Aquatic Connection Live: Specials on Saltwater Fish, Live Corals, Marine Invertebrates, Aquarium Live Rock

Special prices through March 13th, 2010 certain items are very limited!!

Free Shipping on all our Live Rock
Continued for another month!

Bali Alor Live Rock, is one of our most popular.
The advantages of Bali Alor Live Rock is the incredible diversity of coloration, & unique shapes.

Bali Alor Live Rock is harvested right around the coral reefs made from all the ancient encrusted coral heads, the corals that were broken in storms, that have fallen and were encrusted with coraline algae over time. It is very beautiful and very light weight! The advantages of using Bali Alor Live Rock is the incredible diversity of coloration, and unique shapes. It is also lighter than Fiji Premium Live Rock so you need to purchas less rock. For Bali Alor Live Rock we recommend only 1-1/2 pounds per gallon where Fiji rock would require 2 pounds or more per gallon to look the same. For aquascaping, it is acceptable to alter the shapes and sizes of the rock with a hammer and chisel. This will not damage the integrity of the rock, nor it's inhabitants. Please, just make sure you wear safety glasses. Bali Alor live rock will color up with more unique colors than Fiji rock. You will see purple, pink, red, yellow, and green coralline algae.

Bali Alor live rock is easy to maintain in either a reef or fish only aquarium, and makes an excellent addition for both the beginner or experienced aquarist. Live rock requires moderate lighting and moderate water movement, along with the addition of calcium, strontium, iodine, and trace elements to color up nicely and maintain its beautiful ocean coloration. You choose what size live rock we ship you: available in Small, Medium, Large, and XLarge size. Aquatic Connection Guarantees all Live Rock to be handpicked and packaged!! And right now, during our live rock sale forget the shipping charge, your shipping is free! Put those dollars into some more aquarium stuff!!!

	12 lbs free shipping*	25 lbs free shipping*	50 lbs free shipping*
Small (3-5 inces)	79.99	159.99	319.98
Medium (5 - 7 inches)	89.99	169.99	349.98
Large (8 - 12 inches)	not available	179.99	359.98
XLarge (8 - 12 inches)	not available	199.99	399.98
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Aquatic Connection Live
Coral Nugget Box
Strike it Rich for only $119.99
A Beautiful Assortment of 10 nicely sized,bright colored small corals.

Our Coral Nugget Box is an assortment of 10 different small corals. The perfect package for Nano or small reef aquariums. Of course they can be placed in larger reef aquariums when you wish to start small and watch them grow! These little affordable shiny nuggets are selling themselves. Not all of our customer can drop $40.00 to $60.00 dollars on a coral, but they sure can muster up the $12.00 each that this assortment breaks down to. Try a Nugget Box and strike it rich! When ordering more than 1 Nugget Box, we will provide a large variety to help you crate a diverse coral reef aquarium.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: 1-1/2" to 2"

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Tailspot Blenny
Ecsenius stigmatura

Brand New Aquarium Blenny - Excellent Algae Control Fish!

Description: Brand new for the aquarium trade, the Tail Spot Blenny is notable for the unforgettable look. It has vewry large eyes, a small mouth, a dark target spot on its tail, and a very disctinctive black and yellow band that runs below each eye.
Recommended Tank size: Generally found amid crevices and rocks on the bottom of its environment, the Tail Spot Blenny needs a tank of at least 10 gallons with live rock for grazing, perching and hiding in. They should not be housed with aggressive species.
Feeding and Diet: The diet should include vegetable matter, including frozen and dried foods containing marine and blue-green algae. It will also feed on (and help control) algae growing in the aquarium.
Level of Care: Easy, excellent beginner fish
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2"

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Yellow Belly Hippo Tang
Paracanthurus hepatus

Description: Native to reefs in the Indian Ocean around Africa,the Yellow Belly Hippo Tang is a color variety of the popular Blue Hippo Tang. Though it shares the attractive coloration of the Blue Tang, the Yellow Belly Hippo Tang grows up to have a brilliant yellow coloration to the belly and other portions of the body as it grows larger. The yellow coloration, most prominent on the caudal fin (tail), continues across the belly region, giving the Yellow Belly Hippo Tang a very attractive look. Small Yellow Belly Hippo Tangs will not exhibit the yellow belly coloration until they grow a little larger, but its amazing to watch the color appear as they grow. Combined with the signature bold black markings resembling a painter's palette, (that's why sometimes it's called a Pallete Tang), the Yellow Belly Hippo Tang is sure to be an impressive addition to any reef or fish only aquarium.
Recommended Tank size: Requires a 20 gallon or larger aquarium with a number of hiding places and plenty of room to swim.Though peaceful towards most tankmates, the Yellow Belly Hippo Tang will demonstrate aggressive behavior towards other fish of its own species if not introduced into the tank at the same time. So if you wish multiples, put them in all at once.
Food and diet: In nature it feeds almost entirely on brown macroalgae and should be offered a wide a variety of foods including plenty of algae. Although Tangs will eat meaty foods along with the other fish in the aquarium, it is important that they are offered plenty of seaweed and algae. These are the foods that will strengthen their immune system, reduce aggression and improve their overall health. Offer dried seaweed tied to a rock or use a veggie clip, and feed at least 3 times per week. Sea Veggies, Seaweed Salad and Ocean Nutrition are all ideal products and are very easy to use.
Reef Compatability: Great reef fish
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 3/4" to 1"

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Mystery Wrasse
Pseudocheilinus ocellatus

A beautiful fish and excellent flatworm protection!

Description: An ideal fish for the reef aquarium, this recently described species was collected for the trade long before it was described. Once thought to occur only in a few isolated areas, it has been recorded from Australia, Marshall Islands and other locations throughout the Indo-Pacific. Found only in deep water, further exploration will likely expand its range. Bold and hardy with a great appetite, The Five Bar Wrasse is ideal for the reef or fish only aquarium.The majority of the body is pinkish purple with thin, white vertical stripes and an eyespot surrounded by a yellowish hue on its green tail. Some younger fish will have more green in the body, which will quickly change to red in the aquarium.
Recommended Tank size: This hard to find species is suitable for a 20 gallon or larger aquarium with lots of live rock and a sandy bottom. It is an excellent fish for a reef aquarium and passive with most popular reef fish, including other wrasses. It has also been used as a watchdog and eliminator of pesky aquarium flatworms.
Note:*due to the large amount of water used to ship the Mystery Wrasse and get it to you in perfect condition, an extra $10.00 needs to be added to cover additional shipping cost incurred.
Food and diet:When first introduced into the aquarium, live saltwater feeder shrimp should be used to entice this fish to eat. It prefers a diet of finely chopped meaty foods and occasionally frozen preparations.
Reef Compatability: Great Reef fish. This fish is not a threat to ornamental invertebrates.
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 2-1/2"

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Golden Midas Blenny
Ecsenius midas

Description: The Blue Eye Golden Midas Blenny is an excellent candidate for a reef tank. As their name implies, these fish have a deep golden-orange body with bright blue rings around the eyes and a faint touch of blue around and beneath the jaw. Golden Midas Blennies have deeply curved, lyre-shaped tails, and are often known as Lyretail Blennies for this reason. The Golden Midas Blenny is an entertaining captive, with its unique movements and often changing coloration. These fish can be great choices for beginning marine aquarists and advanced hobbyists alike. Golden Midas Blennies swim with a rather undulating motion and have been compared to eels in their movements. They do, in fact, like to rest in crevices or holes in rock, exposing only their heads, to watch their surroundings. Golden Midas Blennies enter these holes not head first, but tail first, backing skillfully into these small areas. They are considered to be quite alert and active, and are often the first fish in a community to come to feed when items are placed into the aquarium. The Golden Midas blenny will appreciate a reef tank full of live rock on which to perch.
Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 20 gallons with live rock.
Feeding: The proper diet for a Golden Midas Blenny consists of a wide variety of meat and plant items. Such as a frozen herbivore diet, mysid shrimp, brine shrimp, and other crustaceans are also offered.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Golden Midas Blennies are reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3"

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Blue Mandarin Dragonet Goby
Pterosynchiropus splendidus

Description: The Mandarin Dragonet can simply not be confused with any other fish. It has arguably the most attractive coloration and pattern of any commonly kept reef fish. The scale-less body of the fish is a blue or green color which has orange wavy lines across it. The tail is bright red with blue edging. Other colors can be found in the pattern as well.
Mandarinfish require an established reef aquarium for survival. It will feed on tiny invertebrates from the live sand and live rock, and does benefit from additional food supplied by refugiums. This fish will also help to prevent brown flatworm infestations, which can be trouble for some reef aquariums. The Psychedelic Mandarinfish will hover and scoot around your reef aquarium without bothering any corals, clams, or invertebrates. It is best kept with other docile fishes in a community reef aquarium. The Psychedelic Mandarin requires an established reef aquarium with plenty of live copepods to feed on. You can supplement its diet with Arctic Pods and live copepods. Adding a refugium to your system will also provide a continued source of live food.
Recommended Tank size: The minimum tank requirement is generally stated as 10 gallon with 50lbs or more of live rock. This is based on feeding requirements and not space requirements as the Mandarin is a very slow, docile fish. Perhaps more important than tank size is how heavily fed and nutrient rich a tank is, since this type of tank will generally support a higher copepod population than tanks run under more lean conditions. .
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.

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New Release by ORA
ORA Shark Nose
Gold Lined Cleaner Goby
Gobiosoma evelynae

Info on ORA: Aquacultured marine life is the only alternative to wild caught fish and invertebrates for aquariums. ORA™ tank-raised fish help you avoid the uncertainty of capture, handling, transport, and disease associated with wild caught fish. ORA fish are raised in an aquarium environment from the time they are born and therefore are exceedingly hardy as aquarium inhabitants. Through the use of a special nutritionally balanced diet the color and vitality of ORA™ fish is unsurpassed in the field of aquaculture.
Description:The Sharknose Goby is a cleaner goby similar to Neon Cleaner Goby . The bright stripes on the backs of the Sharknose Neon Goby is an advertisement to other fish, attracting fish to swim up and be cleaned. Then the Sharknose Neon Goby will swim all over the big fish, eating away dead skin and dead scales while removing dirt and cleaning up infected cuts. In the wild, the Sharknose Neon goby will congregate in reef areas and wait for fish to enter thier vicinity in order to be picked clean of parasites. They are small, reaching about 2 inches in length. They will eat small bits of frozen and dry aquarium foods although in nature they are almost exclusively parasite pickers. Normally, they are not bothered by larger fish because they are recognized as cleaners.
Recommended Tank size: 1 gallon
Feeding and Diet: Neon Gobies get some of their nutritional requirements from cleaning other fish, but it is hard to make a living in a normal reef tank. They will readily accept small meaty foods that are offered. Their mouths are fairly small, so only small foods are given any attention.
Reef Compatibility: Neon Gobies are very good reef tank inhabitants.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-1/2"
Level of Care: Easy
Tank Bred USA

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Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris

Identification:The Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish has many unique advantages over the wild-caught Ocellaris species. For one, the Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish is very hardy and more accustomed to conditions found in home aquariums. Therefore, it makes a great choice for beginners and seasoned aquarists. You can also help protect the fragile reef environments of the world by purchasing Tank-Bred species when available. Last, the Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish can also be kept with a variety of other tank-bred clownfish, just make sure they are introduced into the aquarium at the same time. If you are interested in attempting to breed clownfish, the Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish is also easy to breed in the home aquarium. The Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish is an egg layer and will deposit the eggs on a flat surface and defend the eggs from other tankmates. The eggs will normally hatch in 6-11 days depending on the water temperature. The fry must be reared in a separate aquarium. The females will be the largest of the pair and the two fish will usually stay close to each other most of the time, in the aquarium.
Minimum tank size: 10 Gallon
Feeding and diet: Omnivorous, feed varied diet that includes plant material
Reef Compatibility: Excellent Reef Fish
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2" to 2"

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Australian Black Percula's

Identification:The Black and White Percula Clownfish is very distinctive with its jet-black body and three bluish-white bands on each side. A very good candidate for a reef aquarium, they are very hardy and are perfect for the novice or seasoned aquarist. Because they are tank raised, many varieties of tank raised clowns can be maintained together in the aquarium along with other varied tank members. Also known as the Black Perc, or Black Percula Clown Anemonefish, it is normally found in association with anemones on the reefs of the Coral Sea. It can be found individually, or more commonly, in pairs or small groups within the same anemone such as Heteractis magnifica or Stichodactyla mertensii. Tank Bred Black Percula's will grow to a maximum size of 3 inches in the aquarium, and may be kept singly or in groups. Tank bred Black Percula's are totally reef safe.
Minimum tank size: 20 Gallon
Feeding and diet: Omnivorous, feed varied diet that includes plant material
Reef Compatibility: Excellent Reef Fish
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2" to 2"

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Blue Dot Jawfish
Opistognathus rosenblatti

Description: The Blue Dot Jawfish, also known as the Bluespotted Jawfish, was discovered in the Tropical Eastern Atlantic in 1991 by Allen and Robertson. Its head and body are orange with different shaped flourescent blue spots covering all but the fins. As a matter of fact, the neon blue dots actually glow under the aquarium actinic lights! Consider to be the most beautiful and desirable of the jawfish.
General Comments: The Bluespot jawfish will require peaceful tank mates and good water quality. It will fight with it's own genus and tends to jump when stressed, so we recommend a cover or canopy on top.
Recommended Tank size: 20 gallon
Feeding and Diet:Zooplankton feeder, provide a varied diet that includes frozen preparations for carnivores such as mysis shrimp.
Reef Compatibility:Excellent reef fish. This species will not harm shrimp or invertebrates.
Level of Care: Moderate, requires good water quality.
Note: This fish ships in a very large bag and requires us to charge an additional $10.00 shipping charge.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2-1/2" to 3-1/2"

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Warpaint Clown Goby
Gobiodon atrangulatus

Description: Warpaint Clown Gobies are similar to the common Green Clown Gobies but they have the beautiful red "warpaint" markings on the face and body. They are a peaceful fish that makes a wonderful addition to a reef aquarium containing colonies of polyp corals, as they enjoy swimming and hiding amongst the polyps. They have a semi-elongated body form, similar to clownfish, but with a more noticably rounded head. Body tapers down towards the tail, the tail flares out in a rounded ball or fan shape shape. The Dorsal fin is split into two sections. The base color is a translucent green, given a blue cast in the head area from a patch of blue color that seems to radiate out from the cheek.
Recommended Tank size: It requires a 10 gallon or larger aquarium preferably with branching coral. It will rarely become aggressive towards other fish.
Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of small crustaceans, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp (live or frozen), mysid shrimp, prepared foods for herbivores, and algae growing in the tank.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4" to 1"

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Yellow Citron Clown Goby
Gobiodon okinawae

Description: This is a fascinating fish to keep in the aquarium, especially in smaller tanks. It does best if housed with live or faux corals of the branching type. Members of this genus are thought to have a noxious body slime that deters most predatory fishes from feeding on them. Not aggressive towards other fish species, although it may fight with members of its own kind. The number you place in your tank should be a function of how many hiding places in available. These are very small, typically around 1"
Recommended Tank size: It requires a 10 gallon or larger aquarium preferably with branching coral. It will rarely become aggressive towards other fish.
Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of small crustaceans, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp (live or frozen), mysid shrimp, prepared foods for herbivores, and algae growing in the tank.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4" to 1"

