With the recent reopening of Maricultured Indonesian corals, we (at Bali Aquarium) finally got back some corals that we terribly missed. Some corals are very popular for brief periods of time but other times like with the Pikachu Acropora which…
You Won’t Believe Where Strawberry Shortcake Acros Live
Recently in Australia, together with Nic from Ultra Coral Australia we had the luck to go and observe Acropora microclados, aka the Strawberry Shortcake (SCC), in its natural environment. And because we’re sure most aquarist don’t realize where Strawberry Shortcake…
Behold the Reef of a 1000 Acro Millies!
By: Vincent Chalias Spending time in Australia, we got the opportunity to see with our own eyes, what coral collecting in these waters is like. In another epic day on the bumpy, short sharp swell of Great Barrier Reefs water…
The Ebeye Special Acro – a new ‘shortcake’ from Kwajalein Atoll
Acropora microclados is a wide ranging species of stony coral that is better known to aquarists via the “Strawberry Shortcake”. However, last month while diving all around Kwajalein Atoll we came across a striking new strain of this iconic coral…
ORA’s Shortcake Acropora microclados is ready to come out of the oven
ORA is hot out of the gate with their newest release for the new year, the ORA Shortcake Acro. Acropora microclados is one of the most iconic species of Acros that were made available by Australian exports in consistent quality and…
