by Afishionado | Dec 25, 2016 | Aquaculture, Corals, Sustainability, Video
For this episode, we drove up to Plant City, Florida to ACI Aquaculture to see and learn about their enormous collection of aquacultured montiporas. We were quickly captivated by the vibrant colors of these beauties and asked Chris to share few things with us about... by AquaNerd | Aug 28, 2016 | Corals, Reef, Science
The Montipora Family contains about 19 different species but our featured coral of the week focuses on the encrusting purple Montipora nodosa. This unique Montipora will easily encrust on rock work or frag mounts.  It is a relatively fast growing coral and it is considered to be easy – moderately-easy to care for in a reef aquarium.  Encrusting Montipora Coral is classified by aquarists as a small polyp stony (SPS) coral often referred to as Cabbage, Lettuce or Velvet Rock Coral. It’s a relatively fast growing coral, and under the right conditions will spread and encrust on just about any substrate in the aquarium including the aquarium glass, given the chance. The coral polyps are very small and the calices are less than 2mm in diameter by Morgan Moore | Jul 20, 2015 | Corals, Science, Tanks
The story of my Astreopora montiporina colony is an interesting one. If you’re not familiar with this coral don’t worry, it is not commonly known or collected; it was named as a new species in 2011.… by Morgan Moore | Jun 22, 2015 | Corals, Invertebrates, Science
I’m continuously fascinated by all of the different things that live in our oceans. Sponges are the simplest of the multicellular organisms and also among the oldest, with a fossil record extending back to the last part of the Precambrian period, about 550 million...
