Picture of the Week, Rainbow Lobophyllia
Pictured in this week’s installment of the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a glowing rainbow Lobophyllia brain coral seen in one of the vendor aquariums at MACNA from earlier this year. The coral has at least four distinct colors, sporting a red ring that surrounds green, then purple, and finally a blue center. Rainbow [...]
Picture of the Week – 9/5 – 9/11
In this week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week, we feature a beautiful red and green Lobophyllia brain coral. This individual happens to be one of the more fleshy “Lobo” brain corals that I’ve ever encountered seeing as how its tissue completely hides any hint of a hard skeletal structure. Typically, “Lobos” have a very prominent [...]
Cycloseris Plate Coral Feeding on Video
Even though our corals derive most of their nutrition from light energy, it’s still important to drop them the occasional piece of solid food. This especially holds true for LPS corals like the Cycloseris in the sped up video above. These corals rely more heavily on large foot items, and even though it’s a slow [...]
LPS Color Explosion by the R2R Sponsors
On the random occasion, coral vendors come across premo livestock that deserves to be gawked at. They use their social outlets to show off their latest and greatest acquisitions, which usually includes rare fish and unbelievably colored corals. While doing my normal reef related forum browsing, I came across such livestock, but it wasn’t limited [...]
Stunning Rainbow Lobophyllia Shows Up at AquaWorld PSC
During my typical evening perusal of the multitude of aquarium forums, I stumbled across this stunning Lobophyllia coral on Reef2Reef. Aptly named the Rainbow Jawbreaker Lobophyllia, this coral obviously has some sick coloration. The “lobo” has been under the care of AquaWorld PSC for a little over a month, and after considering keeping the coral [...]
The Cherry Corals Scolymias are HOT!
By now you’ve all seen the stunning “Incrediscoly” from Cherry Corals. Well, the coral retailer isn’t done showing off their amazing Scolymia collection. Just a few days ago they shared images of their new “Incrediscoly 2.0″, along with multiple other breath taking Scolys. The new Incrediscoly isn’t quite as beautiful as the original, but the [...]
Picture of the Week – 3/14 – 3/20
The Miami Hurricane Echinophyllia is a stunning coral to say the least. It’s neon orange eyes contrast sharply with the green and aqua-colored base, though the base may appear gray on some individuals. This limited edition chalice was named for its resemblance to the colors of the University of Miami, and interestingly, it is the [...]
Coral Hub, Another Online Database for Coral Identification
Shortly after our story about the The Coral Library was posted, we were contacted and shown the Coral Hub, which is obviously another coral identification website. Despite similar goals, the Coral Hub differs from the previously discussed library in that isn’t just a library of pictures and random information about each species. Instead, it is [...]
Photos From NextWave – Corals Part 2
We’ve finally had time to sort through all of the pictures from our weekend trip to NextWave and get them uploaded. We saw thousands of beautiful corals at the event, including some extremely rare and pricey ones like the Jason Fox Leptoseris shown above. Of course we couldn’t leave empty handed, so we hit up [...]
Picture of the Week – 2/28 – 3/6
Pictured this week is a gorgeous Scolymia coral seen at the DFW Nextwave and Coral Farmers Market event. These corals are essentially one giant polyp, typically with one mouth surrounded by flesh and hidden tentacles. This particular specimen, which was quite pricey, did not get sold at the event to my knowledge. At the end [...]
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