General information In general, leather corals from the family Alcyoniidae are flat with a lobe shape. Their name is derived from the texture of their skin which is leather-like. They usually grow fast taking an encrusting form and easy to maintain which makes them ideal for newbie aquarist. For the Neon Green Sinularia, they are predominatly…
General information In general, gorgonians coming from the genus Plexaura are considered as colonial ocotcorals. They have a branching colony and the axial core of its coral skeleton is usually thorny and hollow with no sclerites. One of the easy identification characterisitics for the genus Plexaura is their polyps which has an 8-pinnate tentacles. As…
General information In general, species from Cyphastrea are fast growing when you compare it to other mound-building corals. They usually grow in an encrusting form and can visually see a difference in size within 6 months. Newbies can cultivate Cyphastrea since they are easy to care and maintain. They can grow in a wide range…
General information In general, corals coming from the genus Porites are characterized by having a finger like assymetrical morphology. They have calices that are widely spaced and reticulum with walls that are well developed. Porites are known to host a variety of marine worms, particularly the Christmas Tree worm (Spirobranchus porites). For the Darth…
General information In general, species from Cyphastrea are fast growing when you compare it to other mound-building corals. They usually grow in an encrusting form and can visually see a difference in size within 6 months. Newbies can cultivate Cyphastrea since they are easy to care and maintain. They can grow in a wide range…
General information In general, species from Acropora may grow either as a plate, slender or broad branching type of reef building corals. Each branch has several colonies that is composed of several corallites. When undisturb, their polyps will extend. But it will retract and hide inside the pores as a response to water movement or…
General information In general, corals coming from the genus Porites are characterized by having a finger like assymetrical morphology. They have calices that are widely spaced and reticulum with walls that are well developed. Porites are known to host a variety of marine worms, particularly the Christmas Tree worm (Spirobranchus porites). For the Branching…
General information In general, species from Cyphastrea are fast growing when you compare it to other mound-building corals. They usually grow in an encrusting form and can visually see a difference in size within 6 months. Newbies can cultivate Cyphastrea since they are easy to care and maintain. They can grow in a wide range…
General information In general, corals coming from the genus Montipora takes several coral lifeform like submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting and branching. Their appearance and coloration is usually mottled in nature. They have corallites that are considered one of the smallest as far as the family of corals is concerned. Their walls usually has an elaborate structure…
General information In general, species from Acropora may grow either as a plate, slender or broad branching type of reef building corals. Each branch has several colonies that is composed of several corallites. When undisturb, their polyps will extend. But it will retract and hide inside the pores as a response to water movement or…