Not sure what is going on with this unusual looking colony of Galaxea, but we’re glad that Bruce Carlson took the time to film it. Unlike the typical Galaxea fascicularis that we see in the aquarium trade, this Galaxea colony has extremely long…
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Kessil A350 review, just about the best stand alone LED spotlight for aquarium corals
By almost any metric, the Kessil A350 and A350w are some of the best and most feature rich LED spotlights ever made for growing corals in aquariums. Following the widespread success of the Kessil A150w LED spotlights, the A350 and…
Yellow polyp orange cap – who knew that montipora came in this color?
We recently spotted an orange capricornis with yellow-green polyps at World Wide Corals which totally took us by surprise. As long as the aquarium hobby’s been keeping and growing plating Montipora corals and as many colored-polyp colonies that have been maricultured…
Vermetid snails are bad for stony corals, coral crabs keep em in check
We always believed that vermetid snails were bad for corals in aquariums, but now there is real scientific evidence and observation to support the same conclusion about corals in the wild. In case you are not yet familiar with them, vermetid snails…
uniquecorals “Sneak Pique” tomorrow offers SoCal reefers first glimpse into new facility
uniquecorals will be holding its “Sneak Pique” event on Saturday, July 21, to show the new company’s Van Nuys, CA, facility to the public. Open from 10 am to 4 pm, the one-day event is described as, “The chance…
Gorgeous up close video tour is like a safari of established aquarium corals
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwPZzonDWCk[/youtube] Anyone can take videos of freshly collected corals but for us, there’s a distinct attraction that we hold towards corals that corals that are looking great, and appear to have been settled into captive life for a…
Aquascapers launches Eco-Gorgs and a whole menagerie of Caribbean reef corals
Aquascapers is a renewed, re-imagined retail outlet from Coral Morphologic with a new vision for delivering the finest selection of Caribbean corals. Not to be confused with Aquascaperz, Aquascapers is where Coral Morphologic wants you to go from now on…
Goniopower coral food by Two Little Fishes now shipping
Goniopower is a new coral food from Two Little Fishes, developed by flowerpot-coral artist Justin Credabel. Goniopora corals have always been somewhat of a challenge to keep in an aquarium over the long term, and recent consensus seems to agree that these…
Interesting underwater exploration flotation device should be made for us grown ups as well
This interesting flotation and underwater exploration device is so obviously geared towards the wrong demographic. Sure plenty of parents will be interested in getting the Under the Sea flotation device with a pretty impressive periscope for their kids but what parent doesn’t wish…
Elos Pro Skimmer SPS coral food
Elos Pro Skimmer is a new SPS coral food which comes in a liquid form applied with an eyedropper. Pro Skimmer was developed by Elos to “provide an immediate source of energy for cellular respiration as well an important energy…
