The Milka Stylophora is one of the most legendary corals in the reef aquarium hobby, and as far as we know the only stony coral strain from the mythical waters of the Red Sea. This purple polyped, yellow tipped Stylophora…
SPS Corals
Unboxing a New Coral Shipment from Jason Fox
Jason Fox is one of the most prolific progenitors of fun and unique coral strains in the aquarium hobby and we love comparing notes with him about our observations of corals on wild reefs. While Jason might be best known…
Experimenting With Color Mixing in Montipora
Montipora species are beloved reef aquarium corals for a number of reasons, their range of shapes, range of colors, and more recently for their surprising ability to acquire new colors/pigments into what the hobby calls ‘grafting’. This phenomenon is more…
Non-Native Stony Corals Removed from Hawaiian Reef
Hawaii is renowned for its high concentration of endemism both in the sea and on land, and the biggest threat to native hawaiian species is almost always introduced species of plants and animals. Therefore you can imagine the alarm bells…
Leptoseris incrustans, shows real potential for holy grail
Leptoseris已有一段时间一直是流行的水族馆珊瑚。“ Leptos”的橙色殖民地是礁石水族馆爱好中的第一个颜色之一，随后是“ Jack O Lantern” Leptoseris的光彩，“ Tangerine…
Surprising Growth Rates Found In Deep Water Leptoseris Coral
New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic coral. The study measured growth rates of deep water Leptoseris corals in Hawaii and found growth rates between 1in – 0.3in or (25mm – 7.5mm)…
Don’t Freak Out About Minimal Tissue Loss on SPS Corals
SPS corals like Montipora, Acropora and many others are some of the most diverse, colorful and interesting stony corals we can keep and grow in aquariums. Along with their fast growth and incomparable colors comes some risk because their fast…
Grafted Digitata: WWC Developing an Exciting New Coral Strain!
Grafted SPS coral strains, that is ones with an ‘infection’ of fluorescent proteins, are a very popular natural phenomenon that coral farmers work hard to develop in aquarium colonies. This bizarre occurrence is widespread and can be found in a…
True Green Elkhorn Montipora Finally Discovered!
当它于2000年代初首次推出时，埃尔克霍恩·蒙蒂波拉（Elkhorn Montipora）迅速成为水族馆珊瑚菌株最快的菌株之一。这种珊瑚的生长如此之快，以至于几年之内不再受欢迎。
加勒比珊瑚在科罗拉多州的无脊椎动物动物园找到避难所
Since about 2014 a generically named ’tissue loss disease’ has been killing off Caribbean corals with alarming speed along the reef tract that hugs the east Florida coastline. The disease is so deadly that in an effort to safeguard the…