Species

Merulina scabricula

A sculptural reef coral with fan-like ridges and soft blue margins.

Merulina scheeri

A plate-forming reef coral built for low-light crevices and silty lagoon slopes.

Chaetodon vagabundus

A wide-ranging reef butterfly that pairs for life and patrols its territory together.

Tridacna crocea

A compact, vividly patterned giant clam that bores into reef rock for security.

Chaetodon xanthurus

The only butterflyfish with a true crosshatch pattern on its sides.

Canthigaster coronata

A compact Hawaiian puffer with bold saddle markings and a voracious appetite for reef invertebrates.

Leptastrea bewickensis

A tough, low-profile reef coral that quietly holds its own across the Indo-Pacific.

Leptastrea bottae

A tough encrusting coral with bold skeletal texture and wide Indo-Pacific range.

Leptastrea inaequalis

A tough, encrusting coral with vivid green and yellow calices across a wide reef range.

Leptastrea purpurea

A tough, encrusting Indo-Pacific coral with a surprisingly vast natural range.

Leptastrea transversa

A flat, encrusting Indo-Pacific coral with bold angular corallites and broad reef tolerance.

Aequorea victoria

The bioluminescent Pacific jelly that inspired a Nobel Prize-winning discovery.

Bodianus pulchellus

A reef-safe wrasse relative that moonlights as a cleaner fish when young.

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) capensis

A solitary cold-water cup coral built for dimly lit, current-swept reefs.

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus

A solitary cold-water cup coral from the Mediterranean, rarely seen in reef tanks.

Tubastraea aurea

A bold, non-photosynthetic coral that thrives in the shadows of the reef.

Tubastraea dendroida

A rare subtropical cup coral from Hong Kong's reef slopes, built for low light.

Tubastraea faulkneri

A brilliant non-photosynthetic cup coral that thrives in the shadows of the reef.

Tubastraea tagusensis

A shade-loving cup coral that thrives where most others would starve.

Turbinaria mesenterina

A shape-shifting reef coral that sculpts itself to match available light.

Acanthurus xanthopterus

A wide-ranging giant surgeonfish that breaks the herbivore rules.

Porites cylindrica

A smooth-branching reef builder that can dominate entire lagoon zones.

Echidna polyzona

A reef moray that hunts crabs, not fish, making it surprisingly tankmate-friendly.

Sparisoma viride

A reef sculptor that literally chews coral into Caribbean sand.

Parupeneus barberinus

A bold, active sand-sifter built for big reef systems with open substrate.

Alcyonium cydonium

A lumpy, lobed soft coral from cold northern seas, rarely seen in home systems.

Alcyonium muricatum

A soft coral from Japanese waters, surprisingly approachable for newer reef keepers.

Alcyonium senegalense

A soft coral from Atlantic waters, rarely seen but surprisingly approachable.

Alcyonium digitatum

A cold-water soft coral that thrives where most reef animals won't.

Iciligorgia schrammi

A deepwater Atlantic sea fan that brings dramatic branching structure to the reef tank.

Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus

A rarely seen deep-reef wrasse from some of the Pacific's most remote atolls.

Muricea laxa

A graceful branching sea fan from the Western Atlantic that rewards attentive reefers.

Drifa glomerata

A cold-water soft coral that thrives where most reef species fear to go.

Lobophyllia costata

A fleshy, forgiving LPS coral that rewards beginners with bold reef color.

Tridacna derasa

One of the giant clams, and one of the easier ones to keep in a reef.

Chlamydogobius eremius

A tiny Australian desert survivor that laughs at water conditions others can't handle.