My most recent spiral graft is part art project, part science experiment, and involves a genus that I have had great success with in the past, Acanthastrea. I used two corals that originally came from the same mother colony; over the span of two years, one line of...
I was recently going through pictures from my exploratory trip to Belize earlier this year. I was especially interested in coral that were growing in close contact with one another, and I took many pictures and videos of coral interactions. A relationship that struck...
I love Cyphastrea; it is a beautiful coral, and one that I have had great success with, but one day I realized that I had been growing it for so long that the excitement was gone.  I didn’t want to stop my work with one of my favorite corals, but I knew I had to make...
I remember the excitement about ten years ago when LEDs first came on the market for reef aquariums. The energy savings and heat reduction of an LED light were the biggest selling points, but the available spectrum array was small. Fast forward a decade, and we’re...
This is the fourth in a series of posts on Thraustochytrids. This is one of the more exciting posts about these generally unseen organisms in our aquarium, or maybe we have been seeing them after all. Perhaps one of the most exciting potentialities with...
This the third post in a series regarding Thraustochytrids and their role in coral symbiosis. This post we will look at another rarely looked aspect of our aquarium care, the nutrient sulfur. One element that Thraustos are believed to utilize in some quantity is...
This is the second post in a series regarding Thraustochytrids and their symbiosis with coral. Thraustochytrids are very interesting organisms to science and industry. Thraustos produce a large amount of fatty acids including HUFA, PUFA, MUFA, and DHA. They are being...
There has been an overlooked yet vitally important organism living in our reef aquariums. I’d like to introduce to the hobby a group of very important critters they have been unknowingly growing for years. I will be writing a series of post exploring these interesting...
ReefGen is excited to work with Live Aquaria to provide hobbyists with high quality captive grown coral. These corals are now available in Live Aquaria’s Diver’s Den. Some of the mother colonies for ReefGen Coral are housed in Joe Yaiullo’s groundbreaking 20,000...
I was inspired to write this post upon recently finding a captive raised Astrea snail in one of the ReefGen aquaculture systems at the Long Island Aquarium. This is my second Astrea I have raised in captivity, though I did not take any deliberate measure to raise it...