Trends are always ever changing in our hobby but one thing that remains the same is that people hold SPS in high regards and love them unconditionally. The beauty, complexity of keeping them happy/ thriving, ability to pull different colors in different situations/settings, and ease of propagation [...]
Acro Eating Flatworms (AEFW), Red Bugs and other parasitic pests are unwanted guests in a SPS dominant reef [...]
Those of you that have been following social media have undoubtedly heard the amazingly good news that the Indonesian Coral Ban is being lifted. What does it mean? Why was the ban placed in the first place? How does it affect us? What can we expect? To get a lot of questions answered, I got [...]
Since its introduction to the reef aquarium hobby, the Walt Disney acropora has become a household name and a must-have piece for acropora collectors. The semi-recent surge of multi-colored rainbow tenuis that seems to have started with the Walt Disney, has captivated a large portion [...]
Hawaii has made national headlines as the first state to ban the sale of sunscreens containing either oxybenzone or octinoxate. Scientists at the Polytechnic University of the Marche, Ancona, Italy studied the chemicals, and found that "Sunscreens cause the rapid and complete bleaching of hard [...]
This year, I plan on focusing my interviews, articles, and other reefs work on aquaculture, conservation, sustainable efforts, and education. Why is that important? We as hobbyists need to know what is going on in our world, as well as what efforts are being made to preserve what we have left [...]
It’s 7/17/17 and our featured coral of the week is coming to us from Joe Knows Reefs. This coral that Joey Nichols is working on is a new one that we haven’t seen before. Joey hasn’t even named it yet and he’s looking for some help naming this stunning acropora species. If you can [...]
I've always been interested in how corals grow with - and very often upon - each other in the wild. As we all know, reefs are dynamic places, where change is commonplace. Here are a few shots that I'll use to explore my theme. In the image at the top of the post, you can see a great many [...]
