by Joe Rowlett | Nov 30, 2018 | Corals
Just in time for the holiday season is this awesome winter-themed corallimorph. by Joe Rowlett | Apr 11, 2018 | Corals
As if we needed another reason to NOT eat this coral. by AquaNerd | Aug 4, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
Imported many years ago, now aqua-cultured by many reef enthusiasts, the Tie Dye mushroom coral is actually a corallimorph. There is a long standing debate that “jawbreaker” and “tie dye” mushrooms are different, but they are the same. The picture above came to us from Joe Knows Reefs and he currently has 3 different Tie Dye mushrooms for sale. The mushrooms came from Mark Poletti – a well known enthusiast and reef keeper from California. Over time these unique mushrooms can develop additional colors, from red to green, yellow and sometimes purple and blue. Mushrooms corallimorphs are one of the easiest corals to maintain in the reef aquarium however, some prefer lower illumination and slow to moderate water movement. Considered semi-aggressive in nature, it is by Joe Rowlett | Aug 3, 2016 | Corals
In an enormous new publication cataloging the taxonomy and classification of anemones and corallimorphs (all 1,100 or so species of them), several common aquarium species have been given some new nomenclature.… by Joe Rowlett | Mar 9, 2016 | Corals, Science
The morphological differences that serve to separate anemones, corals and corallimorphs (i.e. “mushrooms”) are not always obvious, and perhaps nowhere do the lines separating these groups blur so much as with a peculiar, tentacled beastie found in many reef aquariums:...