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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
Reef Builders is no stranger to spliced Acropora, but this one came out of British coral farm Signature Frags, and Christian, the owner has an interesting theory about how the splice coloration may have developed: “So the piece, was an indo import, selego I think, good grower, and then I had a massive bacterial bloom,…
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Reef Builders » Coral
1M ago
Coral Oasis, a store based in Hanoi, Vietnam, has brought in, hands down, one of the best smooth skins I have ever laid eyes on. I spoke to the owner, who told me they had the piece for around six months. It was browned out until two months ago when it started to transform before…
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Reef Builders » Coral
1M ago
Cup corals are a fascinating group, but one that is almost never available in the aquarium trade. If you’ve ever encountered this common name before, it was likely misapplied to one of the regularly available dendrophylliids, like Tubastraea, Turbinaria, and Duncanopsammia, but none of these really exemplify the idea of a cup-shaped coral. Rather, the…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
With Fiji recently reopening exports, I dove into what corals used to be exported from that area. As I looked, one specific coral caught my eye right away, the classic Yellow Porites. I have always personally enjoyed viewing the Mustard Hill coral off the coast of south Florida which is also known as Porites astreoides.…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
During a recent social media scroll, I found an impressive collection of Acropora corals from Shane at SBB Corals, including a standout piece aptly named the “Juicy Fruit.” Intrigued, I contacted Shane to see if we could add some of these new arrivals to the Reef Builders Studio. Shane delivered big, sending over a mystery…
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Reef Builders » Coral
2M ago
Though the overwhelming majority of articles intended to be applied as guidelines for marine aquarists are based on anecdotes and present personal, undocumented evidence as husbandry guidelines and recommendations, an explanation as to ‘why’ a technique or practice works is often lacking. While the success stories and experimental methods of veteran hobbyists can be very…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3M ago
The Fruit Salad Chalice Coral from Cairns Marine remains one of the most eye-catching, memorable corals we’ve ever covered. Jake Adams first wrote about it back in 2021 but the wholesaler procured at least two more, both of which ended up at Nick’s Aquarium in North Lakes, Queensland, Australia, and owner Nick gave us a…
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Reef Builders » Coral
3M ago
There is a select group of choice corals that tend to grab the attention of aquarium enthusiasts whenever they walk into a room, and then there are specific pieces that grab the attention of the entire hobby. That is the case when we look at this specific Scolymia (Homophyllia australis) we are covering today. To…
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Reef Builders » Coral
4M ago
Pachyseris is a name you might not be abundantly familiar with, and I don’t blame you. Like the majority of other aquarists, if your only experience with corals is through the aquarium hobby (which there is absolutely nothing wrong with), this is a coral that you’ve likely never seen for sale before and if you…
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Reef Builders » Coral
4M ago
Recently we learned that Biota has some unusual Branching forms of Galaxea, and they are aquaculturing them at their facility in Palua. We reached out to Felicia McCaulley to find out more: “The Biota Group stocks many species of fully aquacultured coral from our facility in Palau. The people of Palau are strict about protecting…
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