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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
19h ago
A coral farm in the South of Spain has a wild, grafted Acropora tenuis, which we have never seen before. “Attached is a pic of an Acropora tenuis that came grafted from the wild,” Reef Nook’s Biel Cardona Rotger told Reef Builders. “It has the same colors and mix as the very well-known RRC Rainbow…
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Reef Builders » Coral
19h ago
Given their common name of soft corals, one would likely assume that octocorals are well… soft. However, as is common in biology, there are always exceptions to rules. Within the Octocorallia, there are a few species that form aragonite-based skeletons, most of which belong to the family Helioporidae. Helioporids are enigmatic octocorals from the order…
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Reef Builders » Coral
6d ago
The weekend always gets us in coral shopping mood, and this week these outrageous Homophyllia bowerbanki stole our glance. Easy to keep, easy to frag, former “Acanthastrea” bowerbanki are well-behaved, rarely suffer pests or diseases, and are available in myriad collectible colors. They’re the perfect LPS coral! And we’ve featured some of the best of…
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Reef Builders » Coral
1w ago
At the Reefing USA show in STL, I encountered some unique specimens that caught my eye at Gabe Pommier’s booth, Oceanic Gardens. He brought two varieties of Stereonephthya, which before the show I had only seen online. Many of you may be familiar with this species via the circulation of the famous “Koji Wada pink…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2w ago
Just when you thought Scolys couldn’t get any more collectible than they already are, this Red Bounce Scoly turns up for sale on Corals.com, courtesy of Live Corals Australia. Except for the Bubble Coral, Plerogyra sinuosa, which may inflate its vesicles in the daytime on the reef for predator protection, corallimorphs like Rhodactis mushrooms and…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2w ago
The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to NOAA scientists. This is the fourth global event on record and the second in the last 10 years. Bleaching-level heat stress, as remotely monitored and predicted by NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch (CRW), is extensive across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean basins. CRW’s…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2w ago
NPS coral specialist Florian Gaudig gives us the lowdown on how to select NPS corals, which ones we should try, which ones we should avoid, and what to feed them. Many new and seasoned reefing hobbyists find themselves struggling when it comes to the topic of NPS corals. These breathtakingly beautiful corals are often the…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3w ago
Known for their dazzling colors, swaying tentacles, and propensity to sting nearby corals, the Torch Coral, Euphyllia glabrescens, has been a staple of the reef aquarium hobby for decades. And given the continuous discovery of new varieties, this species will likely retain its status for many years to come. However, while Torch Corals, or “Torches”…
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Reef Builders » Coral
1M ago
Several non-native aquarium coral species have been found repeatedly on one Hawaiian island. The corals were first found off Anini Beach on the north shore of Kauai Island by Reef Guardians Robin Mazor and Tom Woods in 2021, but they’ve been found another six times since then in the same place, raising concerns that they…
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Reef Builders » Coral
1M ago
We have been lucky to have experienced wild twin Scolys in our wholesale days and read with interest when Ultra Coral Australia released information back in 2022 on how they propagated them by cutting the base off. Well, it turns out several Aussie coral companies have been busy propagating their native Homophyllia species and even…
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