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Explore our posts from the Coral category at Reef Builder. The articles cover important information as well as interesting facts on different types of corals. Established in 2004, Reef Builders covers the aquatics industry for keeping saltwater tanks and has been featured in popular media as a trusted source on all things reef.
Reef Builders » Coral
1M ago
How much do we really know about corals? The answer is: Not so much, actually. While the general rule for coral spawning is a few days after the full moon, 2 hours after sunset, just before the water temperature high peak, we got caught off guard by this huge colony of Montipora verrucosa in Bira,…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
There are some corals, that can only be appreciated by certain people. They are not colorful, nor grafted, nor multicolor, nor with long tentacles, nor unique… They are just plain brown, and still, they’re amazing. It often takes the power of mother nature, and the sheer beauty of a fully grown, especially old massive colony…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
Captive coral spawning is a big deal right now and represents the cutting edge of decades of trial and error when we learned first how to keep them alive, then how to frag them, and now, most importantly, how to breed them. The successes of pioneering individuals and institutions couldn’t have come at a more…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
The current Reef Builders team are big fans of Turbinaria heronensis, and that’s due in no small part to the love, affection, and numerous column inches dedicated to them by Jake Adams. A green heronensis is one thing, but a protein infected “grafted” heronensis is quite another. The more we look at this coral, the…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
Those who knew Jake Adams knew his passion spanned all Scleractinians, but there is one lesser known, lesser kept genus that he was particularly passionate about and even got to collect them in the wild – Anacropora. So we thought it would be fitting on this Flashback Friday to embed not just one, but several…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
Once in a while, you come across a coral during a dive, and you can’t not share it with everyone. This was the case during an exploration dive in the south of Sumba. Exposed, high swell, cold up-wellings, everyone was expecting Manta Rays and sharks…, and while everyone was locked on the blue, hoping to…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
The wonderful Swiftia exserta, also known as the Orange Tree Gorgonian, is a treat for all those reef hobbyists who enjoy oddball marine life. Their striking color and shape have them highly sought after in the non-photosynthetic side of the hobby. I have personally been after this octocoral since I first was intrigued with non-photosynthetic…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3M ago
We have all seen our fair share of soft and azooxanthellate corals in the hobby, but this one is definitely different. Not much is known about Chromonephthea as they rarely make it into the hobby. The specimens pictured were imported from the Northern Territory of Australia and are possibly the first of its genus to…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3M ago
Earlier this year I was invited to speak at The Garden and Aquatic Show in Singapore. This show also featured quite a few highlights of interest for reefkeeping enthusiasts. One of those was a marine aquascaping contest. All participants started with the same white canvas, a nano tank with equipment. This contest was really interesting,…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3M ago
An article published in the Journal Nature has found that photosynthetic corals not only host their symbiotic algae, they feed directly on it too, and importantly, it is how they uptake Nitrogen and Phosphorus. The paper titled “Reef-building corals farm and feed on their photosynthetic symbionts” has been written by a team of researchers to…
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