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Monster Boobies Acropora
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 are composed of several corallites. When undisturbed, their polyps will extend. But it will retract and hide inside the pores as a response to water movement or threat…
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Deadpool Mushroom
General information In general, mushroom corals coming from the genus Discosoma are classified as a false coral without a skeleton, although their internal structures are the same with stony corals. Their stalk is very small that is located just above the pedal disc which is the area where they attach themselves to the substrate. This…
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Burning Sun Blasto
General information In general, the Blastomussa corals have many small corallites that are usually swollen and round in shape. When the polyps are out, the entire colony will look similar to a mushroom anemone. Calcium: 400 – 450 ppm Alkalinity: 2.86 – 4.29 MEQ/L (8 – 12 dKH) Phosphates: 0 Magnesium: 1200 – 1350 Strontium: 8…
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How to Feed Your Anemones in Under 5 Minutes
There are a few different Anemonies that you can house in a tank which include Bubble Tips, long tentacles, Carpets, Rock Flowers, Sebaes, and Condylactis. The Anemone The biology of each of these anemones is fairly similar. They are all going to have an oral disc in the center of the body which serves as…
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The shocking truth about tap water in saltwater tanks!
Is it possible to use tap water in your saltwater tank? Yes, you can, and here’s a detailed breakdown. While most reef tanks are run by RO/DI water, many people have also run successful reef tanks with coral using tap water for decades. In a fish-only tank with no coral, there’s a lot less to…