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Red Clown Goby
Gobiodon quinquestriatus

Description: The Red Clown Goby is one of the harder to get clown gobies in the aquarium trade. It has a reddish body color with thin lines at its head. When excited the goby will be deep red and when calm a pinkish red coloration. Clown gobies are ideal for reef aquariums, but can also be kept in peaceful community aquariums, as long as they have plenty of hiding places.
Recommended Tank size: It requires a 10 gallon or larger aquarium preferably with branching coral. It will rarely become aggressive towards other fish.
Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of small crustaceans, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp (live or frozen), mysid shrimp, prepared foods for herbivores, and algae growing in the tank.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4" to 1"

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Tank Raised
Black Hippocampus Erectus

Black Hippocampus Erectus

Description: The Black Seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, is one of the hardiest of all the seahorse species. The base color of these tank-bred seahorses is normally black, often with gray or silver markings. Quick change artists, don't be surprised if they change color, because the Erectus Seahorse is able to change color to match their environment or their mood. Tank-bred they are fed live copepods from birth, and then slowly converted to newly hatched brine shrimp and frozen CYCLOP-EEZE®. By the time they are large enough to ship out, they are eating frozen Mysis shrimp. An excellent diet to keep them on.
Minimum Tank Size: They do best when kept in a small group of its own kind in a species-only aquarium of 30 gallons or larger. Seahorses will get along well with small, shy fish such as gobies, pipefish and dragonets, and firefish. But aggressive, territorial fish, or fast-moving fish do not make good companions.
Diet: These Tank-Bred Seahorses are accustomed to frozen mysis shrimp, making them a smart alternative to their wild-caught counterparts. They will also feed upon amphipods, and other small crustaceans found in live rock. They will also accept vitamin-enriched adult brine shrimp, but brine should not make up a majority of their diet. They are slow, deliberate feeders and prefer two or more small feedings per day.
Level of Care: Moderate
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 3"

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Tank Raised
Red/Orange Hippocampus Reidi

Orange Hippocuampus Reidi

Description: The Red/Orange Seahorse, Hippocampus reidi., is a large colorful fish that many hobbyists consider the most attractive of all the seahorses. They inhabit a wide range of habitats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on the West coast of the United States. The coloration of these Tank-Bred seahorses are bright Yellow. Their coloration may change in the aquarium, and is highly dependent on the colors of its environment. Seahorses spend most of their time clinging to seagrass with their prehensile tail rather than swimming. Its many unusual features and habits make it perhaps the most spectacular fish that may be kept in the home aquarium.
Minimum Tank Size: It does best when kept as either a mated pair, or with a small group of its own kind in a species-only aquarium. The taller the aquarium, the better, at least 16 inches high is best, as good circulation is most important. It will get along well with small, shy fish such as gobies, ocellaris and percula clowns, and firefish. But aggressive, territorial fish, or fast-moving fish do not make good companions.
Diet: Do Not house with fast, aggressive fish, as they will out-compete the Seahorse for food. These Tank-Bred Seahorses are accustomed to frozen mysis shrimp, making them a smart alternative to their wild-caught counterparts. They will also feed upon amphipods, and other small crustaceans found in live rock. They will also accept vitamin-enriched adult brine shrimp, but should not make up a majority of their diet. They are slow, deliberate feeders and prefer two or more small feedings per day.
Level of Care: Moderate
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 3"

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Helfrichi Firefish
Nemateleotris helfrichi

Description: Helfrich's Firefish is a peaceful species that has a bright pink light front half, a lighter pink rear half, a yellow area on its head and pink and yellow on the fins. This splendid beauty lives over sand and mixed sand and rubble patches, on steep slopes, walls or at the base of reefs. This is a hardy aquarium fish that can be kept in a peaceful, fish-only aquarium, or reef tank. The most common question with this fish is "why is it so expensive compared to other firefish? Other species of Firefish are abundant in Indonesia and the Philippines where they are plentiful and labor is cheap. Helfrich's Firefish is collected only around the Marshall Islands, and is found only in deep water making it more difficult to find.
Recommended Tank size: 10 gallon
Feeding and Diet: Helfrich's Firefish Goby are a carnivores and will eat Brine Shrimp, Flakes, Pellets, Mysid Shrimp, or chooped small crustaceans. At least 2-3 different kinds of food are recommended for Helfrich's Firefish Goby to keep variety in its diet.
General Comments: The Helfrich Firefish goby is timid and will require peaceful tank mates. Likes plenty of places to hide and is suitable for most reef settings.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Good Reef and Nano tank species
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" - 3"
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.

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Atlantic Blue Tang
Acanthurus coeruleus

Description: The adults of this species are blue, while juveniles are yellow with blue trim around the dorsal and anal fins. PLEASE NOTE, if ordering small size, it will be yellow, only large or larger is blue. The larger they grow, the more blue they become. Provide this active fish with plenty of swimming room, as well one or two hiding places. This species is not as aggressive toward its tankmates, but it is prudent to only keep one adult per tank (you can keep an adult and juvenile specimen together). It is usually not overly aggressive towards other fishes, with the possible exception of other herbivores.
Recommended Tank size: requires a 50 gallon or larger aquarium with a number of hiding places and plenty of room to swim.
Food and diet: In nature it feeds almost entirely on brown macroalgae and should be offered a wide a variety of foods including plenty of algae. Although Tangs will eat meaty foods along with the other fish in the aquarium, it is important that they are offered plenty of seaweed and algae. These are the foods that will strengthen their immune system, reduce aggression and improve their overall health. Offer dried seaweed tied to a rock or use a veggie clip, and feed at least 3 times per week. Sea Veggies, Seaweed Salad and Ocean Nutrition are all ideal products and are very easy to use.
Reef Compatability: Great reef fish
Level of Care: Moderate
ApproxPurchase Size: Small: 1" to 1-1/2"; Medium: 2-1/2" to 3-1/2"; Large: 3-1/2" to 6"

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Diamond Watchman Goby
Valencienna puellaris

Excellent Sand Cleaner

Description: The Diamond Watchman Goby is also commonly referred to as the Pretty Prawn, Maiden, Orange Spotted Diamond, Orange-dashed, or Orangespotted Sleeper Goby. This species is one of the more popular gobies for home aquariums. It is a very timid fish that makes a great addition to the reef tank because of its longevity. It can be fed just about any marine food, but, if you have a large aquarium, it will get most of its nourishment from the organic matter in the sand bed. This fish will usually dig a burrow underneath a rock in your aquarium, in which it will sleep and hide when frightened. The diamond watchman is beneficial for aquariums since it will oxygenate the sand bed and stir up any waste. It should generally be kept one to a tank, but mated pairs can be kept together. It is possible to breed this species in captivity, although it may be difficult to get two gobies to mate. The name "Watchman" comes from their behavior in the wild, where they act as watchmen for the shrimp.
Recommended Tank size: 10 gallon
Feeding and Diet: It feeds on a variety of live and frozen brine shrimp, frozen mysid shrimp, table shrimp, and frozen food preparations for carnivores.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 3-1/2"

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Golden Head Sleeper Goby
Valencienna strigata

Excellent Sand Cleaner

Description: The Golden Head Sleeper Goby, is known by the Pennant Glider, Yellowheaded or Golden Head Sleeper, or Blueband, Bluestreak, or Yellowheaded Sleeper Goby. Its head is yellow-gold with a sapphire-blue stripe below the eyes, and the rest of the body is off-white.
Recommended Tank : To be successfully cared for, it should be housed in a 20 gallon or larger aquarium with live sand as the substrate, and an attached populated refugium.
Feeding and Diet: It feeds off the bottom as it sifts through the sand eating mouthfuls of substrate and the food that lives within the sand, keeping the substrate well oxygenated. The Sleeper Gold Head Goby feeds on a variety of live and frozen brine shrimp, mysid shrimp, live black worms, and prepared foods for carnivores, and should be fed frequently.
General Comments: May sometimes attempt to jump out., so we suggest a tank with a hood. It rarely will become aggressive towards other fish, but is territorial, and will fight with its own kind unless they are a mated pair.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Good Reef Compatability
Approximate Purchase Size: 21/2" to 31/2"

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Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Ctenochaetus strigosus

Description: This species is reddish-brown with lighter lines running down the body and a yellow ring around the eye. It is an active species that will graze on microalgae growing on the aquarium glass and décor. It is a passive tang that makes a great community fish. Very popular as a "maintainance" tang.
Recommended Tank size: A 70 gallon or larger aquarium is necessary to provide plenty of swimming room. It is aggressive towards other Tangs, therefore, it is best to only keep one per tank. It will not harm sessile invertebrates in the reef tank environment.
Food and diet: In nature it feeds almost entirely on brown macroalgae and should be offered a wide a variety of foods including plenty of algae. Although Tangs will eat meaty foods along with the other fish in the aquarium, it is important that they are offered plenty of seaweed and algae. These are the foods that will strengthen their immune system, reduce aggression and improve their overall health. Offer dried seaweed tied to a rock or use a veggie clip, and feed at least 3 times per week. Sea Veggies, Seaweed Salad and Ocean Nutrition are all ideal products and are very easy to use.
Reef Compatability: Great for a reef or community aquariums.
Level of Care: Easy
Size: Medium: 2" to 3"

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Achilles Tang
Acanthurus achilles

Identification:Also known as the Achilles Surgeon Tang, Red Tailed Surgeon, or the Achilles Surgeonfish. This hard to get beauty has a dark chocolate brown body with an orange patch in the shape of a teardrop just before the tail. It has thin orange lines at the base of the anal and dorsal fins. There is also a thick orange vertical line on the tail. It has white gill covers. The Achiles Tang's active personality and stunning coloration make it well worth the wait to get your hands on this hard to find beauty.
Recommendations: If you are a more experienced saltwater aquarist, you might think about keeping an Achilles. The Achilles Tang requires a lot of swimming space and a strong water flow. They are peaceful aquarium inhabitants and will rarely bother their tankmates. Just about the only exception is when kept with other Tangs/Surgeonfish, particularly of their own species. Then they will become aggressive towards the other Tang. They are reef-safe, and can be kept with any invertebrates. The Achilles Tang (and all Tangs, for that matter) needs plenty of swimming room.
Feeding and diet: Diet should include plenty of algae based flake or pellets, nori, and fresh greens. Will also accept most small meat items such as mysis and pieces of krill.
Reef Compatibility: Excellent Reef Fish
Level of Care: Moderate, requires good water quality.
Note: This fish ships in a very large bag and requires us to charge an additional $10.00 shipping charge.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3-1/2"

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Hawiian Yellow Tang
Zebrasoma flavescens

Excellent Algae Control Fish for Aquariums!

Description: This is the most well known fish in the marine hobby. When sleeping or stressed a white line appears on the flanks of this fish. If you are going to keep more than one tang in the same tank it is best to introduce them simultaneously, or to introduce smaller individuals first. This is a good community fish. Provide this active fish with plenty of swimming room, as well one or two hiding places.
Recommended Tank size: A 70 gallon or larger aquarium is necessary to provide plenty of swimming room. It will not harm sessile invertebrates in the reef tank environment.
Food and diet: In nature it feeds almost entirely on brown macroalgae and should be offered a wide a variety of foods including plenty of algae. Although Tangs will eat meaty foods along with the other fish in the aquarium, it is important that they are offered plenty of seaweed and algae. These are the foods that will strengthen their immune system, reduce aggression and improve their overall health. Offer dried seaweed tied to a rock or use a veggie clip, and feed at least 3 times per week. Sea Veggies, Seaweed Salad and Ocean Nutrition are all ideal products and are very easy to use.
Reef Compatability: Great for a reef tank.
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 1-1/2" to 2"; Medium: 2" to 3"; Large: 3" to 5"

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Purple Firefish Goby
Nemateleotris decora

Description: The Purple Firefish is a magnificent little fish that's perfect for reef tanks. These fish have a light lavender colored body with purple markings on their face and towards their tailfin, along with dark red and purple colored fins. The Purple Firefish also has an elongated first dorsal spine that "jumps" up and down. These little fish have lots of personality and should be kept in a tank with lots of rockwork. The Purple Firefish likes lots of crevices, caves, and overhangs where they can "hang" in place. These fish prefer to be kept in pairs and do well in the home aquarium. They are great for reef tanks and will accept most fish foods.
Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallon
Feeding and diet: Purple Firefish Goby are a carnivores and will eat Brine Shrimp, Flakes, Pellets, Mysid Shrimp, or chooped small crustaceans. Atleast 2-3 different kinds of food are recommended for Purple Firefish Goby to keep variety in its diet.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Good Reef and Nano tank species
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" - 3"
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.

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Black Onyx
True Percula Clownfish
Amphiprion percula / Papua New Guinea

Identification:Onyx Percula Clownfish are harder to find than other clownfish thus prized by hobbyists. The Black Onyx True Percula Clownfish originates from the reefs off New Guinea. Black Onyx are usually smaller then some other clownfish, and tend to grow up to 3? in length. If you have a matched or mated pair, the male is the smaller of the two. Black Onxy clowns carry the name Onyx because they grow up to have an abnormal amount of black coloration on their body as opposed to the majority orange of the common True Percula Clownfish.
FYI: Black Onyx clownfish are recieved at approximately 6 months old. They don't complete their black on them until they get slightly older. Juvenile Black Onyx will still show black margins but will continue to develop stronger black margins around the white, as they age..
Minimum tank size: 20 Gallon
Feeding and diet: Omnivorous, feed varied diet that includes plant material
Reef Compatibility: Excellent Reef Fish
Level of Care: Moderate
Shipping Note: When shipped the black coloration will not be fully developed yet. As the Black Onyx True Percula gets older, the black coloration will fill in more and more between the stripes making it an extremely striking addition to your aquarium tank.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-1/2"

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Red Scooter Blenny
Synchiropus stellatus

Description: Red Scooter Blenny's help keep reef aquariums free of problem algae. Its body is a mottling of red and white with large dark spots. The male usually has brighter colors and a larger dorsal fin.This popular fish can do well if provided with the proper environment. Their named because of their manner of scooting along the substrate of the aquarium. The Scooter Blenny is also referred to as the Starry Dragonet or Stellate Dragonet. The Red Scooter Blenny is actually classed as a Dragonet, which also includes the ever popular Green and Spotted Mandarin Goby. The Red Scooter blenny is the same as the regular Scooter Blenny but has a reddish brown coloration instead of the normal brown patterns. These fish are more suited to a reef type tank, as they scoot around the liverock, and live sand looking for small Amphipods and Copepods. Males are easily identified by their large dorsal fin which they will display mainly when courting and in territorial disputes. More than one of its species may be kept; if so, it is best to introduce them all to the tank at the same time.
Tank Requirements: Best not attempted in "sterile" setting such as a fish only tank. Keep in a tank containing plenty of live rock which can supply natural food. A growth of algae (even hair algae) is an ideal setting to culture the tiny arthropods and copepods these fish need to survive. Do not keep with aggressive fish. This species is rarely aggressive towards other bottom-dwelling fish.
Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 5 gallons with live rock.
Feeding: Provide a reef tank or plenty of live rock. The Scooter Blenny diet should consist of brine shrimp, bloodworms and glassworms, and small invertebrates. They are slow-moving, deliberate feeders and should not have to compete for their food.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums.
Approximate Purchase Size:1-1/4" to 1-1/2"

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African Leopard Wrasse
Macropharyngodon bipartitus

