Tubastrea Sun Tunnel, Gato Island Tubastrea is a type of non-photosynthetic coral popular in aquariums for their puffy polyps and love for being feed. The bright orange, yellow, or pink polyps come out at night to feed but can also…
Coral Videos
40 Gallon LPS Reef Tank Installed at the Reef Builders Studio
The Reef Builders studio has been humming along with the addition of three new reef tanks! In today’s episode of the Reef Builders vlog Jake gives us a tour of his new 40 Gallon LPS Reef Tank. This tank contains…
Another Successful Gold Torch Spawning Attempt from Ultra Coral Australia
By: Vincent Chalias For the second year in a row, Ultra Coral Australia (UCA) managed to sexually reproduce Euphyllia glabrescens in their facility in central Queensland. They are currently growing colonies from last year’s spawn. Efforts by the UCA Research…
Lobo Loco Reef in Manado Sulawesi is Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen
Sulawesi is the coral diving destination that just keeps on giving! After the Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition to Sulawesi early this year, we weren’t sure there was anything left to blow our minds, at least in terms of coral…
Video Feature of the Original Weeping Willow Leather Coral
The Weeping Willow leather coral is one of the oldest yet least understood soft coral strains in the reef aquarium hobby. Originating at least as far back as the year 2000, this exceptional strain of Sarcophyton ehrenbergi is known for its…
Close Video Look At My Reef Tank and its Maintenance
One of the most satisfying parts of building out the new Reef Builders Studio is how well my home reef tanks are coasting. Despite minimal attention and falling behind on feeding, dosing and basic maintenance, the reef tanks at my…
Euphyllia Corals Grow Best in Rhythmic Pulsing Flow
Euphyllia Flow Euphyllia corals have grown to be one of the most iconic aquarium corals, the hammer type polyp, Euphyllia ancora, even earning its place as “coral of the year” back in 2014. But when it comes to keeping these corals thriving in…
The Best Young Reef We’ve Ever Seen is in Abu Dhabi [Video]
There’s no telling where in the world you might encounter a fantastic reef tank, and this was never more true than on our trip to Dubai earlier this year. We drove an hour through the desert to Abu Dhabi to…
Transforming Wild Corals to Aquarium Corals by Vincent Chalias [Video]
We’ve wrapped up not one but two great ReefStock conferences this year and with that, we had some amazing speakers both in Denver, and in Sydney Australia. Earlier this year we shared some uncommon captive coral expertise from Worldwide Corals,…
Polyp Lab Coral Spotting Expedition in Manado Bay
万鸦老万鸦老湾是一个飞速发展的城市Northern Sulawesi. Shopping malls, and tourism development are encroaching further and further towards the sea, and not many people would expect to find world class diving a stone’s throw away from…