Micromussa amakusensis, the New Micro-Lord!

CORAL Field Editor Vincent Chalias recently visited the ex-situ coral farm at Bali Aquarium and returns with a beautiful examination of Indonesian LSP coral species Micromussa amakusensis. While similar in some respects to their well-known “Acan Lord” cousins, now known as M. lordhowensis, Chalias argues that these “Micro-lords” are going to become more prevalent in the aquarium trade and deserve our attention. Check out these rare Indonesian Micromussas…

26 May 11:14 AM 0 Read More...

Antibiotic Treatments For Corals: The New Norm?

The use of antibiotics to treat corals, even prophylactically when they appear healthy, is on the rise. CORAL Field Editor Vincent Chalias warns that this practice masks underlying problems in the coral trade, and runs the risk of perpetuating this problems, or even making things worse.

19 May 12:08 AM 0 Read More...

Galaxea fascicularis: a Patchwork Coral!

We’ve now discovered this interesting, high-density, patchwork colonization of substrates by Galaxea fascicularis in several different and distant locations. It may be that this is a common occurrence throughout the Coral Triangle.

05 May 2:22 AM 0 Read More...

A Hydrothermal Vent Reveals an Interesting Coral Hot Spot!

Swimming over a very healthy reef next to a hydrothermal vent, we couldn’t help to notice how healthy the corals were. We took some water samples and found few off parameters.

28 Apr 2:05 AM 0 Read More...

Surge Feeding Soft Corals in Northern Sulawesi

Examining the natural habitats of surge-specialized soft corals could be the answer to their successful long-term captive husbandry.

21 Apr 12:15 PM 0 Read More...