Description: The African Splendid Leopard Wrasse is very colorful. Also known as the Peacock Splendid Wrasse, Blue Star Leopard Wrasse, and Divided Leopard Wrasse. Once adjusted to aquarium life, the African Leopard Wrasse is a wonderful peaceful community fish that can even be housed with others of the same genus. This is also one of the few wrasses that can be kept with its own species. In both cases however, they are harmonious as long the mix is all females with just one male. The Leopard Wrasse has a variety of curious behaviors. They perform a little dance that is really strange to a possible predator. Often this dance antic works to the point the predator basically thinks the fish is nuts and moves on. Burrowing into the sand is their favorite sleeping arrangement. Some say you can set your watch by their bedtime! In the morning, they poke their head out to make sure the coast is clear and then they will fully emerge. When first emerging, they will be a little on the loopy side until they get their bearing, up to 10 minutes later.
Recommended Tank size: A 30 gallon or larger aquarium
Food and diet:The Leopard Wrasse diet should include vitamin enriched frozen mysis shrimp, vitamin enriched frozen brine shrimp, and other meaty foods along with a high quality marine flake and marine pellet food
Reef Compatability: Good Reef fish.
Level of Care: Like all reef safe wrasse's, the Leopard Wrasse, can do quite well in a reef setting but they will fair poorly in a saltwater aquarium that is not a reef tank.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2-1/2" to 31/2"

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Orange Spot Prawn Goby
Amblyeleotris guttata

Description: This is one of the most attractive shrimp-goby species. The body is covered with bright orange spots, the pelvic fins are black and the chest of this little goby is maroon or dark brown. Orange-spotted Gobies require a sandy substrate to dig in and sift through. A peaceful fish, the Orange Spot Prawn Goby, is found living in several reefs of the Indo Pacific region. This Goby is one of several Shrimp Gobies found in the oceans. If present, this fish will gladly share its sand bed burrow with a Pistol Shrimp Alpheus. It will also build burrows in the absence of a Pistol Shrimp; helping to keep the sand bed well stirred. Also known by the name Pretty Prawn Fish, this Goby readily adapts to a diet of frozen food.
Recommended Tank size: Requires a 5 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of loose coral rubble, ample swimming room, and a sand bottom for burrowing.
Feeding and Diet:Feeds on zooplankton and small bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Provide a varied diet including frozen preparations for carnivores.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 2-1/2"

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Eyelash Lawnmower Blenny
Salarias fasciatus

Aptly named for its ability to mow down hair algae.

Description: The Lawnmower is aptly named for its ability to mow down hair algae. These fish have tons of personality. They make an excellent addition to any reef tank. They should be offered algae sheets on a regular basis if regular algae growth is not available.This is a great aquarium fish, Primarily utilized to help control filamentous algae, but an all around great aquarium fish to keep in your tank. Keep only one per tank, unless your aquarium is large enough to house a pair.
Recommended Tank size: 10 gallon
Feeding and Diet: Feeds on algae, provide a varied diet that includes frozen preparations for herbivores. Does best in a tank with microalgae.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2" to 3"

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Flame Angelfish
Centropyge loriculus

Identification: The Flame Angelfish is one of the most beautiful additions for the home aquarium. A Bright red/orange color with vertical black stripes highlighting the body and horizontal black stripes along the caudal portions of the flourescent blue-tipped dorsal and anal fins.
Recommended Tank size: The Flame Angelfish requires at least a 30-gallon aquarium with lots of hiding places and live rock for grazing. The Flame Angelfish is prone to nip at stony and soft corals (sessile invertebrates) and clam mantles. If the Flame Angelfish is to be added to a peaceful community, it should be the last fish introduced. The Flame Angelfish adapts well to aquarium life, but should be kept in an established system and housed with dissimilar genera. The Flame angelfishis very sensitive to elevated levels of copper, and should never be exposed to levels near or above 0.15 ppm.
Food and diet: The diet of the Flame Angelfish should consist of Spirulina, marine algae, high-quality angelfish preparations, mysis or frozen shrimp, and other high-quality meaty items.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Reef Aquarium Compatibility Generally safe, but may nip at corals, clams, etc.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 2-1/2"

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Bangaii Cardinal
Pterapogon Kauderni

Description: With its amazing metallic silver, highlighted by rich black stripes and white, clownlike spots on the body and fins, the Bangaii Cardinal also called the Kaudern's Cardinal Fish or Longfin Cardinal Fish. This sophisticated color pattern makes it a visual striking and memorable addition to most saltwater aquariums.
Recommended minimum tank size: A 30 gallon or larger aquarium with a cave and peaceful tank mates is suitable for this slow and methodical swimmer. As a group, they will establish a strict hierarchy without aggressiveness. The Kaudern's Cardinal is relatively easy to breed in the aquarium setting. Once spawning has occurred, the male carries the eggs in his mouth to protect them.
Food and diet:Requires a well balanced diet of meaty foods such as feeder shrimp, flake foods, pellet foods, marine flesh, bloodworms, and depending on its size, live feeder fish.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef tank or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2"

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Spotted Cardinal
Sphaeramia nematoptera

Description: The Spotted Cardinalfish also called the Pajama Cardinal, is a rainbow of playful colors. It has a greenish-yellow face, bright orange eyes, and a silver-based body dressed with a bold black scalar margin and a posterior dotted with orange polka-dots. Though its bold coloration may stand out, Sphaeramia nematoptera has a peaceful nature that lets it blend perfectly into any community saltwater aquarium.
Recommended minimum tank size: For the best care, the Spotted Cardinalfish should be kept in small schools in suitably sized aquariums of at least 30 gallons. Because the Spotted Cardinalfish is a slow and methodical swimmer, it should be housed with peaceful tankmates and offered a plethora of hiding places amongst rockwork or plants. Most Spotted Cardinalfish will tend to hide in sea grass or other plants. Some may also camouflage themselves against long spined sea urchins. Like many other schooling fish, the Spotted Cardinalfish will form a strict hierarchy when kept in small groups within the aquarium. However, unlike some social fish, this member of the Apogonidae family does not use aggression to exert dominance over other cardinalfish.
Food and diet:The Spotted Cardinalfish requires a well balanced diet of meaty foods such as feeder shrimp, flake foods, pellet foods, marine flesh, bloodworms, and depending on its size, live feeder fish.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good reef tank or community fish.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/4" to 1-1/2"

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~ Dress Up your Reef Aquarium with Beautiful Clams and Invertebrates~

Electric Crocea Clams are Back!!!

Incredible looking, no two are alike!

Description:One of the most attractive of all the clams. Color can be beautiful combinations of blue's, purple's, yellow's, green's, gold's and even orange in various patterns. It is the smallest of the 'giant' clams and reaches a maximum length of six to 8 inches.
Natural Environment:Indo-Pacific in shallow areas near shore where they burrow themselves into the substrate and coral heads. Only the top of the shell and mantle are visible once embedded.
Hardiness:T. crocea is a hardy clam as long as water parameters and adequate lighting is provided. Adequate lighting is key to keeping these clams healthy.
Lighting: MH lighting is preferred. Since Crocea are shallow water species, Intense lighting is required. They do best with lower Kelvin lighting (6K - 10K)
Water Current: Moderate to high (but not direct) water currents suit it well.
Temperature: Does well within normal reef tank temperature ranges of 75-84°F.
Feeding: Primarily or totally photosynthetic. They may benefit from feedings of phytoplankton, but it is not necessary to feed them
Supplements: Proper calcium levels (400-450 ppm) are important for growth as is maintaining good alkalinity levels.
Tank Positioning: Can be positioned on the substrate in the bottom of the tank in a moderate water flow area if intense lighting is provided. Otherwise if lighting is marginal, position higher up in the tank in a secure location where it is not in danger of falling.

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Blue Maxima's

These are the pick of the litter!
We only see a few of these per week

Description: Today, Maxima clams are among the most popular for their electric coloration and interesting patterns. Some of the Maxima clams we bring in get chosen as "Pick of the Litter" because they have that extra something, they are extremely beautiful specimens in a sea of beautiful specimens. They are the best of the best..
Natural Environment:
Indo-Pacific in reef top, shallow water, high current areas where they embed themselves partially into the substrate (rock or rubble) attached by their strong byssus filaments. They are also sometimes found at depths of up to 45 feet.
Hardiness: T. maxima is a moderately hardy clam which usually does well in reef tanks given strong lighting and clear water conditions with low to moderate water flow.
Lighting: Requires fairly intense lighting, Metal Halide, VHO, or Power Compact depending on tank size. The clam coloration can change depending upon lighting conditions.
Water Current: Low to moderate.
Temperature: Does well within normal reef tank temperature ranges of 75-84°F.
Feeding: Primarily photosynthetic. They may benefit from feedings of phytoplankton, but it is not required.
Supplements: Proper calcium levels (350-500 milligrams per liter) are important for growth as is maintaining good alkalinity levels.
Tank Positioning: Position on the substrate in the bottom of the tank in a low to moderate water flow area. Can also be positioned on live rock if care is taken to locate it so that it cannot move and fall from its perch.

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Orange and Blue Striped
Tiger Deresa Clams

Description: Derasa clams continue to grow in popularity for both their ease of care and fast growth. For maximum growth and health, they like soft to moderate currents, and water parameters that remain very stable. Ideally the Deresa likes to attach to sand.
Hardiness: T. derasa is a very hardy species and a good clam for the beginning hobbyist, provided reasonably strong lighting, clear water conditions and stable salinity is provided.
Lighting: Moderate to Intense lighting can be used with these clams although they seem to due better with lighting on the brighter end of the scale. Being shallow water species, they may do best with lower Kelvin lighting (6K to 10K).
Water Current: Low to moderate. Although they come from low water current areas in nature, they seem to tolerate moderate water flow well.
Temperature: Does well within normal reef tank temperature ranges of at least 75-84°F.
Feeding: Primarily photosynthetic. They may benefit from feedings of phytoplankton, but it is not required.
Supplements: Proper calcium levels (400-450 ppm) are important for growth as is maintaining good alkalinity levels.
Positioning: Position on the substrate in the bottom of the tank in a low to moderate water flow area if intense lighting is provided. Otherwise position higher up in the tank in a secure location where it is not in danger of falling..

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Colored Hard Tube Coco Worm
Protula bispiralis

Description:The Beautiful Colored Hard Tube Coco Worm, is also known as the Magnificent Duster, and Magnificent Tubeworm. One of the more rare and beautiful items available for a reef aquarium. The hard tube shell is secreted by the worm and is calcareous in composition.The radioles may be banded or patterned. Younger Hard Tube Coco Worms have bi-lobed crowns, while the crowns of older individuals are spiraled.
The Colored Hard Tube Coco Worm secretes a calcareous tube, approximately 1/2 inch in diameter and 5-8 inches long, to house its vulnerable worm body.The Coco worm feeds on bacteria and particulate matter which is filters from the water passing through its crown. When placing the Coco Worm in a home reef aquarium, you can either place the animal in the sand or wedge it gently into a crevice in your aquarium live rock.
Diet: supplemental feeding of phytoplankton and liquid organic foods should be provided.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will not bother invertebrates.
Level of Care: easy, excellent for beginners
Approximate Purchase Size: 5" to 8"

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Bright Orange Cluster Feather Dusters
Bispira brunnea

A colorful mass of tiny feather dusters.

Description:A beautiful addition to any reef tank. Very hardy (no need to worry about keeping these), may be kept under virtually any light conditions.They grow as a mass of individual small tubeworms, sometimes totaling over 100 in a single clump. Their parchment-like tubes will adhere to bits of rock. This helps to anchor the clump, which will usually be found in a shaded area of the reef. In the reef aquarium, they will require space under an overhanging rock or coral, with a gentle current delivering their planktonic meals. Since they need plankton in their diet, they will do best in a mature reef aquarium. Their combined mass of colorful radioles will filter out the available floating plankton, but can also be withdrawn into the parchment tubes if alarmed, and they are easily alarmed. If they become continually frightened or subjected to poor water quality, they may discard their radioles (fan tentacles). They will be re-grown only under proper conditions. Their mass of tubes are somewhat delicate, so care should be taken while transporting them. They should not be housed with predatory fish, serpent stars, urchins or any other invertebrate that may break them apart.
Diet: supplemental feeding of phytoplankton and liquid organic foods should be provided.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will not bother invertebrates.
Level of Care: A good specimen for beginners, easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 11/2" to 2"

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Extra Large Hawiian Feather Dusters
Sabellastarte sp.

Beautiful Patterns & Coloration, open to 3-4 inches across !!!!

Description: Easy to keep , great for beginner's, the Hawiian Feather Duster is known as the king of the feather dusters. They have the nicest fan-shaped crowns, (radiole's). The radiole may be up to 7 inches in diameter, and brightly colored. The Feather Duster uses the radiole to filter out small floating organisms, which it directs toward its mouth, located at the center of the crown. It protects its segmented body by secreting a parchment-like tube to cover itself. When it is disturbed, it can quickly pull in its radiole into the tube. If it is severely stressed, it will discard its crown, growing it back later.The Feather Duster is usually found in the coral rubble at the base of the reef aquarium, with some of the rubble being incorporated into its parchment-like tube. IOf course like all corals and inverts, color may be different depending on your lighting. Intolerant of copper-based medications, supplemental feeding of phytoplankton and liquid organic foods should be provided.
Diet: supplemental feeding of phytoplankton and liquid organic foods should be provided.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will not bother invertebrates.
Level of Care: A good specimen for beginners, easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 4" to 6"

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Multicolor Sponge

One of the rarest and most beautiful of all the sponges, when this one is in stock grab one! A deepwater sponge, the multicolor Sponge is found in the oceans of the Carribean at depths approaching 40 feet down. Their size can be from a few inches to over 3 feet wide. Natural suspension feeders, filtering food from the water. Phytoplankton foods bring out lot's of color. They are very helpful in filtering aquarium water. They can withstand a wide temperature variation and they last indefinitely in the marine. Like other Sponges, the Multicolor Sponge feeds on bacteria and detritus that it filters from the moving water. This is why water movement is crucial to their survival. Sponges can usually tolerate changes in water temperature with no ill effect, but they may be sensitive to drastic changes in salinity.The Multicolor Sponge requires moderate light and moderate water movement to survive. Many beginning hobbyists loose sponges because they do not provide enough light or water movement. The Multicolor sponge shape can vary quite alot, but all pieces look unique and beautiful.
Tech Note: When adding this item to the aquarium be sure to submerge the bag which carries it and release the water from the bag along with the sponge. Place in an area of the tank that gets moderate to strong water flow and shaded light.
Multicolor Sponge is completely reef-safe.
Approximate Purchase Size: Small 1-1/2" to 3"; Medium 3" to 4"; Large 5" to 7"

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Red Ball Sponge
Psuedaxinella lunaecharta

Description:This is a perfect, eye catching, low cost addition for the home aquarium. The Ball Sponge is available in a crimson red color.The Red Ball Sponge requires moderate light and moderate water movement . The Ball sponge's shape can vary quite alot, but all pieces look unique and beautiful. Sponges use small holes called "pores" to suck in water and pump it through the interior of the Sponge. As the water is filtered through the Sponge oxygen and food are removed.
Tech Note: When adding this item to the aquarium be sure to submerge the bag which carries it and release the water from the bag along with the sponge. Place in an area of the tank that gets moderate to strong water flow and shaded light.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3" to 4"

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Flourescent Purple/Blue Vase Sponge
Phylum Porifera

One of the rarest and most beautiful of all the sponges, when this one is in stock grab one! A deepwater sponge, the Flourescent Vase Sponge is found in the oceans of the Carribean at depths approaching 60 feet down. Their size can be from a few inches to over 6 feet tall. Natural suspension feeders, filtering food from the water. Phytoplankton foods bring out lot's of color. They are very helpful in filtering aquarium water. They can withstand a wide temperature variation and they last indefinitely in the marine

Like other Sponges, the Vase Sponge feeds on bacteria and detritus that it filters from the moving water. This is why water movement is crucial to their survival. Sponges can usually tolerate changes in water temperature with no ill effect, but they may be sensitive to drastic changes in salinity.

