With the dark-rimmed yellow mouths and green base of a Raja Rampage, and the blue streaks of a Jelly Bean Chalice, the second we saw this coral we knew we had to find out more. Blaine Shivley from Top Shelf…
Ultimate Mycedium Chalice Corals Spotted in Indonesia
We love to photograph Mycedium under water – Mycedium elephantotus is probably one of the most photogenic corals because it always exhibit a variety of bright colors on the same colony with contrasting mouths. During a diving trip in central…
Quick Tips For Fragging Chalice Corals With Gallery Aquatica TV
Ania is back with another episode of the frag files! This time she is showing us a few quick tips for fragging chalice corals. Check out the video below, or on the Gallery Aquatica YouTube Channel to learn more about…
Learn To Spot Six Types Of Plating Coral
Plating Corals Spotting coral can be overwhelming when everything looks the same. However, learning to recognize corals based on growth forms in the easiest way to master the art of coral spotting. Plating corals are found in all reef habitats…
Mycedium mancaoi, the Branching Chalice Corals
We think we’ve seen a wide variety of chalice corals in the aquarium hobby but there’s still plenty of diversity left for us to discover from wild corals. Mycedium mancaoi is a very unusual species of chalice coral which develops…
Fukui Point (Part 1) – Coral Spotting in Northern Sulawesi
Fukui Point – Bunaken National Park Fukui point is easily one of the best coral dives in the Bunaken National Park. The shallow areas are covered in huge colonies of healthy branching corals, and the reef slopes have some of…
13 Creatures To Photograph At The Murex Bangka House Reef
Murex Bangka House Reef Guests staying at the Bangka Island hotel are in for a treat. The Murex house reef is only a fin toss away from the shore and full of interesting creatures to photograph. And regardless of where…
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…
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…
We’re barely scratching the surface of Mycedium diversity
When we observe the diversity of corals found in the aquarium hobby, it’s easy to think that somehow what we’re getting is a reflection of what is available in nature. By that guideline you’d think that Mycedium was somewhat rare, or…
