Coral Forest

Photographically, corals aren’t really interesting to me until I get close. As I move in, there is a point at which I enter a kind of alien world and start to see things I don’t normally see. This photo of Seriatopora is an example of that alien-world...

Acanthophyllia WYSIWYG

Acanthophyllias are fairly rare and more rarely properly identified. I’ve seen many of these in fish stores that were masquerading as Scolymias rather than the rare coral they really...

New FREE Ezine Redfish on Zoanthids

Redfish is a new, free to download, ezine published out of Australia, and their first issue includes an awesome article about one of our staple corals, zoanthids. Redfish will be primarily freshwater, but they will be including some articles for us reef geeks as...

Pay it Forward: Newbie Booster

Whether you have been in the hobby since the time when one had to snorkel and collect their own corals or only have a couple years experience under your belt, one thing holds true – we all were Newbies at one point. …