The Vase Sponge will be fine with low to moderate lighting and moderate water movement. Many beginning hobbyists loose sponges because they do not provide enough light or water movement.

The Vase sponge shape can vary quite alot, but all pieces look unique and beautiful.

The most critical concern is that Sponge never be exposed to the air. If it is exposed to air out of the water, the air becomes trapped in the matrix of channels that line the inside of its sponge body, blocking the path for food to reach its cells.

Vase Sponge is completely reef-safe.
Approximate Purchase Size: Medium 4" to 6"; Large 6" to 8"

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Red Tree Sponge
Ptilocaulis sp

Description:The Tree Sponge is a very popular sponge for the home aquarium. Its shape is very similar to that of a tree which includes a main trunk with several branches.These sponges make tremendous backdrops for an aquarium.The Tree Sponge of the genus Ptilocaulis is normally a Red/Orange color or Yellow. Its shape is very similar to that of a tree which includes a main trunk with several branches. Like other Sponges, the Tree Sponge feeds on bacteria and detritus that it filters from the moving water. The Tree Sponge requires moderate light and moderate water movement to survive.
Tech Note: When adding this item to the aquarium be sure to submerge the bag which carries it and release the water from the bag along with the sponge. Place in an area of the tank that gets moderate to strong water flow and shaded light.
Approximate Purchase Size: 8" to 15"

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Australian White Lightning Sponge
(Ptilocaulis sp.)

Called either the Australian White Lightning Sponge or White Stripe Sponge, these incredible sponges out of Australia add both color and a dramatic contrast to any reef aquarium. Unlike any other sponge, beautiful white polyps open out of the white stripes on the sponge.Anothere reason this species is so popular is that with the proper care it will grow quite well from a small piece.Like other Sponges, the White Lightning Sponge feeds on bacteria and detritus that it filters from the moving water. This is why water movement is crucial to their survival. Sponges can usually tolerate changes in water temperature with no ill effect, but they may be sensitive to drastic changes in salinity.The White Lightning Sponge requires moderate light and moderate water movement to survive. Many beginning hobbyists loose sponges because they do not provide enough light or water movement. The White Lightning Sponge shape can vary quite alot, but all pieces look unique and beautiful.

The most critical concern is that Sponge never be exposed to the air. If it is exposed to air out of the water, the air becomes trapped in the matrix of channels that line the inside of its sponge body, blocking the path for food to reach its cells.

White Lightning Sponge is completely reef-safe.

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Bright Red Flame Scallop

Description: The Red Flame Scallop has a bright red mantel with red or white tentacles. It builds a small nest of small rocks and pieces of coral in which it embeds itself. When threatened, it can escape by clapping its valves together, propelling it through the water. It tolerates all animals that do not try to eat it, and can be kept in groups.
Diet: Being a filter feeder, it requires frequent water changes or a source of food being added to the water, such as live or frozen baby brine shrimp, Marine Snow, PhytoPlancton or any other suitable micro foods.Electric Flame Scallops also benefit from the addition of the normal reef trace elements and the addtion of iodine, calcium, and strontium on occasion.
Reef Compatability: An excellent reef aquarium species because it will not bother invertebrates.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 4"

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Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone
Heteractis crispa

The Sebae Anemone will host a wide variety of clown fish including Maroon, Gold Band Maroon, and Clarkii to name just a few. The Sebae's tentacles usually have magenta colored tips although yellowish-green tips are also found. The oral disk may also have a green sheen under actinic light. They are accepted by virtually all clownfish whether they occur together in nature or not.
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Flourescent Green
Bubble (Bulb) Anemone's
Entacmaea quadricolor

Description:Aquarium Facts, The Bubble Anemone is the hardiest host anemone in the aquarium! These Flourescent Green Bubble Anemones are from Singapore and are Flourescent green in color. One of the most beautiful ornamental anemones for the home reef. When housed beneath intense aquarium lighting, Entacmaea quadricolor develops a unique bulb tip at the end of its tentacles. When hungry, this member of the Actiniidae family will stretch its sweeper tentacles to grab food from the water column. After feeding, the tentacles then shorten again.
Requirements: In the home aquarium, the Bulb Anemone requires similar habitat and positioned amongst deeply creviced live rock or branchy corals placed in sandy substrate. Most Bulb Anemones prefer to find their own place to settle and may move about your aquarium until a suitable location is found. the Bulb Anemone requires strong lighting in aquariums of at least 30 gallons. Under ideal conditions, it can grow up to 1-ft in diameter. However, most typically remain compact in size when kept under bright lighting. If the lighting is insufficient, the Bulb Anemone will expand its body to make the most of the available light.
Approximate Inflated Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3", Medium: 4" to 5" , Large 6" to 8"
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Magnifica Ritteri Anemone
Heteractis magnifica

The Ritteri Anemone has a dark red, pink, purple, brown, tan, green, pink, or lavendar color. Also referred to as the Magnificent Anemone, or Heteractis Magnificent Sea Anemone. It can grow to over three feet in diameter in the wild, although, it generally does not grow larger than 1½ feet in the aquarium. Its tentacles have a long, non-tapering shape that may, on occasion, appear swollen at the tips. They can almost completely retract into the base.This Anemone requires strong lighting combined with strong, but intermittent, water movement within the tank. It generally prefers a high point in the tank to ensure it obtains all the light it needs, but it may change locations, seeking the ideal conditions. Its strong sting can harm corals. The presence of a Clownfish, such as Amphiprion ocellaris, Amphiprion percula, or Amphiprion perideraion, will help it acclimate. Besides requiring bright light, their diet should include Mysis Shrimp, and micro-plankton a few times per week. It also can be fed very small bits of raw shrimp or silversides..This species is very difficult to keep and should only be attempted by expert aquarists. It is a 'delicate shipper.' and their is no guarantee on this species at all.
Approximate Inflated Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3", Medium: 4" to 5" , Large 6" to 8" , XLarge 9" to 12" **This species carries our full Guarantee

Small $49.99 Medium $69.99 Large $89.99 XLarge $119.99

Red Finger Gorgonian
Diodogorgia nodulifera

Description:The Red Tree Gorgonian is also referred to as Red Finger Gorgonian, or Red Sea Rod. An attractive branching tree-like coral, it is extremely brittle and breaks easily, making it easy to propagate in this way. It basically is available in two color variations being bright orange-yellow with red and white polyps, or deep red to purple with white polyps. This sea fan will usually grow in small and sparsely branched colonies.
Management:The Red Tree Gorgonian is peaceful, but it should be given adequate space away from neighboring corals or anemones. Underwater epoxy is commonly used to anchor its base to a piece of live rock in the reef aquarium. It is difficult to maintain even in the well-established reef system. It is not photosynthetic and requires a low level of lighting to ward off a build-up of microalgae.
Feeding: Since it is not photosynthetic, its survival is dependent on regular and frequent feedings of micro-plankton, live, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. It also requires a stronger water flow and the addition of iodine, calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Approximate Purchase Size: 5" to 8"

$19.99 - Save $10.00 - 33% Off

Yellow Finger Gorgonian
Diodogorgia nodulifera

Description:The Yellow Finger Gorgonian is also referred to as Yellow Tree Gorgonian, or Yellow Sea Rod. It is common throughout the Caribbean and is yellow with red calyces. The polyps of this gorgonian are white and are usually seen during the nighttime when the aquarium's lights are off or with actinic lighting on. This gorgonian is non-photosynthetic and makes a great addition to any reef aquarium, or one containing Seahorses.
Management:In order to inhibit algae and cyanobacteria growth, it is important that this gorgonian is provided with a medium to strong, constant or intermittent water flow. If in the event that it does begin to become covered with algae or cyanobacteria, remove it from the coral immediately, as this will cause rapid tissue deterioration. Algae can be removed gently with the use of a soft brush; combat cyanobacteria by soaking the coral in freshwater of the same temperature for approximately 1 minute. Underwater epoxy is commonly used to anchor its base to a piece of live rock in the reef aquarium.
Feeding: Since it is not photosynthetic, its survival is dependent on regular and frequent feedings of micro-plankton, live, baby brine shrimp, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. It also requires a stronger water flow and the addition of iodine, calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Approximate Purchase Size: 5" to 8"

$19.99 - Save $10.00 - 33% Off

Superfat Flaming Dendrophyllia
Mounted Aquacultured
Dendrophyllia fistula

Description: A very elusive coral sought out by reef keepers everywhere, the Dendro Coral is very similar to its close cousin the Sun Polyp Coral. They are the same genus but different species. They grow larger usually and have defining colors around the mouth and the white pattern on the tentacles is more prominent. The biggest difference, besides the obvious difference in growth pattern, is that the Dendro Coral will have its polyps extended during the day. It is a non-photosynthetic species so it will need to be fed regularly. A few individual pieces of mysid shrimp fed two or three times per week works well. These corals are very hardy and will grow quickly.These are very rare indeed; extremely nice colors throughout this colony. Very fat heads with BRIGHT yellow eyes and a brilliant red body rounded off with orange red tentacles.
Diet and Feeding: Dendros do not need to be fed as often as normal sunpolyps. Once or twice a week is fine. A good suggestion is to turn the pumps off, and feed a mixture of frozen mysis and frozen spirulina. Fend off the fish in the tank (secret weapon: turkey baster) to make sure the dendrophyllia get as much food as possible (for a healthier and more beautiful coral).
Placement: Dendrophyllias, should be placed on or near the sand because they are open for the majority of the day and can eat pods in the sand.
Approximate Purchase Size: Single Head 3/4" to 1"

Denrophyllia fistula
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~ This Weeks Live Coral Specials ~

Red Chili/Cactus Coral
(Alcyonium)

White polyps on strawberry red soft coral make for a real beauty!

Description:One of the only corals available to the aquarium trade in a bright red color. Beautiful and manageable in size, Chili Coral is a great addition for the reef aquarium hobbyists from beginner to advanced level. Also Known as the Strawberry Coral, they are a real beauty and simple to keep.
Tank Recomendations: Chili corals do well in low light areas of your tank. .Non photosynthetic, does not require light. Do not place directly under bright lights, place in lower areas of the tank or in caves, out of the direct path of light, preferably in shaded areas. Generally easy to care for, it fares best under medium to high water current, does best with alternating/pulsating/changing water movement.
Diet and Feeding:Does best with supplemental feeding with foods such as liquid phytoplankton, but don't over do it.
Approximate Inflated Size: Small 2" to 3", Medium 3" to 4"
Excellent Beginner Coral

Small ~ $19.99 Medium ~ $39.99
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Aussie Green Goblin Favia
Favia Sp.

Description:The Aussie Green Goblin Coral is a beautiful glowing brain coral out of Australia that will have colors ranging from the above picture to a glowing flourescent Yellow under actinic lighting. A must have for serious hobbiests. This coral was aquaried the first part of 2008, and we are now able to offer frags of this fast growing dynamite beauty.. It requires moderate water currents and moderate to high reef lighting for proper health. Very Fast Growth Rate...
Placement: Place the Prism Favia Brain Coral on an exposed rock along the top half of the aquarium where currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. It has sweeper tentacles that come out in the evening and at night so leave several inches between it and other corals.
Feeding:Supplement its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, and food for filter feeders. If you feed it in the evening when its sweeper tentacles are out it will catch and eat brine shrimp as well
Approximate Purchase Size: 2"

$24.99 each
$15.00 Off Regular Price

Tank Raised
Metallic Green Star Polyps

GREAT BEGINNER CORAL

Description:Metalic green star polyps are extremely hardy and can survive most reef tank conditions.
Feeding and Diet: The light driven process of photosynthesis provides the majority of its nutritional requirements. You can also feed any of the high quality plankton products.
Placement: They can be placed most anywhere in the tank as they tolerate a wide range of water flow and light conditions. (they will tolerate fairly low light levels, but tend to develop brighter colors under brighter lighting.)
Temperature:They do well within a wide range of temperature from as low as 72º to as high as 84º F.
Level of Care: Easy
Ship size: approx 1-1/2"

$10.99 each
$19.00 Off Regular Price

Red/Pink Button Coral
(Cynarina Lacrymalis)

THEY BLOW UP LIKE A HOT AIR BALOON!!!

Description:The Cynarina Button Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral. The Cynarina Button Coral is a round solitary coral, one of the largest single-polyped corals found in nature today, and available in many different color forms from pastel to bright and translucent, to drab variations. Sometimes, it is confused with its closest relative, Scolymia. We are selling here the beautiful Red/Pink Variety....While it is not an aggressive coral, it should be provided with adequate spacing between itself and other corals because it can expand to twice its size. It is easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and makes an excellent choice for both the beginner or advanced reef aquarist.

Diet and location Requirements:It requires medium lighting combined with low water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.It should be fed meaty foods such as micro-plankton or brine shrimp at night.

Approximate Expanded Size: Small: 2" , Medium: 3" , Large: 4" , XLarge 5"

Starting at $89.99

Aussie Peppermint Acanthastrea
Lordhowensis Coral Frag

Description:Acanthastrea Coral are a hermatypic/photosynthetic coral and come in a wide variety of brilliant colors. Because they are extremely easy to care for in a home or office aquarium, they are an excellent coral for beginners.
Tank Requirements and Placement: In marine saltwater aquariums, Acanthastrea Lordhowensis are tolerant of diverse conditions and can thrive in strong or subdued lighting and water flow situations. In fact, their coloration variation can be controlled by lighting and water flow.
Feeding and Diet: Acanthastrea Lordhowensis will readily accept feedings of minced meaty foods such as shrimp, mysis and squid. Though regular feeding of these corals is not required, it will definitely help its growth.
Acanthastrea Lordhowensis Fragging: The propagation of Acanthastrea Lordhowensis is very easy.
Difficulty Level: Easy

Each Peppermint Acan frag will have 3 to 5 large polyps
$49.99 each - Save $20.00

Aussie Rainbow Acan
Acanthastrea lordhowensis

An Incredible Number of colors !

Description:Acanthastrea lordhowensis is a hardy and fast-growing stony coral. It is very new to the trade and the hottest member of the family Mussidae to ever be available! Acanthastrea lordhowensis are fast growers. Feeding them meaty foods to supplement their diet is a good way to get them to grow faster.
Diet and location Requirements:We recommend keeping the coral in a relatively low flow area of the reef display. Too much flow could cause this particular species to become stressed and not extend fully. Being photosynthetic they need light. For T5's, VHO's and metal halide owners, when you first get them it's a good idea to acclimate them to the bottom of the tank and slowly work them up the rock work until you find the right spot for them. You could probably keep them with power compacts too if you placed them towards the top of the tank. Again, this being a general care profile on Acanthastrea some species may want different lighting levels. Experiment and see what works best for your coral.
Like most coral, Acanthastrea rely to a large extent on the products of their zooxanthellae, however, in our experience, they also benefit from direct feeding. There are a variety of frozen fish foods available that make outstanding meals for Acanthastrea. We like to feed a mixture of meaty foods such as shrimp, fish, and squid with vitamin additives and highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA). The size of the food must be small enough that the polyp can fully ingest it.
Approximate Expanded Size: Multiple Eye Frag

$49.99

Nano Tank Mushroom Package

Perfect For Beginner Reef Tanks!

