by Matthew Stansbery | Jul 18, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University have taken a new turn in the search for understanding the relationship between corals and microbes. On each reef corals live together in harmony with microorganisms, all... by ReefBum | Jul 17, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Reef, Science
SPS Deep Dive – Tyree Lime in The Sky If you are a stag collector then you will want a Tyree Lime in The Sky, an electric lime green staghorn that is much sought after by SPS collectors. I do favor stags since they can be fast growers, have far reaching branches and remind me of what you would see in a natural reef with fish swimming in and out of coral. Stags can also attract non-swimming fish. I used to have a HUGE Green Bali Slimmer (not uncommon for this coral) in my old 225 gallon tank and my Flame Hawkfish used to just plant itself up high and observe its domain below. According to the Reeffarmers website, Greg Carroll of Southern California originally acquired this by AquaNerd | Jul 12, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Invertebrates, Reef, Science
Our Featured Coral of the Week is Red, White(ish) and Blue. Independence Day is almost here and I thought it would be appropriate to feature a coral ahead of the holiday that has our flags colors in it. Sometimes referred to by collectors and hobbyists as Firecracker zoanthids or Polish Princes, we really like this Zoa and are curious if any of our readers have this in their zoa collection. Zoanthids are an order of cnidarians called Zoantharia. Commonly seen in shallow coral reefs and at greater depths in several of the worlds oceans and seas. These coralmorps or false corals are sometimes called soft corals which in actuality is a misnomer. They are seen in a variety of different colonizing formations and they are available by AquaNerd | Jul 10, 2016 | Conservation, Corals, Fish, Photography, Reef, Science, Travel
The first time I dived on Raja Ampat’s reefs, I didn’t know where to look first. The profusion of colors and the seeming chaos of the Indonesia reef’s appearance — not a single straight line to be seen — provided a total contrast to the orderly, human-built world we usually inhabit topside.
<![CDATA[ #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } ]]> MORE: Hunting down the world’s oldest art in South Sulawesi, Indonesia Photos and video struggle to ever do Raja Ampat’s reefs justice. They just can’t fully capture the all-encompassing sense of the reef’s by AquaNerd | Jun 29, 2016 | Corals, Fish, Invertebrates, Reef, Science
With Reef-A-Palooza almost upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to feature a WYSIWYG coral from the folks that put on the New York and Orlando shows, World Wide Corals. Normally I don’t “ohh and ahh” over a Rhodactis mushroom but this one looks very beautiful, making this our Featured Coral of the Week. As of today, they only have one Rhodactis like this in stock and WWC is offering it for $129.00. About: The Rhodactis or Bullseye mushroom, as it’s sometimes called, is often seen in violet to blue or with margins and highlights in orange. What makes this mushroom unique is the rainbow of colors seen in the specimen. Papillae form a cauliflower-like patterns, and they typically can
