Red disc corals are hot, and red Cycloseris are even hotter. It’s been a while since we saw a good killer red Cycloseris so you can imagine our reaction when we heard that not one, but two red Cycloseris showed up at…
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Reef aquarium time lapse video shows behavior of coral polyps
There’s nothing like a good reef aquarium time lapse video to remind us that corals are animals like us, reacting to their environment in their own way, everyday. This time lapse video of a reef aquarium shows a wide range…
ORA Pink Stylo returns to reefing for a second round
The ORA Pink Stylo, Stylophora pistillata is back in action after a long leave of absence from ORA’s stocklist. Stylophora pistillata as a species is highly variable in growth form with strains like the ORA purple stylo aka ‘Milka Stylo‘ growing thick…
Open brain corals are perfectly capable of catching small healthy reef fish
It’s pretty common knowledge that anemones of any kind can easily catch small fish, or specimens that are weakened from stress or injury, but you don’t really expect that from corals. Sure we’ve all seen the evidence of open brains…
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…
The Coral Bin adds new twist to WYSIWYG Coral retailing
The Coral Bin, a new upstart WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) coral livestock company has recently launched. With traditional WYSIWYG outlets, you go through rows and rows of thumbnails looking for a particular species or animal that…
Remora S and Remora Pro S are the biggest new changes to the venerable spray injected protein skimmers
The Remora-S and Remora Pro-S are the first new real overhauls to the workhorse hang-on protein skimmers which created and singlehandedly dominated their own spray-injected protein skimmer category. We still recall in 1998 when there was talk amongst the die…
C.A.S.T. from Coral-Shop is an innovative take on mechanical prefilters for reef aquariums
C.A.S.T. is a new and truly innovative way to filter out fine particulate matter from your reef aquarium with something other than a filter sock. The Coral-Shop C.A.S.T. is an add-on box that can be daisy chained, added onto existing…
Sanjay Joshi’s amazing reef tank is equal parts rare fish and juicy corals
Dr. Sanjay Joshi’s incredible reef tank is a Smörgåsbord of goodies ranging from amazingly matured and colorful SPS corals, to an incredible collection of exotic reef fish. You may recognize the Joculator angelfish from the classic spawning footage of the pair, and indeed,…
Jimmy Ma’s incredible Koi Coral Beauty angelfish gets a much needed update
If you recall the post on Jimmy Ma’s incredible Coral Beauty, we mentioned that the aberrant individual retained this unusual coloration for more than four months. Aberrant individuals normally lose their unique patterns and revert back to the cookie cutter…