Now (4) of our best Sellers at (1) Incredible Price!

Description: Mushroom corals, are very hardy corals, and one of the best for the beginner reef aquarium. Among one of the best beginner corals, they can even be maintained in aquariums with just sand substrate, live rock, and an airstone for water movement and oxygenation. This is because they will tolerate high levels of nitrate and other organic compounds. They will do even better, and their colors will brighten in an aquarium with low levels of organic compounds. Most mushroom coral prefer indirect light or shade so the VHO fluorescent or metal halide lighting is not required.
Tech Notes on Mushroom Corals: The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within the mushroom coral provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from the light driven process of photosynthesis. Mushroom corals will also benefit from regular feedings of zooplankton and small meaty items. Place the mushroom coral low in the aquarium until it opens fully, and then gradually over a few weeks, move the coral to the desired location. To open large, mushroom corals prefer low water movement within the aquarium.

1 Hairy Mushroom Rock
1 Red Musroom Rock
1 Blue Mushroom Rock
1 Orange Ricordea Mushroom

Only $49.99 for all 4!!!

Just Released!!!
Nano Ultra Acan 3 Pack

We will send you 3 different Acan's, each one a beauty!

Nano Ultra Acan 3 Pack Special Price
$59.99

Aquacultured Beauties
Nano Tank Chalice Package

Yellow Rim, Pink Eyes, & Pink accents - Pure eye candy!

Blue Measels Ultra Chalice. Never got it's measels vaccine!

The Volcano Chalice - Large Green Eyes - Outrageous coloration!

Description: These are three of our most colorful and popular varieties of Chalice Corals. Chalice corals are in the Large Polyp Stoney family, called LPS corals. Aquatic Connection Lives Aquacultured Super Colored Fancy Chalice 3 Pack gives you a fully mounted frag of all 3 specimens shown above. The Super Colored Fancy Chalice Coral 3 Pack is mounted on a small reefsafe ceramic plugs that can be securely placed in the reef aquarium. Relatively new to the reef aquarium hobby, Echinophyllia Aspera deserve the reputation as some of the most beautiful and colorful corals, making our Aquacultured Super Colored Fancy Chalice 3 Pack a perfect introduction for hobbyists into the world of chalice corals. The mother colonies for this package are at least 5 generations old, and like all our corals given a full health inspection before and after propogation.
Tank Placement: Echinophyllia aspera prefer horizontal placement in areas of low to medium light lighting and either low to medium water current, but don't let high lighting keep you from enjoying these beauties, Echinophyllia will quickly adapt well to just about any amount of lighting. Considered a slow but easy coral to grow, it will exhibit both an encrusting and or plating configuration depending on where in the aquarium and how in the aquarium it is placed. Echinophyllia are considered semi-aggressive with small stinging tentacles that come out at night, so you must keep them seperated by a few inches from other corals.
Diet and Feeding: The majority of nutrition comes from photosynthesis, but they will appreciate from time to time small meaty marine food, such as baby brine shrimp, Cyclops, or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates. They also will benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Approximate Purchase Size: 1 to 3 eyes

Aquacultured Japanese
Superman Zoanthid Polyps

Very Limited Supply
Look just like the picture. Comic Hero's favorite Zoanthid's.

These Super Zoanthids are another wicked morph of Japanese Zoanthids. The Center are Superman Blue with a fiery red ring, then a blue ring, and then red eyelashes. No zoo fan can do without this one. They spread very rapidly in the aquarium, and will grow into a dense mat covering the rockwork of the aquarium. They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony. Each specimen has 3-5 polyps.

$34.99
$20.00 Off Regular Price

Aquacultured Radioactive
Dragon Eye Zoanthid Polyps
Zoanthus sp.

These are aquacultured fancy colony polyps. Each aquacultured specimen has 5+ polyps. They spread very rapidly in the aquarium, and will grow into a dense mat covering the rockwork of the aquarium. These polyps are beautifully colored in blue and green, which are very hard colors to find for the reef aquarium.They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.

$19.99
10.00 Off Regular Price

Japanese Fruitloop Zoanthid Polyps
Zoanthus sp.

New Release!

We've been working on this one for a while, and we have enough stock to finally offer this beauty. Polyps are unique in that they use sand and other substrate material into their tissue to help create their actual structure. Each aquacultured specimen has from 3-5 polyps. Easy to maintain, Zoanthid Polyps, also called zoas or zoos require a medium light level combined with a medium water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, they will also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony. They contain the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae which provides some of their nutritional requirements. They will also benefit from additional feedings of microplankton or brine shrimp given to each individual of the colony.

$44.99
$20.00 Off Regular Price

Japanese Eagle Eye Zoanthids
Zoanthus sp.

These are aquacultured fancy colony polyps.Each aquacultured specimen has minimum of 5 polyps when delivered, and will multiply in your tank. They spread very rapidly in the aquarium, and will grow into a dense mat covering the rockwork of the aquarium. They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.

$39.99
$30.00 Off Regular Price

Japanese Hornet Zoanthids
Zoanthus sp.

As you can see, this zoa sports a purple body with a distinctive yellow/green ring around the mouth and an alternating purple/green skirt – definitely a desired gem in the industry. The source of the mother colony we have aquacultured is from West Java, Indonesia. Each aquacultured specimen has minimum of 3-5 polyps when delivered, and will multiply in your tank.They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.

$39.99 each
$30.00 Off Regular Price

Aquacultured Japanese
Sun Flower Zoanthid Polyps
Protopalythoa sp.

New Release!

These Super Zoanthids are another wicked morph of Japanese Zoanthids. Each aquacultured specimen has minimum of 5 polyps when delivered, and will multiply in your tank. They spread very rapidly in the aquarium, and will grow into a dense mat covering the rockwork of the aquarium. They are easy to maintain, making them a good choice for the beginner reef aquarists. They will reproduce easily in the reef aquarium by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), which will increase the size of their colony.

$39.99 each
$30.00 Off Regular Price

Tank Raised
Super Long Polyp Leather
Sarcophyton sp.

Description: A very unusaul addition for any reef tank is the Long Polyping leather coral. The Long Polyping Leather is a hardy leather coral from Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums (ORA). This Long Polyp Leather is very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium and make an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist.The Long Polyping Leather Coral is shipped to you mounted to a round arogonite block that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements:The Long Polyping leather coral will require medium to high lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate shipping size: Small: 2" to 3"

$22.99 - $17.00 Off !!!

Yellow Fiji Finger Leather
Yellow Sinularia

Leather corals of the genus Sinularia are generally hardy and make excellent additions to a beginner or advanced reef aquarium. They are fast growers and can quickly turn into a the showpeice of the tank. Coming from many islands in the Indopacific, including Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. Sinularia does not require as much light as some other corals. It can be kept under normal output fluorescents without much difficulty. In some cases, it may extend more readily under subdued lighting, however it may display brighter coloration when placed under stronger lighting. Moderate water movement is recommended. Sinularia relies heavily on the products of their zooxanthellae but also may feed on phytoplankton and similarly sized microfauna in the water column. Leather corals comprise a large sector of the soft coral group. Most are quite adaptable to lighting conditions and will tolerate higher nutrient levels within the aquarium. Many are very hardy and therefore recommended for the beginner. Leather corals do occasionally appear to have a waxy buildup - this is a normal shedding of their outer skin.

Medium $59.99 Large $89.99

Tank Raised
Green Polyping Toadstool Leather
Sarcophyton sp

Description: Very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium , the Aquacultured Flourescent Green Polyp Toadstool Leather makes an excellent coral for the beginning through expert reef aquarist. Also referred to as Sarcophyton Coral, Mushroom Leather, or Trough Coral, the Green Polyp Leather Coral will become a beautiful show piece with the unusual bright green polyps on this soft flowing mushroom leather.
Requirements:The Green Polyping Leather Coral will require either Power Compact, T5, or HQI lighting combined with medium to strong water movement. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of iodine, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. .
Difficulty Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"

$29.99 - $15.00 Off !!!

Green Kenya Tree

Description: The common name for this beauty is either Kenya Tree or Capnella. It is a soft (leather) coral from the Pacific ocean. A quick grower given proper lighting and good water flow. Capnella will grow back from the tiniest bit of flesh left behind and holds fast to any substrate to which it attaches. Like most “Leather” corals, Capnella will routinely shed a “mucous tunic” to clear itself of algae, debris, etc.This is generally observed by the colony closing for a period of hours to days, followed by a shedding of a thin clear film that may take one to several days to complete. Colonies kept in higher flow areas will “shed” less often.
Diet Requirements: May take up planktonic organisms through normal polyp feeding, and/or dissolved organics through it’s mucous net/flesh. However, Capnella harbors zooxanthellae and can subsist and thrive entirely without any direct feeding.
Lighting: Normal output lighting may be sufficient for certain individual colonies to survive if they are also provided with supplemental nutrition. However, reef lighting should be used for a good chance for success.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Photosynthetic: Yes, no feeding required

Small $39.99 Medium $59.99 Large $99.99

Tank Raised
Nano Candy Coral
Caulestrea furcata

Description:The Caulastrea Candy Cane Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral often referred to as the Trumpet, Torch, Candy, or Bullseye Coral. The plump circular polyps are vibrant blue/green, yellow/green, or red/brown. Under actinic light the bright polyps are a most beautiful sight to see. Very hardy and peaceful. Given the right conditions will grow in a colony of Candy Corals. A very good beginner coral.
Diet and location Requirements:It requires moderate lighting and moderate water movement, along with the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It will benefit from additional food fed weekly in the form of brine shrimp or micro-plankton.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 2"

$9.99
$20.00 Off Regular Price

Aussie War Coral
Favites pentagona

Australian red war coral with neon green centers

Description: This is the original War Coral, and has proven to be a fast grower for us. A BEAUTIFUL red with super neon green eyes. Purchased at a local swapmeet over a year ago, we have been growing colonies for over a year now. It requires moderate water currents and moderate to high reef lighting for proper health. It is important that proper calcium and alkalinity levels are maintained. Use of Kalkwasser Mix or a calcium reactor will be of great benefit. A fast grower in good light...
Lighting: Medium to high lighting would serve this species well. Favia can be kept under high output fluorescent bulbs, but may benefit from more intense lighting. It will likely change its coloration depending on the lighting provided.
Diet and Feeding: The War Coral will rely to a large extent on the products of their zooxanthellae, from the tanks lighting, however, in our experience, they also benefit from direct feeding. There are a variety of frozen fish foods available that make outstanding meals. We like to feed a mixture of meaty foods such as shrimp, fish, and squid with vitamin additives and highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA). Cyclopeze also is a good choice. The size of the food is very important, it must be small enough that the polyp can fully ingest it.
Frag Difficulty: The War Coral is a fairly quick grower and will produce a significant amount of new growth every year. Fragments can be taken, and in our experience the easiest way is with a straight-edged razor blade. With the blade perpendicular from the edge of the coral, cut inwards about an inch. Repeat about an inch away from the first cut, then snap off the section between the two incisions. Even small frags tend to be extremely hardy and easy to acclimate.
Care Level: Maintenance for the War Coral is easy, making them excellent choices for the beginner to expert hobbyist.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 2"

$19.99 each
$30.00 Off Regular Price

Red/Orange Tree Soft Coral
Umbellulifera sp

Orange Tree Soft Coral does best in areas of the tank with somewhat shaded lighting.

Description:The Red/Orange Tree Coral is also referred to as the Flower Tree Coral. It closely resembles members of the Dendronephthya genus, but it is somewhat easier to maintain. The stalks, branches, and tips of this coral tend to be various shades of a deep orange to almost a red. It is a peaceful coral shipped attached to a small piece of live rock or rubble.
Placement: The Red/Orange Tree Coral requires lower lighting levels so place deep in the aquarium and/or in a shaded area. Provide medium to strong indirect water movement. The Red/Orange Tree Coral will not fully open in direct water current, so water flow provided by a power head or output line, should be directed to reflect off of nearby structure.
Diet and Feeding It does not gain any nutrition from lighting, therefore, its diet must include live, baby brine shrimp, micro-plankton, and other small foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
Note: All soft corals can expand and contract tremendously. Size will vary from smaller when you receive them, to larger once they have adjusted to your aquarium for a period of weeks.
Approximate Inflated Size: Small: 3" to 4"; Med 4" to 5"; Lrg: 5-1/2" to 7-1/2"

Small $59.99 Medium $69.99 Large $99.99

True Blue Xenia

Tank raised means a healthier & more colorful coral

Blue Xenia also called Blue Anthillia is groupings of colonial animals with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of solid substrate. They form stalks as they grow, and to reproduce. They are a beautiful blue color and their eight-tentacle polyps do not pulse like other species of Xenia but will sway beautifully in the reef aquarium in time to the tank current. The Blue Xenia we ship you is many generations tank raised.

The Xenia we ship you is many generations tank raised . This is very important since aquacultured Xenia are hardier than wild-collected specimens and are without the potential to carry sea born infections, or disease to your tank. They have lived there entire life under aquarium lighting and with aquarium type water flow and movement. A fast growing coral, provide adequate space between them and other types of soft corals.

They require a medium to high light level combined with a medium to strong water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, they will require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water.

Under ideal conditions, and once acclimated, they may reproduce rapidly in the established reef aquarium. The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within their bodies provide the majority of their nutritional requirements through photosynthesis. This coral also absorbs phosphates but releases ammonia.

This particular species reproduces by growing a "foot" on the stalk. The stalk will then lean over and take hold of whatever it comes in contact with it.

Starting at $54.99

Tank Raised
Red Sea Pink & White Xenia

Red Sea Pink/White Xenia is the fastest pulsing Xenia!

Description: Red Sea Pink and White Xenia is the crown jewel among xenia species. It's hardy and very attractive with fast pulsing action. It does not grow as fast as other xenias, but pulses much quicker then tree xenia and has a nice white/pink color. Like all Xenia they are colonial animals with multiple individual polyps attached to a piece of solid substrate. They form stalks as they grow, and to reproduce. The eight-tentacle polyps can pump, or pulse, and many scientists believe the pumping action of the polyps slowly opening and closing is designed to dispose of gasses and waste.

Suitable for most reef systems, and tolerant of moderate lighting and water motion, our xenia elongota is a best selling favorite. A Great beginner coral, but beautiful enough for an advanced enthusiast as well.

Aquacultured Xenia Elongata are hardier than wild-collected specimens and are without the potential to carry sea born infections, or disease to your tank. They have lived there entire life under aquarium lighting and with aquarium type water flow and movement.

For continued good health, they will require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water. Additional weekly feedings of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates are also helpful.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2"

$21.99 ~ Save $18.00

Tank Raised
Green Polyping Purple Staghorn Acropora
Acropora sp.

