Stony corals can use elements in the water to build their skeletons. It is a fantastic process that develops exciting structures.
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Coral Care
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Keeping Zoanthids Happy
Just about all hobbyists enjoy collecting Zoanthids and Palythoas. Beginners love the fact that there are so many different types to
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What are the Best Live Foods for Coral?
Many invertebrates need a consistent source of food to thrive in a reef tank. This is especially true for coral. While there are many
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Enter the AlgaeBarn Upcycle Contest to Win the New Ultimate Galaxy Pack!
Coral reef ecosystems are incredibly intricate and delicate. There are thousands of different species that live on reefs, from tiny
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A Look at the Chili Coral
Coral reefs arguably are the most diverse habitats on Earth. All major tax are included in these ecosystems. But, as one might expect,
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Keeping Turbinaria Corals
Do the terms SPS or LPS really mean all that much? Because we aquarists do tend to infer quite a bit about the care of different coral
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Keeping Nephthea Corals
No matter how obsessed reefkeepers get with their “sticks,” the visual appeal of soft corals is undeniable. Few aquarists could ever
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Keeping the Bubble Coral
Nothing turns an aquascape into an artistic masterpiece like a huge coral specimen. Whether a massive acro colony, leather coral or
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Keeping Plate Corals
A freshly set up and cycled reef aquarium is something like a fresh canvas--a seemingly vast, open aquascape. Following our impulse to
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Keeping Pavona Corals
Many aspiring reef aquarists are a bit intimidated by SPS (small-polyp stony) corals. This is not without good reason; generally being
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Keeping the Birdsnest Coral
As a group, SPS corals can be endlessly frustrating, even for veteran reef aquarium hobbyists. For beginner reefers in particular, it
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Keeping Sinularia Coral
Thanks to huge improvements in technology as well as better livestock supply chains (including an ever-increasing availability of
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Reconsidering Soft Corals
The domination of the reef aquarium hobby by stony, and especially SPS, corals is pretty obvious. An overall increase of our
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Branching Green Star Polyps: Trash or Treasure?
The aquarium hobby in general, and certainly the reef aquarium hobby in particular, has changed a whole lot over the years and decades.
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Keeping Toadstool Leather Corals
These days, soft corals don’t get quite the attention they once did. One reason for this simply is the abundance of wildly colorful
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Upgrading to the ULTIMATE Ecopack
Pods. Phyto. At AlgaeBarn, these are the bread and butter of the reef aquarium diet. And for sure, these two items form the base of
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Do Corals Really Eat Plankton?
It’s hard to say for sure which came first for reef aquarists--the emergence of high-quality coral foods, or the realization that
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What Do I Need for a Saltwater Fish Tank?
Whether scouting for your first aquarium, or “graduating” from a freshwater aquarium, there is something about a saltwater aquarium
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Knowing the Zoanthid
The zoanthid is one of the most stunning yet simplistic coral-like animals in this hobby. It can come in any color combination that you
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How to Get Rid of Aiptasia
When you're first starting out your aquarium, you usually will spend all day checking on everything in your tank ensuring everything is
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