Unseen Corals: The square fossils of Goniophyllum

Ever since our visit to the vast coral collections at the Smithsonian Institution, we’ve had our mind on all the “unseen coral” species out there, living and fossil. We think we know a lot about coral but really, the aquarium hobby…

Corals can be grown on so much more than frag plugs

Coral frags and coral propagation have moved so far beyond the experimentation phase, the hobby is practically dominated by frags instead of colonies. There’s countless numbers of corals and frags being grown in stores, warehouses and basements all across the…

Q&A with Victor and Lou of World Wide Corals

World Wide Corals has long been one of our favorite livestock providers and whenever we get the opportunity to visit the store in Florida, we make sure to take advantage of it. We were able to sit down with WWC…

World Wide Corals Grand Opening of their Frag Farm this weekend

This weekend on Saturday, World Wide Corals will have their first and only public showing of the coral farm they’ve been working to build and grow for nearly a year. World Wide Corals already cranks out a ton of corals and…

Xmas Tree Worm Rock Porites corals might be due for a comeback

Xmas Tree Worm Rocks of Porites corals are so awesome, it’s a wonder that they ever fell out of the spotlight from the reefing scene where once you had to have at least one cluster in your tank to have…

From the archives: Summer Doldrums at the Local Fish Store

It’s that time of year when dust is settling at the LFS, so take in a few thoughts for what the professional fish-slingers and coral fraggers can do to be ready for the onset of the Fall reefing season. Would…

World Wide Corals fifth anniversary sale this weekend in Orlando, Florida

To celebrate five years in business, World Wide Corals is throwing a two-day event this weekend to celebrate that includes great speakers like Michael Paletta, Julian Sprung, Chris Turnier, Rogger Castells and that Jake Adams guy. The event will take…

The tang collection at World Wide Corals ought to make the Tang Police implode

You may not have heard of the Tang Police but they surely have heard of you. As we speak the Tang Police has surveillance on all the reef tanks in North America making sure that everyone has only one surgeonfish…

Ghost Tang at World Wide Corals is a white-colored yellow tang treasure

We’ve heard of white yellow tangs being spotted in the wild before but this is the first we’ve seen of a completely ghost white yellow tang being captured for the aquarium trade. World Wide Corals just received an all white…

Summer Doldrums at the Local Fish Store

It’s early August; the 4th of July was a month ago and Labor Day is still a month away which means that the aquarium industry is experiencing the full onset of the summer doldrums. Whether you are a brick n’…