CORAL VIDEO: The Top 5 Worst Hitchhiker Pests
Hitchhikers make their way into home aquariums by stowing away on pieces of live rock and coral. Read more about the top 5 worst pests!
Video: Bullet Proof SPS
A small polyp stony coral (SPS) dominated aquarium is one of the most attention-grabbing reef biotopes. Luckily, it is possible to replicate the appearance of a traditional SPS reef with selections of much hardier SPS corals. Here is a list of some hardy SPS corals.
Video: Pseudocorynactis, aka Orange Ball Anemone
Although the common name for them is an Orange Ball Anemones, the Pseudocorynactis are not anemones at all. This is a type of corallimorph or in other words a mushroom.
Video: Pocillopora for the Reef Aquarium
Despite being one of the less popular stony corals in the reef aquarium hobby, Pocillopora are second only to Acropora in reef building productivity in the wild. Their skeletons make up a huge portion of the reef’s structure in the ocean.
Video: Reef Aquarium Substrate Choices
What should you put on the bottom of your reef aquarium? Is there a benefit to having substrate that is super fine vs something more chunky? What about no substrate at all? We will take a look at these options and you can decide which works best for you.
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Amazing spot. I love this part of knowledge: "Every small, free square inch is quickly occupied by Xeniidae corals. But, they seem to serve a very important function, preparing the substrate, and binding every piece of coral rubble together so sponges and coralline algae can finish the job by cementing everything up. Thus, later, coral larvae can settle on this newly stabilized real estate." Thank you, VincentNew Ocean-Inspired Designs from Walt Smith says:
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