If you’re reading this right now, chances are you love reef tanks, saltwater fish, exotic corals, and simply can’t get enough detail and information about them. If you thirst particularly for coral information, boy have we got some great news…
Hard Coral ID Guide is a Free Download
One of the most common questions of aquarists new to the reef aquarium hobby is where they can find a good guide to identify corals. Even with lots of experience and practice it can be a decent challenge but now…
How To Identify 20 Stony Corals From Indonesia
Often scuba divers focus on tiny critters, schools of fish, or jumbo-sized creatures like whales, dolphins, and sharks. This leaves corals to get lumped together under a single term ‘coral reef’ which is far too general to describe the hundreds of individual…
Learn Coral Identification Basics On Scuba Diver Life
Want to learn the basics of Coral Identification? Check out my author page on the website Scuba Diver Life! For the past few months, I’ve been contributing articles around the web for anyone interested in coral identification. On this website, ReefDivers,…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Siderastrea is one of the easiest corals to identify in the Caribbean, and if you’ve ever been diving or snorkeling chances are you would have found this species. There are two species of Siderastrea in the Caribbean and Siderastrea siderea…
Caribbean Coral Diaries: Porites furcata
Porites furcata Porites furcata wasn’t a coral we paid much attention to until we came diving in Honduras. On it’s own a few lone branches of P. furcata (Branching Finger Coral) blends right into the reef. But once you see rolling…
Caribbean Coral Diaries – Dichocoenia stokesi
The Coral Diaries series is a list of corals we have seen while diving around the world. We’ve created this series so that you can learn more about corals, and how to identify them on the reef. We encourage you…
Raja Ampat Coral Diaries – Mycedium
Coral Diaries - Mycedium The Genus Mycedium contains five species of corals which are found throughout the Indo-pacific. Mycedium corals are found in every color imaginable and make great photography subjects. Taking pictures of corals is a fantastic way to…
Bubble Coral – How To Identify Four Species
Bubble Coral Bubble Corals are found throughout the Indo-Pacific and can be recognized by their smoothy pearly vesicles. The bubble coral is not to be mistaken for a soft coral or fish eggs, bubble corals are stony corals with skeletons just…
Coral ID from AIMS will be published online next year for free
Coral ID is the name of a compact disc which is basically the digital edition of the ultimate guide to stony coral identification from JEN Veron, Corals of the World. Covering over nearly a thousand coral species with 2500 color…