Description:This green polyping purple stag has bright yellow/green corallites and very long polyps. The color intensity of this species will increase under very high lighting.
Requirements: The green polyping purple stag will thrive under a variety of light fixtures (compact fluorescents, VHO's, T-5's, and the more intense metal halides) provided they receive at least 5 watts of light per gallon. Alter their position in the aquarium depending on the light fixture to ensure ideal light conditions. A high light level combined with strong intermittent water current within the aquarium will help maximize healthy growth.
Diet Requirements: Addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement will help to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"-11/2"
Aggressiveness: low.

$44.99
$35.00 Off Regular Price

Tank Raised
Flourescent Green Bird Nest
Seriatopora guttatus

Description:Our Flourescent Green Birds Nest Coral is also referred to as Seriatopora Bird's Nest, Needle, Finger, or Brush Coral. It is a small polyp stony (SPS) coral with very delicate, thin branches and neon green polyps. The Green Birds Nest Coral requires both moderate lighting and intermittent water current to maintain its bright colors. For continued good health, it will also require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. . Our corals are true hobbyist frags, designed to be grown-out in the home aquarium. They are truly aquacultured specimens, 6 or 7 generations removed from the original wild colonies. No tissue or skeleton of wild brood-stock corals remain.
Requirements: The Green birdnest coral will thrive under a variety of light fixtures (compact fluorescents, VHO's, T-5's, and the more intense metal halides) provided they receive at least 5 watts of light per gallon. Alter their position in the aquarium depending on the light fixture to ensure ideal light conditions. A high light level combined with strong intermittent water current within the aquarium will help maximize healthy growth.
Diet Requirements: For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Approximate purchase size: 1"-11/2"
Aggressiveness: low

$17.99
$20.00 Off Regular Price

Tank Raised
Introducing the "Red Planet"

Very striking table top acropora coral.
Unusual red polyps and bright pink tips!

Description:This acropora is truly stellar and sure to grow into the masterpiece of many reef tanks . It has a Vibrant Metallic Green undercoating , a brilliant Metallic Red skin , hot pink growth tips and even more striking bright red polyps. Fragments of this coral closely resemble what most might call a Acropora prostrata but it grows into a tightly spaced, flat topped, true table coral as it matures.The Red Planet Table displays excellent growth and color under a wide variety of lighting conditions and has proven to be one of our hardiest corals. You truly must see it to believe it. ORA coral frags (fragments) are well encrusted to the base on which they are grown. They are never sold until they are fully matured as individual coral colonies.
Requirements: The Red Planet prefers a high light level combined with strong intermittent water current within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will require the addition of supplemental calcium, strontium, and oth
Diet Requirements: For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4" to 1-1/2"

$49.99
$30.00 Off Regular Price

Tank Raised
Turquoise Staghorn Acropora
Acropora striata

Actual color, not touched up.

The Turquoise Acropora Staghorn Coral is a very fast growing coral that will grow long and slender branches that will in time resemble the antlers of a deer. These are very beautiful corals with a deep turquoise color on the base, and a much lighter blue coloration on its growth tips. The growth rate of this Turquoise Acropora Staghorn is very fast and adapts well to a variety of lighting conditions.The Acropora Staghorn Coral prefers a moderately high light level combined with strong, intermittent water current within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will require the addition of supplemental calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.These aquacultured corals are fragmented from corals that have been raised in captivity for at least 3 or 4 generations.Being fully encrusted, it enables them to ship better with less stress when compared to newly fragmented corals.They will thrive in a variety of lighting conditions, ranging from power compacts, VHO, T-5's up to the more intense metal halides. Alter their position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 3 watts per gallon using one of the lighting systems mentioned above.It will also benefit from additional food fed weekly in the form of micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2"

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Tank Raised
Phil's Neon Acropora Granulosa
Acropora granulosa

Actual color, not touched up

Description: ORA successfully released another new coral, this one named after our dedicated volunteer, Phil James. History: This coral originated from a small frag brought back from Germany in 2002. In August of 2004 they began selling this coral until Hurricanes Frances and Jean destroyed 100% of our stock. With a lot of effort and the kind donations from friends, ORA is reintroducing this coral more than 3 years later. This smooth-branched, neon green coral thrives in medium to high light conditions. Most would consider this a deep water growth form. The frag you will receive will be compact, have several branches and will be securely attached to the plug. It most resembles Acropora granulosa but we have not made a positive identification.
Requirements: This coral prefers a high light level combined with strong intermittent water current within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will require the addition of supplemental calcium, strontium, and oth
Diet Requirements: For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" - 2"
Aggressiveness: low.

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Brand New ~ Tank Raised
ORA Purple Stylophora

Actual color, not touched up

This month ORA brings you a spectacular color morph of Stylophora. The new ORA Purple Stylo has intense purple to blue polyps on a tan to pink background. Its growth form is slightly more open and delicate than our popular Green Stylophora. This unique strain is incredibly fast growing and hardy. It is available in limited numbers today!

ORA is now producing the best, most diverse and healthy stony coral fragments in the aquarium industry. ORA coral frags (fragments) are well encrusted to the base on which they are grown. They are never sold until they are fully matured as individual coral colonies. Our corals are true hobbyist frags, designed to be grown-out in the home aquarium. They range in size from 2- 4 inches, and are mounted on 1/2" inch diameter plastic plugs. ORA frags are truly aquacultured specimens, 6 or 7 generations removed from the original wild colonies. No tissue or skeleton of wild brood-stock corals remain.
Requirements: Strong intermittent current and high output lighting are suggested to maintain natural growth, good polyp extension and dazzling color.
Diet Requirements: For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" - 2"
Aggressiveness: low.

$39.99 - Save $20.00

Tank Raised
Purple Montipora capricornis

Actual color, not touched up

These aquacultured purple caps are at least 3rd generation tank raised. For the SPS family they are particularly hardy and fast growing. That, along with their sheer beauty, warrants their great popularity. Quite peaceful, it can be placed in close proximity to other similar peaceful corals in the reef aquarium. In an aquarium lit by metal halides, Montipora Corals should be kept in a mid to low position, and under other lighting they should be kept in a mid to high position. To bring out the most intense coloration of this coral, we recommend metal halide lighting. For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.

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Tank Raised
Orange Montipora capricornis

These aquacultured orange caps are just gorgeous! They are at least 3rd generation tank raised. For the SPS family they are particularly hardy and fast growing. That, along with their sheer beauty, warrants their great popularity. Quite peaceful, it can be placed in close proximity to other similar peaceful corals in the reef aquarium. In an aquarium lit by metal halides, Montipora Corals should be kept in a mid to low position, and under other lighting they should be kept in a mid to high position. To bring out the most intense coloration of this coral, we recommend metal halide lighting. For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Approx Purchase Size: 1" to 2"

Tank Raised
Pink Cats Paw Acropora

Actual color, not touched up

Description:As the name suggests, Cat's Paw Coral is shaped like a cat’s paw and is pink in color. The bright color of the Pink Cat's Paw Coral enhances the visual appeal of the reef aquarium.
The Pink Cats Paw Acropora coral frags are mounted on a plug that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy.
Requirements: This coral prefers a high light level combined with strong intermittent water current within the aquarium. For continued good health, it will require the addition of supplemental calcium, strontium, and oth
Diet Requirements: For continued good health, they will require the addition of a two part calcium and buffer supplement in order to maintain a calcium level of 400-450 ppm and dKH of 8-12. They will benefit from the addition of zooplankton.
Tank Positioning: Alter the position in the aquarium depending on the lighting, and provide at least 5 watts per gallon using one of the systems mentioned above.
Aggressiveness: low.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"- 11/2"

$24.99 - Save $20.00

Limited Edition Ultra Chalice
ATL Golden Eye Chalice Coral Frag
Echinophyllia sp

Description: A great chalice for your collection. We have been growing this one from a frag received from Atlantic Aquariums. An ocean of reddish orange with bright Golden Yellow/Orange eyes make this a standout.Limited availability, due to the demand.......
Placement: Place the Echinophyllia Coral on an exposed rock along the bottom two-thirds of the aquarium where currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Although it is not crucial, Echinophyllia should be placed so that the plates are horizontal. Depending on the intensity of the light they may need to be placed low in the aquarium, or placed so that they get indirect Metal Halide light.
Lighting: Echinophyllia species are a hermatypic/photosynthetic coral. They do well in all forms of lighting from strong halides, to T5's, even VHO and power compact lighting seem to bring about the dramatic colors. A word of caution: Echinophyllias lay down a relatively dense skeleton which makes them particularly vulnerable to high levels of Infra Red light, which some Metal Halide reflector combinations produce. Do not put Echinophyllia near the top of heavily illuminated aquariums.
Water Quality: Echinophyllia species are more tolerant of changes water quality making them an excellent coral for beginners. Though they are more tolerant, a stable environment is obviously better for the prolonged health & well being of these creatures.
Diet and Feeding: Feeding is not necessary but it does make the Echinophyllia more robust. This coral feeds mostly at night so offer food when the lights are off. Cyclops is a good choice.
Frag Difficulty: Echinophyllia species grow outward from all around their edges a large colony can nevertheless produce a significant amount of new growth every year. Fragments can be taken, and in our experience the easiest way is with a straight-edged razor blade. With the blade perpendicular from the edge of the coral, cut inwards about an inch. Repeat about an inch away from the first cut, then snap off the section between the two incisions. Even small frags tend to be extremely hardy and easy to acclimate.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1/2" to 3/4" frag

$69.99 each

Hollywood Stunner
Chalice Coral Frag
Echinophyllia sp

Description: The common name is Chalice Coral, the accurate name is Echinophyllia, one of the most hardy, the most undemanding corals we have encountered. Not too many hobbyists are familiar with the corals of the Echinophyllia genus. In many ways, that’s not surprising. Until recently it recieved very little mention in aquarium books. The aquarist who purchases one is in for a rather pleasant surprise over the weeks to come. Echinophyllia colors up remarkably in the home aquarium, almost invariably and without exception. Colors becoume fluorescent hot pinks, reds, oranges, greens ,blues, and purples. The coloration they display is amongst the brightest, most vivid and remarkable ever encountered with a coral. They do well in all forms of lighting from strong halides, to T5's, even VHO and power compact lighting seem to bring about the dramatic colors. Some may suspect the photo above to be retouched. Not only are they not, we assure the reader that if anything they fall short of accurately depicting the vivid coloration of these corals. As many who have kept them have encountered, they’re an instant attention grabber sure to draw the immediate interest of those who see them in captivity.
Placement: Place the Echinophyllia Coral on an exposed rock along the bottom two-thirds of the aquarium where currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Although it is not crucial, Echinophyllia should be placed so that the plates are horizontal. Depending on the intensity of the light they may need to be placed low in the aquarium, or placed so that they get indirect Metal Halide light.
Lighting: Echinophyllia species are a hermatypic/photosynthetic coral. They do well in all forms of lighting from strong halides, to T5's, even VHO and power compact lighting seem to bring about the dramatic colors. A word of caution: Echinophyllias lay down a relatively dense skeleton which makes them particularly vulnerable to high levels of Infra Red light, which some Metal Halide reflector combinations produce. Do not put Echinophyllia near the top of heavily illuminated aquariums.
Frag Difficulty: Echinophyllia species grow outward from all around their edges a large colony can nevertheless produce a significant amount of new growth every year. Fragments can be taken, and in our experience the easiest way is with a straight-edged razor blade. With the blade perpendicular from the edge of the coral, cut inwards about an inch. Repeat about an inch away from the first cut, then snap off the section between the two incisions. Even small frags tend to be extremely hardy and easy to acclimate.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" frag

$59.99 each - Save $10.00

Limited Edition Ultra Chalice
Watermellon Taffy Chalice Coral Frag
Echinophyllia Aspera

Description: The Watermelon chalice is a real beauty in the reef tank. It's bright coloration and accent colors will become stronger and stronger over time as it grows. A recent addition to reef aquariums the past few years, Chalice Corals are known to exhibit some of the most beautiful combinations of colors and patterns, making them the perfect reef aquarium addition. Chalice corals grow thin and flat with many bumps, sometimes in a plating fashion, and sometimes encrusting. Not for the very beginner, but sturdy enough for the reefer with a little bit of experience, they are slow and steady growers under good conditions.
Placement: Place the Echinophyllia Coral on an exposed rock along the bottom two-thirds of the aquarium where currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Although it is not crucial, Echinophyllia should be placed so that the plates are horizontal. Depending on the intensity of the light they may need to be placed low in the aquarium, or placed so that they get indirect Metal Halide light.
Lighting: Echinophyllia species are a hermatypic/photosynthetic coral. They do well in all forms of lighting from strong halides, to T5's, even VHO and power compact lighting seem to bring about the dramatic colors. A word of caution: Echinophyllias lay down a relatively dense skeleton which makes them particularly vulnerable to high levels of Infra Red light, which some Metal Halide reflector combinations produce. Do not put Echinophyllia near the top of heavily illuminated aquariums.
Frag Difficulty: Echinophyllia species grow outward from all around their edges a large colony can nevertheless produce a significant amount of new growth every year. Fragments can be taken, and in our experience the easiest way is with a straight-edged razor blade. With the blade perpendicular from the edge of the coral, cut inwards about an inch. Repeat about an inch away from the first cut, then snap off the section between the two incisions. Even small frags tend to be extremely hardy and easy to acclimate.
Care Level: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-1/2" frag

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Red Sun Coral Frags
( Orange Tubastrea / Red Sun Polyps)

Does well in low light conditions such as flourescent lighting or down low in a tank.

Description: Orange Tubastrea is one of the most photographed corals in the world. This is not without reason. The brilliant orange coral issues forth lovely yellow orange tentacles at night, and is a sight that almost defies description. The polyps are large and extend mostly at night, although well fed and/or trained polyps may emerge during the day as well, especially if food is present.

Placement: Tubastrea is not a stinging coral, and may be placed close to other corals. In terms of aquarium care, specimens should be positioned in areas of consistent water flow that will bring them available food when expanded.

Feeding: Due to the lack of zooxanthellae, this coral needs to be fed regularly, 2 or 3 times a week. However, it will depend upon the coral itself. (When the coral is hungry or senses food, it will extend its' feeding tenticles). Good food source for Tubastrea will be meaty foods, such as zoo-plankton (small crustaceans and fish larvae), mysis and brine shrimp, chopped seafood and excess pods. Many newly acquired specimens take some time before they begin to extend their tentacles to feed. In fact, they may often seem to refuse to open. Several diligent evenings of blowing food across the closed cups will usually entice a polyp to begin peeking out. Once started, there will rarely be occasion to have them not open in full glory in expectation of food. This coral will also benefit from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements weekly to the water.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1 to 1-1/2 inches

$19.99

Metallic Purple Tip Frogspawn
Euphyllia paradivisa

Beautiful green frogspawn with bright purple tips!

