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…
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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…
Urban Coral are Adapting Surprising Well!
A very interesting paper from Coral Morphologic, written by Colin Foord and J.D. McKay came out recently. Coral Morphologic is well known for bringing the spot light on corals through arts and webcam for more than a decade now. But…
Montipora capitata, the Plating & Branching Bumpy Monti
Montipora capitata is a distinctive species of coral which can have a very dynamic appearance depending on where it comes from. This wide ranging Montipora species is one of the dominant stony corals of Hawaiian coral reefs where it is…
