Gardinoseris planulata is a coral species which we have admired for over a decade from the scant images that were then available to view in the Coral of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Like many of our favorite corals species from…
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ORA gets new website, adds livestock, online ordering
ORA, or Oceans Reefs and Aquariums has redesigned their website. The new site is a vast improvement with their older design and shows each one of their products. You are now able to view and read the descriptions including their…
Could high energy visible (HEV) light be damaging to corals?
High Energy Visible (HEV) light refers to the part of the spectrum from 380-530nm, which includes our beloved blue and royal blue LEDs as well as the violet, indigo, cyan and near-UV LEDs which are not yet widely used. With…
Top ten evolutionary distinct stony corals listed by EDGE of Existence Program
We’ve always kinda had a thing for unusual, cryptic or otherwise obscure stony corals and it makes us sincerely smile to see another organization put together a top ten list in this regard. The EDGE of Existence Program is aimed…
Flabellum, a little known genus of fleshy azoox coral
With the growing popularity in Azoox corals, it will only be a matter of time before the deepwater coral genus Flabellum lands on the radar of this new push into dark reef keeping. Flabellum species are large, fleshy solitary stony…
CoralVue offers support for IceCap 430 & 660 ballasts
Coralvue now offers product support for IceCap 430 and 660 ballasts. This announcement comes on the heels of Chris Conti joining Coralvue as Vice President of sales and service. Product support should start the third week of January (1/17) and…
Historic Stuber Acropora photograph documents 25 years of stony coral reefing
The photo above was made 25 years ago, on 26 June 1985, in the aquarium of Dietrich Stüber, Berlin by Svein Fossa, an internationally recognized expert in reef keeping. This historic photograph is the first known documented case of an…
Based on their frag pricing, Sexy Corals is probably smoking crack
We’ve just got two words for Sexy Corals: Re Hab. Put down the crack pipe and call your local drug abuse hotline because you have got to be high if you think this is still 2005-2006 where you can name…
CoralVue adds former IceCap executive to their team
CoralVue, a small company that produces lighting and aquarium products has picked up an executive to add to their team. Chris Conti which hails from IceCap has now been brought on board to serve as VP Sales and Service. Chris…
Coral Colorblind: This is what you call an orange hammer coral
Coral Colorblind is a new installment here on Reef Builders where we attempt to sort out what it means when a coral is labeled with a certain color. There are way too many unscrupulous coral sellers who are being dishonest…
