Bali Green Slimer The Bali Green Slimer (Acropora yongei) is a classic aquarium coral which has been in the hobby for more than 20 years. No fancy colors, or psychedelic tentacles. This classic Acropo…
Standout Acropora & SPS Corals of Palau
As a hobby that loves and appreciates live corals, all of which originate from wild coral reefs, I don’t think we are nearly in touch with what wild corals are really like. To bridge this gap we…
Why is the aquarium hobby so addicting?
We have all heard and know about the addictions that are frequently talked about such as the addictions to drugs, alcohol, gambling, eating, and sex. But in reality virtually anything can be addicting…
Survival of the Fittest of Aquarium Corals
To paraphrase what Charles Darwin wrote approximately 150 years ago, survival of the fittest is the process of natural selection that allows living things to have the greatest likelihood for producing…
Tales from Thailand: Chingchai’s incredible DSPS tank
Having just returned from an amazing trip in Bangkok, it would almost be considered criminal if we weren’t going to spill and share on the reefing goodies this amazing city has to offer. Like ou…
Porites fontanesii is a new coral species from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
There’s a new species of small polyp stony coral out of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden called Porites fontanesii. The new Porites was just bestowed with the formal description of its unusual colon…
Palauastrea ramosa coming to aquarists in the future
Palauastrea ramosa is an interesting small polyp stony coral which despite having a broad geographic distribution is all but unknown in the aquarium. Looking somewhat like a cross between a Montipora …
Reef Builders Pick: Five favorite large reef tanks
For this week’s Reef Builders Pick we’ve some serious eye candy. With five large reef tanks from all over the world including France, South Africa, Brazil, England, and Holland this line u…
Jono Chang’s reef is a stunning system in New Zealand
Simply titled My SPS Reef Tank, we have don’t have a whole lot of information about Jono Chang’s reef from New Zealand, but we do know one thing for certain, this reef is stunning. Large S…
Borut Asjan’s Reef features a dramatic aquascape in Slovania
This large reef aquarium belonging to Borut Asjan is located in a bar in Slovania and it has some serious aquascaping apeal. Overbearing, massive, and with sharp lines the aquascape of this ambitious…