep sea corals which we are familiar with…

Coral-Shop Channel One is an impressive food-dosing solution

The Coral-Shop Channel One may very well be one of the most impressive pieces of equipment we’ve laid our eyes on in a long time. Build out of stunning acrylic and with so many features, handling the Coral-Shop channel one…

Wild Singapore’s FlickR stream is a great source of wild coral photography

It is often quite easy to forget where the corals from our systems actually came from, or what they looked like in the wild. Wild Singapore’s photo stream is a huge collection of under water life photography and contains many…

New iPhone 5 cases features amazing star coral artwork

Last Spring we participated in a First Friday Art Walk in Denver’s fashionable art district and came across some truly stunning artwork by local artist Chris Beikmann. Beikman has an outfit called DaVinci Cases which operates a virtual store on…

Panorama Pro 2.0 sheds three watts and drops by $20

It was a pleasant surprise this morning to be greeted of news of the new and improved Panorama Pro LED 2.0 bringing it with a refinement of the Ecoxotic LED striplight. Now priced at just $69, the Panorama Pro LED…

Exotic Sealife International brings in a mother lode of hot corals

We as reef hobbyist are dependent on our local retailer to provide us with the best quality corals and fish for our aquariums.  However, retailers are continuously visiting or calling wholesalers from coast to coast looking to purchase that incredible…

Vincent Chalias, Bali Coral Farmer extraordinaire, will be a speaker at MACNA 2013

You may not know Vincent Chalias directly but if you’ve been an active coral reef keeper in the last decade, chances are you’ve handled some of his corals and may have some in your tank right now. For fifteen years…

Jawbreaker mushroom anemone is the most incredible captive strain of Corallimorph

The Jawbreaker mushroom anemone is a corallimorph that has persisted as a desirable aquarium species in the American reef scene and is still highly sought after by collectors of brightly colored corals. If someone had told us 15 years ago that…

Cirrhipathes, the wire corals are in a league of their own

Wire corals of the genus Cirrhipathes feature some of the most iconic growth forms of any coral found in the aquarium trade. In the past couple years coral farms have started Mariculturing several variations, and availability of wire corals in the…

Mariusz’ sun coral reef is an azoox coral paradise

Mariusz Sun coral reef is one of those classic systems every serious reefer should know about. Mariusz sun coral reef is no longer in existence, and most of the photos are several years old, but reef is too worthy to…