Corals
Corals for reef and saltwater aquariums.
Feeding Corals: What, When, and How Much
Corals eat more than light. Learn which foods match which corals, how to target and broadcast feed, and a realistic weekly schedule that boosts growth without wrecking your nutrients.
Torch Coral Care: The LPS Everyone Wants (and Overpays For)
Torch coral care without the hype: stable alkalinity, gentle flow and light, feeding, brown jelly response, spacing rules, and why cheap torches come first.
PAR Levels for Corals: Targets by Type (With a Cheap-Meter Plan)
What PAR really measures, target ranges for softies, LPS and SPS, plus a tiered cheap-meter plan — borrow, phone app, or budget meter — to map your tank.
Montipora Care: Your Gateway SPS
Montipora is the perfect first SPS: real light and dosing lessons with forgiving margins. PAR targets, flow, color troubleshooting, pests, and fragging.
LED vs. T5 for Reef Tanks: The Honest 2026 Verdict
LED vs. T5 for reef tanks in 2026: growth, coverage, features, cost, and heat compared head to head — plus the hybrid answer and which fits your tank.
How to Frag Zoanthids Safely (Gloves On. Seriously.)
Step-by-step zoanthid fragging with the palytoxin safety protocol: gloves, goggles, underwater cuts, mat peeling, gluing, dipping, and grow-out timelines.
How to Dip New Corals: A Ruthless Pre-Entry Protocol
The full coral dipping protocol: inspection, dip and double rinse, plug removal, quarantine, and reading the fallout — because every pest walked in on a frag.
Hammer Coral Care: Flow, Feeding, and Keeping Heads Happy
How to keep hammer corals inflated and multiplying: flow and PAR targets, alkalinity stability, feeding, sweeper-tentacle spacing, and fragging basics.
GSP Care: The Coral Lawn That Wants Your Whole Tank
Green star polyps grow anywhere — that is the problem. Care basics plus the containment playbook: island rocks, back-wall lawns, trimming, and easy fragging.
10 Easy Beginner Corals You (Almost) Can't Kill
Ten forgiving corals that survive beginner mistakes — GSP, zoas, mushrooms, Duncans and more — with placement, lighting, and flow guidance for every pick.
9 Coral Placement Mistakes That Start Wars in Your Tank
Nine coral placement mistakes that trigger silent reef warfare — no buffer zones, ignoring growth, light and flow mismatches — and how to place corals right.
Coral Bleaching in Your Tank: Causes Beyond Temperature
Tank corals usually bleach from light shock, alkalinity events, or starvation — not heat. Tell bleaching from tissue loss, plus a full recovery playbook.