ORA Blue Cespitularia
Here’s yet another new ORA release…a Blue Cespitularia. These corals are amazingly beautiful, with a sparkling blue body and polyps with an touch of orange. Additionally, these corals adapts to a variety of lighting conditions, but have the most intense coloration under lower light levels. This, along with the fact that these corals are aquacultured [...]
Picture of the Week – 3/22 – 3/28
Pictured is a stunning Tyree Limited Edition Purple Monster. This particular specimen was housed in a ZEOvit filtered aquarium, so it’s color seems more pastel and lighter than most other Purple Monster Acropora corals.
Picture of the Week – 3/15 – 3/21
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is of a stunning pink and green Chalice colony. This coral is vibrantly colored and can be quite expensive, unless you find a good deal on it.
Playtime With the New Macro Lens
I got a 100mm macro lens for my Canon XSi for Christmas, thanks to the wife, and have finally gotten a chance to use it. I visited a few of the local fish stores and took tons of pics and wanted to share. Some of these images you may have seen in recent Picture of [...]
Open House at the Drs. Foster and Smith Aquaculture Facility
© 2010 Foster & Smith, Inc. Reprinted as a courtesy and with permission from http://www.LiveAquaria.com LiveAquaria announced today, via their Facebook Page, that they will be hosting several Open Houses at their Aquaculture Facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. This is a great opportunity for hobbyists to see how the pros do it. If you’re in the [...]
Big Sale at ReefExotic.net
I just got an email from the guys at Reefexotic.net with details of a really good sale they will be having. The sale starts today and ends February 20th, so act fast! All Corals will be 35% off the Price Listed on the site with Free Freight on all orders over $149.99. We will also [...]
Picture of the Week – 2/1 – 2/7
This week’s AquaNerd Picture of the Week is of a Wild Orchid Favia from ReefExotic.
Name, Register Corals with the National Coral Registry`
An interesting new concept was revealed to me over the weekend, and it’s a coral naming and registering system. The National Coral Registry Association, or NCRA, is a site that promotes aquaculture through the registering (and subsequent selling) of corals that you grow in your own aquarium. Farmers name and send in a high resolution [...]
Kevin Kohen Interview!!!
Kevin Kohen, the Director of LiveAquaria.com and designer of the Drs. Foster & Smith Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility has recently taken the time to do an exclusive email interview with the AquaNerd Blog. He even sent us a few photos that he has taken of some absolutely gorgeous aquarium livestock, including the legendary [...]
New Year’s Sale at ReefExotic.net
The guys at ReefExotic emailed me and wanted to tell everyone about the New Year’s sale going on at ReefExotic.net. They also sent me several photos of new livestock they currently have in stock (and on sale!). Additionally, ReefExotic has informed me of their successful breeding of Dwarf Cuttlefish, which are eating now eating prepared [...]