Description:The Frogspawn Coral is a large polyp stony coral (LPS) often referred to as the Wall, Octopus, or Grape coral. Its polyps remain visible throughout both the day and night, resembling a mass of fish eggs or frog eggs, hence one of its common names Frogspawn. With its appearance and coloration it makes a beautiful addition to any reef aquarium. During the evenings, its sweeper tentacles can extend up to six inches beyond its base into the reef aquarium surroundings. It will sting other neighboring corals in the reef aquarium, therefore, it is best to leave plenty of room between itself and other types of corals.
Diet and location Requirements:For continued good health, it will require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It needs medium to bright lighting and medium water flow.The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food in the form of micro-plankton or brine shrimp.
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"

Small $34.99 Medium $69.99

Metallic Green Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens

Description:The Euphyllia Torch Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral. It has long and flowing polyps with single rounded tips which are visible throughout the day and night, hiding its branching skeletal base most of the time. It may be brown or green with color on the tips of its tentacles. Provide plenty of room between the Euphyllia Torch Coral and other corals, since at night, its sweeper tentacles can extend up to several inches from its base and sting other corals. It is a popular coral that will thrive under proper conditions and excellent water quality parameters. Ideally, it needs to have moderate lighting combined with moderate water movement within the aquarium.
Diet and location Requirements:For continued good health, it will require the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. It needs medium to bright lighting and medium water flow.The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from photosynthesis. It will also benefit from additional food in the form of micro-plankton or brine shrimp.
Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 2" to 3"; Medium: 3" to 5"

Small $34.99 Medium $69.99

Blue Ricordea Mushroom

Description:Blue ricordea is a very hardy mushroom that will adapt to a wide range of lighting conditions, The brightness and vibrance of the colors is absolutely outstanding. View under actinic lighting and the florescence of this animal will shock you! The light driven process of photosynthesis provides the majority of its nutritional requirements so feeding is not nescessary. Ricordea Mushrooms are sold per mushroom, and are attached to a small rock. If ordering multiple
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$12.99 per mushroom polyp - 50% Off
$39.99 for a 3 - 4 Polyp Rock - 50% Off

VERY HARDY - GREAT BEGINNER CORAL

Orange Ricordea Mushroom
Ricordea florida

Orange Ricordia is a very hardy species of soft coral, and is very popular among reef keepers. They have a multitude of bumps covering a circular disk "polyp", with a ring of similar bumps surrounding the rim. A single polyp commonly splits into two polyps during spawning, and can do so multiple times in the aquarium! You will receive a single mushroom mounted to coral rubble. These are very hardy corals and require low to medium lighting to survive in the tank. Better lighting will result in faster growth. They can tolerate a wide range of temperature from 72F-84F.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$11.99 Orange Ricordea 1 polyp rock
$39.99 Orange Ricordea 3 to 5 polyp rock
$59.99 Orange Ricordea 6 to 10 polyp rock

VERY HARDY - GREAT BEGINNER CORAL

Neon Green Ricordea Mushroom
Ricordea florida

Like all ricordea the Neon Green variety is very hardy and will adapt to a wide range of lighting conditions, The brightness and vibrance of the colors is absolutely outstanding. View under actinic lighting and the florescence of this animal will shock you! The light driven process of photosynthesis provides the majority of its nutritional requirements so feeding is not nescessary. R
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$6.99 per Ricordea Mushroom polyp
$19.99 for 3 Ricordea Mushroom polyps

Orange Rhodactis Mushroom
Rhodactis indosinensis

The Orange coloration is etremely hard to find in the Rhodactis mushroom. These were brought in from Indonesia. A very beautiful and unusual mushroom that will draw a lot of attention to your aquarium. A very hardy mushroom, it adapts well to a wide range of lighting condition. It prefers a low water movement within the aquarium.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$39.99 per mushroom

True Tonga Purple Mushrooms
Rhodactis indosinensis

Awesome just doesn't seem adequate enough to describe. These are the real thick purple one's you've seen in the books but never found. By far one of the most gorgeous mushrooms! Availability is extremely sporadic, and very limited.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$29.99 per mushroom

Bright Red Mushroom Rock
Actinodiscus sp.

Super metallic red. The Actinodiscus Mushrooms are also referred to as Mushroom Anemones and Disc Anemones. They were previously in a genus called Discosoma. These corals display a wide variety of colors, textures, and patterns. Some are solid colors, whereas, others are striped or spotted. The spotted ones are usually blue or green with spots. The taxonomy of the various species is in a state of flux, and will probably continue to change.They are hardy and relatively easy to maintain, and under the right conditions, will multiply and spread very rapidly. In general, they need a medium light level and a low to medium water flow within the aquarium, although different species may have different requirements. They are semi-aggressive and require adequate space between themselves and other corals and sessile invertebrates.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Approx size: small 2"to 3"; medium 3" to 5"; Large 5" to 7"

Small $29.99 Medium $44.99 Large $64.99

Extremely Hard to find
Red and Blue Superman Mushroom
Actinodiscus sp.

Another new one. This pictures been blown up so you can see the blue dots clearly. It is an obvious morph of the blue and red Actinodiscus sp. mushrooms. Availability is extremely sporadic, and very limited. Some mushrooms have alot of blue dots, some have less, but either way they are beautiful and hard to get. The Actinodiscus Mushrooms are also referred to as Mushroom Anemones and Disc Anemones. They were previously in a genus called Discosoma. These corals display a wide variety of colors, textures, and patterns. Some are solid colors, whereas, others are striped or spotted. The spotted ones are usually blue or green with spots. The taxonomy of the various species is in a state of flux, and will probably continue to change.They are hardy and relatively easy to maintain, and under the right conditions, will multiply and spread very rapidly. In general, they need a medium light level and a low to medium water flow within the aquarium, although different species may have different requirements.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$29.99 per mushroom
$15.00 Off Regular Price

Caribbean Blue Bubble Mushrooms
Rhodactis Sanctithomae

Very hardy and looks great!

Rhodactis sanctithomae from the Caribbean is a beautiful species, a fine skin of bubbles covers this mushroom. It should be fed frequently to encourage it to grow and divide, and it prefers strong indirect light.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Sold per mushroom, and are attached to a piece of substrate or small rock. If ordering more than one, they may ship together on the same rock.
Level of Care: Easy

$29.99 per mushroom
$15.00 Off Regular Price

True Blue Mushroom Rock
Actinodiscus sp.

Description:The Blue Mushroom is hardy and relatively easy to maintain, and under the right conditions, will multiply and spread very rapidly. In general, they need a medium light level and a low to medium water flow within the aquarium, although different species may have different requirements. They are semi-aggressive and require adequate space between themselves and other corals and sessile invertebrates.
Notes: Place Mushrooms along the bottom half of the aquarium on an exposed rock. Make sure that currents will be able to supply it with necessary nutrients and trace elements. Leave several inches between it and other corals.
Food and diet:Although symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae hosted within its body supply some of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis it does require supplemental feeding. Supplementing its diet with the addition of trace elements, marine snow, phytoplankton, brine shrimp, and food for filter feeders will help to insure its continued good health.
Level of Care: Easy
Approx size: small 2"to 3"; medium 3" to 5"; Large 5" to 7"

Small $24.99 Medium $39.99 Large $59.99

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Fancy Red Leg Scarlet Hermit Crabs

A voracious appetite for eating all the garbage built up on the bottom of the tank, and also particularly fond of filamentous, hair slime algae, and difficult red cyanobacteria.

Description: Scarlet Hermit Crabs are very hardy and requires minimal care in a well-established system. They have a voracious appetite for detritus and are particularly fond of filamentous, hair, and slime algae, as well as the dreaded cyanobacteria. Also, unlike some hermit crabs, Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs are very peaceful towards their tankmates. Native to the reef faces and coral rubble of the Caribbean, these active scavengers can consume large amounts of animal matter and algae while remaining fairly small in size remaining under 1-1/2" in length as an adult.
Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 1 gallons with live rock.
Diet and Feeding:Besides keeping your tank immaculate while it feeds, they will eat fish food and invertebrate diets. If algae levels are insufficient, supplement their diet with dried seaweed. As with all invertebrates, they do not tolerate copper-based medications and extreme fluctuations in water parameters.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"

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Beautiful and Helpful for Algae Cleaning!
Haliotis Abalone

Abalone's eat tons of algae including hair algae!!!

The shell of the Abalones of the Haliotis genus is tear-shaped and has an irridescent interior. The mantle has numerous papillae. It is generally nocturnal, finding refuge in holes or crevices in the rocks or coral during the day, and coming out to forage at night, using its foot to glide over the substrate and coral rubble. The foot attaches very firmly, so use extreme caution if attempting to remove it from glass or rocks.

The Abalone is useful in reef aquariums because it eat tons of algae. The Abalone has a calcium-based shell which protects it from most predators, but requires the maintenance of proper calcium levels in the water for proper growth. Nitrates should be kept at low levels and it should never be exposed to copper based medications.

While its diet is almost exclusively algae, it would benefit from supplementation with dried seaweed, lettuce, spinach, or Spirulina sheets/tablets.

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Harlequin Serpent Star

Description: The Harlequin Serpent Star has bands of color on their legs. The central disk may also be mottled with color. If an arm falls off it quickly regenerates. The central disc and arms can have variable markings. It does well in an aquarium if provided with ample hiding places and plenty of room to roam. Even though it is a nocturnal animal, it may eventually learn to come out during the day to eat.
Notes: Starfish are intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. Extra care and time should be taken whenever acclimating this animal.The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. Starfish must never receive exposure to air during acclimation.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 3 - 5 inches

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Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Lysmata debelius

Description: Also called The Scarlet Red Cleaner Shrimp, the Red Fire Shrimp is a brilliant deep red with white antennae and small white spots. It by far, is one of the most popular shrimp in the aquarium hobby. Keep as few or as many as you like together, because the Red Fire shrimp is a social species, getting along with other tRed Fire Shrimp and also getting along with any other saltwater shrimp.

These brightl red colored shrimp will act as cleaners as well as scavengers. Fire Shrimp can be kept in reef or fish-only systems. They will clean the leftover debris and detritus (uneaten food), in the aquarium. They also are a great cleaner shrimp eating dead tissue and parasites off of their tank mates. Because they are rather easy to care for and quite hardy, Fire Shrimp can be a good choice for beginners.
Diet: The diet of the Blood Red Fire Shrimp should include freeze-dried, live or frozen foods, and flaked foods.
Reef Compatability:An excellent reef aquarium species
Level of Care: Easy, will not harm other

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Medium size Cleaner Shrimp
Lysmata amboinensis

Description:The skunk cleaner shrimp is an extraordinarily versatile little shrimp that is perfect for most reef tanks, and also for many fish-only tanks without fish that pose a predatory risk to crustaceans. They are omnivorous scavengers, eating almost anything, but are most-well known for their symbiotic relationship with many fish. When a fish comes down with Ich or other types of skin problems, the fish will swim up next to the shrimp and patiently tread water while waiting for the shrimp to clean its body of parasites. For the shrimp's part, it is usually quite diligent and will pick dead skin and necrotic material off the fish, keeping it disease free. This is a fascinating behavior to watch, not to mention practical in a reef tank where Ich outbreaks can threaten fish, but most Ich medications will kill off corals. The cleaner shrimps will be less shy if kept in 2-3 member groups; they will establish their own "cleaner stations" on live rock and fish will know where to seek them when they require their services. Skunk Cleaner Shrimp are very sensitive to quickly changing water conditions, so keep water quality high. Healthy shrimp will molt on a regular basis, another fascinating thing to watch.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:An excellent reef aquarium species
Approximate Purchase Size: Medium 1-1/4" to 1-3/4"

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Peppermint Shrimp

Do you have those pesky little aptasia anenome's taking over your tank?

Description: According to Julian Sprung's The Reef Aquarium and also Fenners The Conscientious Marine Aquarium , the best cure for Aptasia is Peppermint Shrimp, a species of small reef-safe shrimp that are excellent for any size system. The Peppermint Shrimp is best known for its natural ability to manage nuisance Aiptasia, or glass anemones. Keep in mind that some individual Peppermint Shrimp are better at managing aiptasia while on occasion, some may not be interested in aiptasia at all. Also known as an excellent scavenger, the Peppermint Shrimp picks its way around the aquarium and live rock to consume uneaten food, and decomposing organic material called detritus.
Diet: The diet of the Peppermint Shrimp should include freeze-dried, live or frozen foods, and flaked foods.
Reef Compatability:An excellent reef aquarium species, gets along well with tank mates
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 11/4"

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Astrea Snails

Super Algae Eaters

Astrea Snails make one of the better cleaners available to aquarium hobbyists, as they stay small enough that they do not upset corals or decorations. Of particular use to the home aquarist is this snail's penchant for removing film algae on the aquarium glass. A very active cleaner, it cleans algae and diatoms. If it falls, it is often unable to right itself, and will need the aquarist to place it upright, again. According to Julian Sprung's Reef Aquarium Manual , Volume One, Astrea snails are the ideal snail to be placed in your aquarium as soon as ammonia and nitrite levels reach acceptable levels (less than 1 ppm). One of the best snails for controlling Diatom 's, (light brown/red algae), Green Algae Blooms and Dark Purple/Red Slime algae . Introduced as soon as possible to new aquarium, these snails effectively limit the development of all micro algae.
Ref: The Reef Aquarium. Recommend 1 per 2 gallons.

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Zebra Striped Turbo Snails
An incredible natural defense to clean up your tank!.

Description:The Zebra Striped Turbo Snail is a beautiful algae removing machine. Like the other members of the Turbinidae family, the Zebra Striped Turbo Snail has a voracious appetite for algae. The Zebra Striped Turbo Snail has a stunning dark black shell striped in elegant waves of white or tan. Off the coast of Asia, Zebra Striped Turbo Snails are found in crevices and holes within the reefs during the day, and at night they come out to forage. In the home aquarium, the Zebra Striped Turbo Snail prefers ample hiding places among the live rock for the day time, and will come out to graze on algae on the rock and glass during the evening hours.
Tank Recommendations: The Zebra Stripe Turbo Snail does well in a well established home aquarium . Like other invertebrates, the Zebra Stripe Turbo Snail is sensitive to high nitrate levels and copper-based medications. Also, it should be acclimated to new aquariums using the drip acclimation method.
Food and diet: Keep in mind that the Zebra Stripe Turbo Snail will starve if algae levels become sparse. Therefore, supplement their diet with dried seaweed. To feed, use an algae clip or wrap the seaweed around a rock or empty shell and place into your aquarium, next to the glass.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"

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Bumble Bee Snails

They look like black and yellow bumble bee's
A Long Lived Great Cleanup Critter!!!!

Description:With its striking black shell, striped in elegant white to yellow bands, the Bumble Bee Snail is indeed beautiful to observe. The Bumble Bee Snail also benefits the marine reef aquarium in big ways. Heralded for their small size and ability to get into small crevices and tight locations between rockwork. Here, they can clean away detritus, including uneaten meaty foods and decomposing organisms. This important cleaner also burrows into your sand bed, consuming detritus in your sand, sand dwelling worms, and in the process airating your substrate. The Bumble Bee snail is a tiny member of the Buccinidae family also burrows into your sand bed, consumes sand-dwelling worms, and helps aerate your substrate.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1/4" to 1/2"

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Spotted Porcelain Crabs

Description:The Spotted Porcelain Crab is an exquisite reef safe crab. They are reef safe, peaceful, and will not harm other invertebrates or corals. Very interesting invertebrates for the marine aquarium. Common throughout the tropical oceans of the world, they have a flat, round body with two large claws and a pair of maxillipeds which are used to catch plankton in the water column. They are also algae eaters and enjoy lots of live rock to graze and hide, and do well in groups. They are light blue in color and covered in small red spots, with orange tipped legs; a very unique addition to the reef aquarium. Safely concealed by rocks or coral, the Porcelain Crab constantly filters the water for planktonic food, but will also scavenge for larger meaty portions.
Food and diet:Offer the crab small bits of fish, shrimp or meaty food, as well as foods designed for filter feeders.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-3/4"

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Red Feather Starfish
Lamprometra palmata

Description:The Feather Starfish is an unusual species that looks more like a plant than a starfish. The Feather Starfish is a filter feeder. It is nocturnal, and at night it can be found with its long arms unfurled where it filters plankton from the water. The image represents general look of the animal. Expect some diversity since each animal is unique in color and pattern.
Notes: Feather Starfish are intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. Extra care and time should be taken whenever acclimating this animal.The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. Starfish must never receive exposure to air during acclimation.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility: Reef compatible, will not harm corals, or reef invertebrates.
Approximate Purchase Size: 4 - 6 inches.

