Acropora spathulata is the “thick milli Acro” endemic to Australia

Acropora millepora is one of the most iconic and recognizable SPS corals on the reef and in the aquarium trade. However, within shipments of Australian Acro Millis we’ve secretly been receiving a lurker species endemic to Australian reefs, Acropora spathulata.…

ORA unveils a new cultivar – ORA Acropora Solitaryensis

Today ORA announced the latest in a string of new releases – the ORA Solitaryensis.   For those of you who love the tabling Acroporids, as well as those of you who never heard of something so cool, this one is…

New Acropora is among ten new species of stony corals discovered in Papahanaumokuakea, Hawaii

New Acropora species are not discovered very often so it was with great excitement that we came to learn that a recent biodiversity survey in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands discovered a new Acropora species from Papahanaumokuakea. If you’ll recall, last…

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…

Pacific Elkhorn Coral, possible new Acropora species discovered in the Marshall Islands

Some unusual elkhorn coral colonies of Acropora have been found growing at Arno Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Only about 200 of these huge, mega colonies were found growing on a small stretch where they greatly resemble the legendary but…

Hitler gets Acropora Eating Flatworms Video

Taking over the reefing world is not as easy as it seems. This video explains why.

Coral Nurseries of Elkhorn and Staghorn Acropora need our support, adopt a coral today

Elkhorn and Staghorn coral nurseries in the Florida Keys are beginning to bear the fruits of their labor. Now that the coral farm founded by Ken Nedimeyer has been in operation for several years, it’s thousands of coral pieces ranging…

Time lapse of 198 days of growth by Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis

Who said corals grow slowly? Obviously this Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis didn’t get the memo! Growing at breakneck speed in an aquarium by Atlantic Reef Aquaculture, this precious Atlantic staghorn coral is chronicled through an amazing time lapse video…

“True” Australian Acropora echinata being imported in reasonable numbers, fair prices

Australian Acropora echinata has to be one of the most iconic Acro and SPS corals of all time. Every die hard small polyp stony coral junky at one time or another has caught the site of one of these corals…

New ORA Release: Blue Iris Acropora

ORA has released another new coral named Blue Iris. The interesting thing about this new coal is that ORA didn’t take the Blue Iris under 20k’s so the blue tips aren’t as vivid as they normally would be. In fact,…