Aquarium Coral Reefs Class Hydrozoa Fire Coral and Lace Coral – Hydrocorals include fire corals in the Milleporidae family and lace corals in the Stylasteridae family. They are Cnidarians just like the stony corals, but are in the class Hydrozoa. They have a potent sting. Corallimorphs Mushroom Anemones – Corallimorphs or Mushroom Anemones. Although […]
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to scuba dive, the area known as the “coral triangle” is a part of our world that offers a panorama of beauty to sate every artist’s palette. Animal Planet, a unit of Discovery Communications, plans to share a bird’s eye view of the incredible life swirling beneath the waves […]
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The Coral Beauty Angelfish truly is a “beauty”… and a favorite of many marine hobbyists! The colorful Coral Beauty Centropyge bispinosa is a very popular dwarf angelfish. Reaching only 4″ (10 cm) in size, it’s a “fun-size” color version of a large angelfish species, like the Bluegirdled Angelfish, but without the stringent care requirements. Besides […]
The Yellow Toadstool Leather is a large toadstool or mushroom coral crowned in yellow! The Yellow Toadstool Leather Coral or Gold-Crowned Leather Coral Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum is popular leather coral favorite in the Sarcophyton genus. The Sarcophyton sp. have a thick smooth, single stalk with a flared, smooth mushroom-shaped top that can be folded or funnel-shaped. […]
A young Yellow Cup Coral looks just like its namesake… a beautiful bumpy yellowish cup! The Yellow Cup Coral Turbinaria frondens is one good looking coral, both as a juvenile and as an adult. In the wild, young colonies start out in a cup shape. As they mature, the edges continue to grow upward on […]
The pretty and exotic Blue Coral, Organ Pipe Coral, Green Star Polyps, and Sea Pens are some of the most unique Octocorals! Some of the most familiar, fascinating, and unique Octocorals are the Blue Coral, Organ Pipe Coral, Green Star Polyps, and the Sea Pens. Octocorals consist of a very large number of animals […]
The plates and branches of the Velvet Stone Coral make it a great haven of refuge for smaller fish! The surfaces of the Velvet Stone Coral Montipora spongodes appears smooth and fuzzy, like velvet. Some other names it is known by are Velvet Coral, Velvet Finger Coral, and Velvet Branch Coral. But this […]
The Octocorals contain some of the most varied forms and some of the most vividly colored animals in the sea! The Octocorals are a fascinating group of animals. This group contains the non reef-building corals belonging in the subclass Octocorallia. Being softer, more flexible animals than the hard corals or stony corals, they […]
Aquacultured specimens of Symphyllia Brain Coral vie for a top place as one of the most colorful brain corals! The Symphyllia Brain Coral Symphyllia sp., popularly known as the Closed Brain Coral or Dented Brain Coral, is attractive and hardy. Symphyllia Corals include some of the most richly colored aquacultured corals available today. […]
The Small Polyp Stony (SPS) corals have small polyps on a calcerous skeleton! The SPS corals have much smaller polyps than the LPS corals. LPS polyps are large and soft. SPS corals are usually either branching or plated. For the most part they enjoy bright light and strong currents. They are often fragile […]