by Marcin Smok | Feb 7, 2022 | Conservation, Corals, Eye Candy, Photography
Every reefkeeper’s desire is to someday see the corals that we love and care for at home out in their natural environment. Sometimes, these ecosystems are drastically different from the conditions we recreate in our home aquariums.… by Afishionado | Jan 1, 2022 | Corals, Video
4 years ago, I made a video with Chris Meckley of ACI Aquaculture on the topic of Zoas and Palys. Little did I know at that time, that this video would become the second most watched video of the channel.… by Afishionado | Jun 8, 2020 | Aquaculture, Corals, Video
In the past, whenever I made an educational videos on different species of corals, I would receive requests to make a video on how to frag that type of coral. I listened! To start off the series, I went with the highest-viewed video on corals (zonathids) and reached... by Afishionado | Jun 14, 2017 | Aquaculture, Corals, Video
For this episode, we traveled to Plant City to talk to our good friend Chris Meckley to talk about one of the most loved coral in our hobby, zoanthids and palythoas. We covered how to take care of it, what to look for, what to do, what not to do and what to look out... by AquaNerd | Dec 22, 2015 | Corals, Reef, ReefGen, Science
The AquaNerd featured coral of the week originated from a zoa colony collected by ReefGen, called the Superduperman Zoanthid.  These beautiful zoas are brightly colored, very hardy, and grow rapidly once established in the aquarium.  For optimum growth, the Superduperman Zoa  prefers moderate lighting and moderate water flow.  We went to the ReefGen site to locate a price but it appears their site is currently under construction, however we were able to find these for sale at Unique Corals.  For Eight to Ten polyps a nice frag sells for $34.00. Photo by Unique Corals Care: CARE LEVEL:  Intermediate TEMPERAMENT: Semi-Aggressive PLACEMENT: On rock-work or rubble WATER MOVEMENT: Moderate LIGHTING:  Moderate HUSBANDRY NOTES: Unique Corals grows their zoas out under a combination of LED and