We’ve been window shopping the supply of corals for sale online for the past few weeks just to take stock of what most vendors are selling and we’ve come away with a couple thoughts. First of all, we understand the…
Firewoks Cycloseris is a Disc Coral to Remember
It’s been a good long while since we saw a Cycloseris disc coral that really caught our attention so when spied this latest specimen from Candy Corals, we knew we had to share it. Overall this Cyclo is a deep dark brown…
Can’t Say I’ve Ever Seen A Cyclo Like This One!
I like to think I’ve seen my fair share of disc and fungiid corals, I was alone in my appreciation of Lithophyllon in the early 2000s and I’ve got Sandalolitha frags out in the wild that are going on 14 years old.…
Pair of rare orange Cantharellus imported from Fiji
Cantharellus is a genus of Fungiid coral that you’ve probably never heard of, but which is actually kind of really common and widespread on reefs around the world. Whereas the majority of disc corals that we get for our aquariums…
Orange tongue coral with red tentacles and purple tips – first frag coming to tonight’s Diver’s Den
The mother of all orange tongue corals is coming to LiveAquaria’s Diver’s Den tonight. Being a colonial Fungiid, tongue corals of the Herpolitha genus are colonial which makes them a very suitable candidate for fragging and propagation, as is the case…
Green splash sandal corals begin to appear in manageable sizes
As an avid fungiid lover, we were absolutely thrilled to visit that ginormous green splash sandal coral at Global Oceanic Life after MACNA. At the same time we regretted that such an awesome coral was of such an unrealistic size…
Sandal Coral, Sandalolitha dentata can grow to ginormous proportions
Sandalolitha dentata, the Sandal Coral, can grow so huge that it may be the only coral brought up by a collecting diver, such as the story of how this one specimen was collected. Easily over 18 inches long (46cm), this…
Crazy awesome batch of colorful Cycloseris lands at White Corals
We thought Cyclos were blowing up in late 2012 and earlier this year but a recent shipment to White Corals in Germany hints that we have not seen the peak of this current craze. Not to be confused with species…
Awesome Fungiid is either Podabacia or a special form of Lithophyllon
Podabacia is a very unique genus of disc corals which is hardly never seen in the aquarium trade, let alone in any interesting color. How are lucky are we then that we stumbled upon an amazing colony of Podabacia motuporensis, in…
Reefgen’s Project X Fungia is an absolute showstopper
Can you picture an encrusting Fungia coral with a body as fuschia as can be with fluo-green tentacles? Well thanks to Reefgen we don’t have to use our imagination because it’s real and it’s called the Project X Fungia –…