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Pincushion Urchins
Lytechinus vaniegatus

The Pincushion Urchin is a small Urchin that has sharp protruding spines. They grow to only 2-3 inches. In Nature, these spines serve as their defense mechanism from predators. All Urchins are nocturnal and do most of their grazing at night. During the day they will usually stay stationary on the aquarium glass, or in hiding spots in rockwork. Urchins are excellent algae eatersl and ike rockwork that they can crawl and feed on.

A great choice for the aquarium. They will use a series of tube feet on their underside to move about the tank in search of algae and detritus. They will scour the rockwork, glass and sandbed. Their colors range from all white, to white with pink or purple spikes, and sometimes they are all purple or all pink.

Urchins are completely reef-safe.

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Blue Leg Hermit Crabs

Takes care of diatoms, hair algae, and red slime too!!

Dwarf Blue Leg hermit crabs are one of the most popular scavengers in the aquarium trade. Known for their small size, beautiful colors and excellent reef combatibility, they are able to reach tight crevices and polish off the detritus and algae that bigger inverts cannot get to. They will scour the sand and live rock in search of food and leave the tank virtually nitrate-free. They make excellent tank cleaners and a great addition to your clean-up crew. They have bright blue striped legs with orange antennas.

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Ruby Crabs

Excellent Algae Eater including troublesome Bubble Algae!

Ruby Crabs are reef-safe algae eaters and an excellent addition to your cleaner crew. They are in the same family as Green Emerald Crabs and therefore also are great algae control critters. They are one of the few inverts that will eat nuisance bubble algae which makes them very popular among reef keepers. They have dull tipped claws that they use to pick various types of algae from the rockwork. They are wonderful crabs to observe with beautiful green bumpy bodies and brown hairy legs, a great crab for any reef! We rec'd 1 per 25 gallons

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Arrow Crabs

Arrow Crabs are excellent reef-safe scavengers, and have a spider-like appearance with long thin legs and an "arrow" shaped head. They will consume meaty foods, pellet and flake, as well as prey on bristle and flat worms which makes them highly sought after for nuisance worm control in the reef aquarium. Their brown and tan striped body is complimented by long purple-tipped claws, and are a very hardy crab. Only one should be kept per tank, although multiple arrow crabs can be kept in a larger tank with lots of rockwork.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2" to 3"

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Pom Pom Crab
Lybia tessellata

Description: The Indo-Pacfic native Pom Pom Crab is a comical aquarium addition. This unique crab species carries a small anemone, which look like pom poms, in each claw. There are at least two purposes for carrying the anemones. The first is a simple matter of defense. The Pom Pom will taunt would-be predators by shaking the anemones in hopes of stinging the invader into retreat. It also mops the substrate to gather uneaten food, thus creating a symbiotic relationship between the Pom Pom Crab and its pom poms. The anemone undoubtedly benefits by getting to eat its share of the treasure. Also known as the Boxer Crab, it is a hardy creature that grows to about an inch in length. Because of this small size, it is great for the mini-reef aquarium. This crab is attractively marked, with striped legs and bold markings. The anemones are dropped during molting but are retrieved once this process completes. Curiously, lab studies have shown that a crab that loses one anemone will attempt to split the one it has into two regenerated clones, a method used by humans to propagate larger anemones. They may be kept in groups and females will produce reddish colored egg masses that they carry on their abdomens.
Diet and Feeding:Besides keeping your tank immaculate while it feeds, they will eat fish food and invertebrate diets. If algae levels are insufficient, supplement their diet with dried seaweed. As with all invertebrates, they do not tolerate copper-based medications and extreme fluctuations in water parameters. Approximate Purchase Size: 1/2" to 1"

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Hawaiian Zebra Hermit Crab

The Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab gets its name from its distinct coloration. It has black and white pincers and the white bands that dress its otherwise dark legs. Like other members of the genus Calcinus, the Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab is very small but boasts an enlarged left claw.The Dwarf Zebra is found in the inter-tidal areas across the Indo-Pacific from Africa to Australia to Hawaii. Since they scavenge for detritus and consume nuisance algae, including red slime algae (cyanobacteria), the Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab is a highly desired addition to the home reef aquarium. If there are insufficient algae in the aquarium, their diet should be supplemented with dried seaweed. Approximate Purchase Size: 1/2" to 3/4"

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Dwarf Red Leg Reef Hermit Crabs
Chibanarius digueti

Very effective at eating hair algae and other nuisance algaes.

Description:The Dwarf Red Leg Reef Hermit Crab is a voracious scavenger. Like its Blue Leg cousin, the The Dwarf Red Leg Reef Hermit Crab serves as an ideal member of your marine or reef aquarium's cleanup crew. Also known simply as the Red Tip Hermit Crab, totally Reef safe, this omnivore will scavenge all over your live rock and sand substrate - finding its way into the tightest of spaces - to feed on algae and detritus.
Food and diet:The The Dwarf Red Leg Reef Hermit Crab is best kept in a reef-style aquarium where it will have ample supplies of algae to eat. It is very helpful in keeping reef tank algae under control, including troublesome filamentous algae and Cyanobacteria. If there is insufficient algae to eat, their diet must be supplemented with dried seaweed. They will also accept many other types of foods.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Level of Care: Easy
Approximate Purchase Size: 1/2" to 1"
Reef Compatibility:Totally Reef Safe to all invertebrates, fish and coral

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Orange Linckia Starfish
Echunaster sp

Description:The Orange Linkia Starfish, is a five-armed (once in a while 6-armed) Starfish exotically colored in orange. These Stars feed on algae found on aquarium glass, rockwork, and substrate. They are completely reef safe and are a must have for anyone with either a fish-only or reef tank.
Diet:If introduced to a large well established aquarium, very little needs to be done to supplement Linckias. The bacterial film that comprises the mainstay of the Linckias diet usually appears in abundance in well established and seasoned aquariums.
Notes: Starfish are intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. Extra care and time should be taken whenever acclimating this animal.The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. Linckia Starfish must never receive exposure to air during acclimation.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 4"

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Sally Lightfoot Crabs

Description:The Sally Lightfoot Crab, also known as the Nimble Spray, Short, or Urchin Crab. With their brown body and orange to yellow rings on their legs, Sally Lightfoots are a reef-safe crab, very active algae eaters and enjoy feeding off of algae on rockwork. Because of their flatness, they can easily keep themselves hidden under rocks and coral. They prefer a strong current and will require an aquarium with large amounts of rock work where it can hide and scavenge for detritus. It will also eat algae.
Food and diet:If insufficient algae is present, its diet may need to be supplemented with dried seaweed. Meaty items should also be offered.
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-1/2"

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Sand Cleaning Sea Star

This peaceful omnivore will effectively clean even the
largest home aquarium of detritus and left over food.

Description: The Sand Sifting Sea Star efficiently consumes mass amounts of detritus and uneaten food. A great addition to any reef tank, this nocturnally active sea star will move large amounts of sand as it burrows into the substrate in its search for food. Since it is slower moving than most fish, the Sand Sifting Sea Star should not be housed with natural predators, including Puffers. Like other invertebrates, the Sand Sifting Sea Star is very intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity, and pH and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. To successfully acclimate new specimens to your aquarium, use the drip acclimation method and never expose the Sand Sifting Sea Star to air while handling.
Diet and Feeding:The Sand Sifting Sea Star should be actively fed a variety of fish foods into the sand. Otherwise, this voracious feeder will quickly clean your aquarium of detritus and left over food, and then starve, and eventually begin to decay.
Hardiness: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Totally reef safe.
Approximate Purchase Size: 2" to 4"

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Assorted Colored Serpent Stars

Description: Assorted Serpent Stars come in a variety of colors. All have a central, disc and 5 arms. If an arm falls off it quickly regenerates. The central disc and arms can have variable markings. It does well in an aquarium if provided with ample hiding places and plenty of room to roam. Even though it is a nocturnal animal, it may eventually learn to come out during the day to eat.
Notes: Starfish are intolerant of sudden changes in oxygen levels, salinity and pH of the water, and cannot tolerate copper-based medications. Extra care and time should be taken whenever acclimating this animal.The drip acclimation method is highly recommended for all Sea Stars due to their intolerability to changes in water chemistry. Starfish must never receive exposure to air during acclimation.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 3 - 5 inches

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Tonga Nassarius Snails
(Nassaurius vibex)

Nassarius Snails are excellent for keeping your sand clean and stirred up...

Description:Nassarius snails are excellent for keeping the substrate stirred and clean. They usually stay buried and eat leftover food but may emerge as you feed the other aquarium residents. hey have beautiful ornamental shells, are fast movers, and are VERY hardy snails. You will see the nassarius snails emerge from beneath the sand when you drop food in the tank in a feeding frenzy.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger They do best when kept in a live sand bed.
Food and diet: They can be fed algae pellets, if they can't find enough natural food. 1 Conch per 25 gallons of water.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4" to 1"

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Orange Spot Butterscotch Nassarius Snail
Babylonia formosae

Description:These are one of the most beautiful of all the saltwater snails. An extremely hardy aquarium addition, the Orange Spotted Butterscotch Massarius Snail will bury themselves in the sand with only their siphon out. They have quite well developed olfactory sense. As soon as they can smell food, they will rush towards it in groups. An aquarium with a thick layer of sand is recommended.Owing to their scavenging nature, the Orange Spotted Butterscotch Nassarius Snail will eat perishable organic matter in your marine aquarium thereby, preventing your tank water from being contaminated. The Orange Spotted Butterscotch species will sift through the sand in the search of food, thereby aerating the substrate. The ploughing of sand in your marine aquarium also helps curb the growth of Red Slime Algae, called Cyanobacteria, on the sand.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger They do best when kept in a live sand bed.
Food and diet:Orange Spotted Butterscotch Nassarius Snail is carnivorous and of course are scavengers in feeding habit. They will eat meaty bits of Brine Shrimp, Mysis Shrimp, fish and Scallop and Scavenge on detritus and fish waste. If there is not ample food supply in your marine aquarium, you may supplement their diet with the meaty bits of fish and sea food.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"

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Coral Banded Shrimp

Description:Coral Banded Shrimp are very popular among reefkeepers due to their exquisite coloring and active nature. They are a beautiful addition to the reef with candycane striped bodies, multiple pairs of bright white antennae, and 3 pairs of miniature claws. They are very active and enjoy lots of live rock to scour for detritus, and will hunt and kill pest bristle worms. They are also active "cleaner shrimp". Fish will swim close and allow the shrimp to pick parasites from the flesh. They will also feed on uneaten fish food that falls to the bottom such as frozen foods, pellet and flake. They are reef-safe and only one should be kept per tank, unless they are a confirmed mated pair in which case the pair can be kept in the same tank. Hardy, but must be acclimated slowly to avoid any salinity and/or pH shock.
Food and diet:It feeds by grazing on algae and anything it can find. will take bits of any food that is added. supplemental feeding not required.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/2" to 2-1/2"

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Golden Coral Banded Shrimp

Description:The Golden Coral Banded Shrimp is closely related to the Coral Banded Shrimp. These shrimp have bright golden yellow bodies complimented by red and orange striping.They are a beautiful addition to the reef with candycane striped bodies, multiple pairs of bright white antennae, and 3 pairs of miniature claws. They are very active and enjoy lots of live rock to scour for detritus, and will hunt and kill pest bristle worms. They are also active "cleaner shrimp". Fish will swim close and allow the shrimp to pick parasites from the flesh. They will also feed on uneaten fish food that falls to the bottom such as frozen foods, pellet and flake. They are reef-safe and only one should be kept per tank, unless they are a confirmed mated pair in which case the pair can be kept in the same tank. Hardy, but must be acclimated slowly to avoid any salinity and/or pH shock.
Food and diet:It feeds by grazing on algae and anything it can find. will take bits of any food that is added. supplemental feeding not required.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1-1/4" to 1-3/4"

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Red Pistol Shrimp
Synalpheus species

Description:The Red Pistol Shrimp may also be called Symbiosis Shrimp and Snapping Shrimp. The sound it makes comes from an appendage on the pincher which moves when the pincher is opened or closed and water is ejected. The name Symbiotic Shrimp comes from the equally beneficial relationship the Pistol Shrimp has with gobies . The goby, with better eyesight, warns the shrimp of predators. The shrimp share its food with the goby. It is beneficial to the tank as it churns the sand. It thrives in environments with sand, rock caves, and dim light. If in pairs, one will often stand guard at the burrow while the other is inside.
Food and diet:Pistol Shrimp will accept any meaty freeze-dried and frozen foods and bottom feeder tablets.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 1" to 1-3/4"

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Refugium Algae Kit

Refugium with all types of algaes

Today, marine aquariums almost demand a variety of marine algae. You get all the macro you need here to start a nice refugium. Get 3 different types of Macro algaes that are all beneficial to your aquarium.

Gracilaria, This is healthy stuff for your fish, it even helps cure lateral line erosion and is also the richest plant source of calcium.

Caulerpa,an important food source for many fish. Caulerpa releases organic acids and necessary substances such as vitamins and amino acids.

Chaetomorpha Chaeto, pronounced "kay-toe", also known as Spaghetti Algae, is a great way to naturally turn the nitrogenous compounds of your tank into plant food!!! The waste by-products of life, along with the light you provide for photosynthesis. It is an excellent macro algae for refugiums. Each cell grows end to end, creating long, stiff strands. It grows in filamentous clumps, resembling a ball of fishing line. You can "prune" it and throw it away--or you can compact it for even greater nutrient absorption.Chaetomorpha Algae removes both phosphates and nitrates from the water. To increase the amount of nutrients this algae exports, use moderate to high lighting and keep it in an area of high water flow. It should ideally be tumbled in an algae filter. This algae is sold by the bag and will arrive in a dense mat. Your copepods and amphipods will love this stuff. It is what they eat!

A small bag of live sand containing copepods, amphipods as well as beneficial worms. The amount is small , just enough to jump start your refugium.

NOTE: Sometimes a macro algae may be unavailable, so a different beneficial macro algae will be substituted in the Macro Algae Kit.

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Green Gracillara

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Red Algae Plant

Besides adding beauty to any aquarium, marine plants have become quite popular for use as "algae-scrubbing filters" to remove excess ammonia, nitrates, and phosphates from the aquarium.In addition, they help remove heavy metals and neutralize toxins. Marine plants also provide a pH buffer and
produce chemicals which protect the skin, intestines, and gills of aquarium fish. That's an alwful lot of help from marine plants, that's why they are so popular in the marine aquarium system! In addition to helping clarify your water by absorbing nitrates, carbon dioxide and some metals, marine plants also serve as a food source for many marine species – whether they feed directly on the algae itself or on microfauna attracted to the algae.
Approximate Size: Small 2" to 3", Medium 3" to 4", Large 4" to 6"

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