Looking to preserve the rich biodiversity of coral species in Hawaii, scientists from the University of Hawaii have created a cryogenic coral bank. Similar to the frozen coral bank we brought you before, the university is freezing samples of corals…
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Orange Frogspawn coral morphs appears in both branching species, from Indonesia
This weekend at Fragstock in Denver CO we caught sight of some amazing orange frogspawn coral that was being offered by Midwest Saltwater. We’ve seen the yellow torches and the orange hammers, but the orange frogspawn was definitely a first…
From the Archive: Cnidarian Lifeforms, another masterpiece from the creator of Montipora Movie
The following was first published just a little over a year ago. We think you’ll agree is deserves another go around. [vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/6079680[/vimeo] Cnidarian Lifeforms is another film by Ben Wiggins, creator of the Montipora Movie. We can’t give…
Amazing images from reef restoration nursery on Florida Keys
We’ve written about Ken Nedimyer before and the amazing work him and his team are doing with the Coral Restoration Foundation, restoring coral to reefs off of Key Largo. We were amazed by these inspiring and beautiful pictures in a…
Hands on with the new CoralSky SL2, an LED striplight with the power of a spotlight
The CoralSky SL2 is a significant overhaul of their initial LED striplight which doubles the power of the LEDs for the same price. We’ve used the original CoralSky SL extensively with and without the lens option but with 35 watts…
Black Sun Coral, Tubastrea micrantha, found growing all over a gulf oil platform
Gulf Oil Platforms may get a little more crowded, and a little less colorful, with the discovery of non-native black sun coral, Tubastrea micrantha, in the Gulf of Mexico. Oddly enough, the only other major colonizer of gulf oil platforms…
Pink Lemonade Acropora with shaggy polyps wins the Io LED Photo contest
The Io LED photo contest received nearly 1500 votes and the Reef Builders readership has spoken. Congratulations to Mike Kane who submitted this great picture of an unbelievably shaggy pink lemonade Acropora. Mike will receive an Io LED pendant from…
Io LED contest finalists, help us pick the picture of the healthiest coral or fish
It was very tough but we’ve finally arrived at narrowing down the submissions for the Io LED pendant photo contest down to ten finalists. It wasn’t easy as there were a lot of great entries to this challenging photo contest…
Alien Eye Spiny Chalice Pectinia at Vivid is truly a unique coral
Holy moly, we have so much stuff to post today we may as well get started with a little eye candy. And by eye candy we do mean this truly unique Pectinia alcicornis which by chalice naming convention should be…
ORA releasing Captive Bred Psychedelic Mandarins, including pairs!
ORA is at it again. The rumors were true! About a month after the release of ORA’s first captive bred Spotted Mandarins (Synchiropus picturatus) comes the announcement that the Blue Psychedelic Mandarin Dragonettes (Synchiropus splendidus) are being released (press release…
