Xaqua Coral to Rock adhesive

Xaqua Coral to Rock is another biocomponent adhesive looking to replace your trusty cyanoacrylate glues and make your skimmer happy. This two-part product is non-toxic and is free from the residues in other two-part epoxies and glues that can send…

Koral MD From Brightwell Aquatics in Regular and Professional Strength

Koral MD is a new coal dip by Brightwell Aquatics which should fit right in along the classic Revive and CoralRX that we’re used to. Based on citrus, pine and lavender extracts, Koral MD is based on a proven formula…

WATCH: 3D Photogrammetry Maps of Coral Reefs

The hardest part about studying coral reefs in the wild is the limited amount of time scientist and scuba divers can spend underwater. A new project dubbed the 100 Island Challenge is finding ways around this time restrictive barrier, by photographing…

Star Spike Coral Is An Incredibly Neat Nano Soft Coral

There’s a whole world of soft corals that the reef aquarium world knows nothing about, both photosynthetic and azooxanthellate. Asterospicularia is one of those softies that is primed for being grown in reef tanks, and which we affectionately call ‘Star Spike’ as…

Corals Down Under Teases a Fresh Crop of Interesting Corals

It’s always a good day when I see at least one coral or picture of a coral that is worth talking about. A recent harvest by Corals Down Under features more than a handful of specimens that I would love…

Turbocharge your BLUE Stony Corals with 370nm UV Spotlights

The vast majority of reefers reading this definitely don’t need a specialized spotlight for exotic ultraviolet spectrum – but since when is the reefing hobby one of necessity? However if you’re interested in getting the sickest blue coloration from SPS…

Announcing ReefStock 2018 in Denver Colorado, Feb. 24th & 25th

On March 8, 2008 we hosted the first ReefStock aquarium conference at a time when most reefers hardly knew what frags were, and going to an event to but them wasn’t even a thing. Ten years ago we were all using…

Aquaculture ADE Project Might Be The Best Counter to Fiji Coral Ban!

2018 got off to a rocky start for the fate of ornamental fisheries in Fiji – it all began with a notice from the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forrests (FMFF) stating that they plan to essentially ban everything but…

Walt Smith Int’l lays off 75% of Staff Following Fiji Rock & Coral Ban

It’s been less than a week since the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries & Forests abruptly announced an immediate and complete ban on all live coral and live rock exports from the small island nation. The immediate result has been the…

Feeding WILD Corals on the Reefs of Papua New Guinea

It cannot be overstated enough that in addition to providing a good physical and chemical environment for our corals, the most important thing we can do to keep healthy corals is properly feeding them. When diving a wild coral reef…