by Joe Rowlett | Oct 8, 2015 | Corals
One of the most diverse groups of zoantharian corals is also one of the least known amongst aquarists. Epizoanthus is composed of dozens of species, ranging from shallow waters to habitats hundreds of meters deep, from tropical coral reefs to cold temperate climes,... by Joe Rowlett | Sep 15, 2015 | Science
(Continued from Part 1) When it comes to toxic palys, it is the drab brown specimens that we see most often, but there may be at least some colorful phenotypes being fragged. These are traded under the names “Purple Death Paly” and “Nuclear Green... by Joe Rowlett | Sep 14, 2015 | Corals, Science
The oceans are full of creatures capable of killing us; one of the more surprising marine menaces is a group of popular aquarium corals known variably as “button polyps”, “palys” and “zoas”. Rather than biting us in half or injecting us with some venomous barb, these... by gmavrakis | Jan 6, 2015 | Corals, Fish, Opinion, Science
My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/coralfish12g In this coralfish12g video I am going to be talking about the great Zoanthid debate. There are always fads in the hobby and right now one of the biggest is the selling, trading, buying, and collecting of rare Zoanthids. Some people are sick of other hobbyists creating rare sounding names to match barely different color variations. They don’t understand this craze for Zoas with special names. Others love that aspect of Zoanthids becoming collectors who can sell them to create additional revenue from their reef aquariums. So what do YOU think about this debate? by Dan Rigle | Apr 24, 2013 | Corals, Science
There was a time when I downplayed coral toxin and took very little precaution when handling these beautiful animals. This was not very long ago. I have since been taught a valuable and painful lesson, and now have a new respect for this...
