Fragging corals because they’ve gotten too large and in need of a trim is one of the most rewarding reasons to propagate a coral from your reef tank. Beyond just gluing the cut coral pieces to frag plugs, there’s lots…
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We Can Only Dream of a Reef Tank Looking Like the Corals of Lizard Island
There’s no shortage of videos of wild ocean scenes, habitats and marinelife but these are almost exclusively of megafauna. If you want to see footage of sharks, dolphins, sea turtles or even more sharks, video hosting sites like YouTube have…
Widest Ever Porites Coral Found at Great Barrier Reef
Scientists have found the widest coral yet at a ridiculous 10.4 meters (34 feet) of Porites coral. The newly found coral is 2.4 meters wider than the former widest coral found on the reef. Researchers in the area estimate it…
Rare Tropical Abalones Now Available from Unique Corals
Abalones are some of the most fascinating invertebrates in the ocean being specially adapted to live in habitats with very strong wave action so they can hold on to rocks and graze thick and tough algae growth. The only reason…
Acropora caroliniana, the Naked Yellow Acro
Acropora caroliniana is a gorgeous and graceful ‘deepwater’ species of Acro with smooth, elegant branches that are most often collected and cultivated in and around Bali, Indonesia. Unlike some more obscure species of smooth skinned or naked Acros like A. suharsonoi…
Tubipora musica – Pipe Organ is the Octocoral Polyp with a Skeleton
Pipe organ is an interesting and very unique species of coral that comes in a dizzying amount of variety that isn’t celebrated nearly enough. Officially known as Tubipora musica the pipe organ coral has a very long and storied history being…
HM Electronics Coral Doser Revealed in Video
The Coral Doser is a new peristaltic dosing pump from HM Electronics which is a new product category for the Taiwanese company. You may not be entirely familiar with HM Electronics but they’ve developed many innovative LED aquarium lights like…
Pavona maldivensis Discovered with Both Orange and Green Color
Pavona maldivensis is one of the most distinctive stony corals in the world with a gnarly growth form and mound shaped corallites that reefers once believed to be a bizarre species of Cyphastrea. Unlike other more encrusting and ruffled species…
Red Sea DipX Coral Induction Bath Announced
DipX is a new ‘coral induction bath’ from Red Sea which appears to have been heavily researched by the company. Red Sea DipX includes no inorganic elements like bromine of iodine and is instead made up of natural essential oils…
AquaticLife Coral Cover is a Complete Strip Lighting Solution
The AquaticLife Coral Cover is a new type of light ‘fixture’ which is the LED follow up to their T5HO Hybrid light fixture. This new piece of lighting kit enables reefer to completely fill their tank with a blanket of…
