Picture of the Week – 8/22 – 8/28
In this week’s AquaNerd POTW, we are treated to a glowing Neon Green Birdsnest Coral seen in the aquarium of a local hobbyist. These corals usually start out very vibrant, but the green quickly fades and the brown skeleton shows through. This makes the coral appear nowhere near as attractive as the one seen above, [...]
Picture of the Week – 7/4 – 7/10
Pictured in this installment of the AquaNerd POTW is a blue Acropora millepora colony glowing under T5HO lighting. This gorgeous coral has light blue and very fuzzy coral polyps that create quite a bit of movement even from a hard coral whose branches are stiff and immobile. The growing tips on this mille are a [...]
Picture of the Week – 4/4 – 4/10
Pictured in this installment of the AquaNerd Picture of the Week is a closeup shot of a Tyree Pink Lemonade Acropora colony. This picture, unfortunately, does absolutely no justices to this fuzzy Acro. This coral has a brilliant shade of pink with a yellow base and yellow growth tips. The polyps of this colony are [...]
The New ORA Purple Montipora Undata
ORA has unleashed an exciting new coral onto the reefkeeping hobby. Their new ORA Purple Undata, a Montipora species of course, is all purple…base, polyps, everything. And apparently ORA has been sitting on this coral for a few years, since they first acquired it way back in 2008 from a European hobbyist. It’s neither here [...]
Picture of the Week – 3/21 – 3/27
Even though we’ve used the Tyree Montipora undata in a previous Picture of the Week, we couldn’t pass on sharing this one as well. The M. undata pictured above is a striking piece. The coral’s white polyps contrast sharply with the tan base and purple growing edges, and it’s honestly surprising that a predominately tan [...]
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 [...]
Photos From NextWave – Corals Part 1
The DFW NextWave and Coral Farmers Market event was a huge success. There were several vendors, all of whom had great looking corals, and plenty of hobbyists looking for exotic pieces. I managed to take home about a dozen pieces, with one accidental duplicate (guess I got too excited), and frags were going like crazy. [...]
Picture of the Week – 2/21 – 2/27
This week’s AquaNerd POTW entry comes from our friends at Orphek. The image is of a great close up shot of an Acropora coral with fluorescing green polyps. These corals need intense lighting in order to thrive. For years, their photosynthetic needs were only met by metal halides, VHO, and T5HO. However, in recent years, [...]
Green Fluorescent Protein Infection on the ORA Blog
When ORA first announced their newly redesigned website, we were stoked they would have a blog. It would be a way for them to finally communicate with a public audience. Well, right out of the gate, ORA has a great article on Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) infection in various corals they have aquacultured. The infection [...]
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