Eight Coral Treasures from The Hong Kong Aquarium Trade

Aquacultured corals are becoming more and more popular as we progress in the reefing hobby, but many of the wild or maricultured pieces seem to be appearing less frequently. Those huge tables and clusters of coral which were imported from…

Revised Queensland Coral Exports Approved Until 2024

The Australian government has confirmed that hard coral export from the Great Barrier Reef can continue for another three years, albeit with several caveats. In a statement by the Wildlife Trade Regulation Section, a new approval for the Wildlife Trade…

Five Australian Coral Species Spawned in Captive Environment

Australian collectors are increasingly joining the charge to conserve coral reefs. While the Queensland based coral collector Inter-Fish Pty Ltd (australiancorals.com.au) is a quiet achiever of the Australian coral collection industry, they just could not help but share their good…

LiveAquaria has the lock on some large show size Trachyphyllia

Trachyphyllia is one of those iconic corals that has been in the hobby since forever, and therefore we all know that they are supposed to look like. Especially in regards to size, we expect a typical large specimen of Trachyphyllia to…

Jakarta super Trachyphyllia is probably a sign of the quality to come

If you thought that the Chalice corals are coming in crazy colors, the old aquarium favorite brain coral Trachyphyllia is beginning to be imported with colors that will melt your brain. Global Reef Supply recently landed a batch of cherry LPS…

Awesome Japanese Trachyphyllia geoffroyi tank only uses LED spotlights

You might know that reefers in Japan have many opportunities to access very colorful LPS, especially Trachyphy geoffroyi.  One Japanese reefer, REEF, is an experienced reefer and he has been collecting Trachyphy geoffroyi for many years.  When he buys Trachyphy…