Species

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.

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.

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 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.

Drifa glomerata

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

Chlamydogobius eremius

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

Zebrasoma desjardinii

A sail-finned grazer that turns any large reef tank into open ocean.

Lobophytum depressum

A hardy Pacific soft coral that earns its place on any beginner reef.

Ellisella elongata

A graceful, unbranched whip coral surprisingly approachable for newer reef keepers.

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii

A cold-water solitary coral that thrives where tropical reefs fear to tread.

Pictichromis diadema

Bold reef personality packed into a two-tone, pocket-sized package.

Wetmorella albofasciata

A tiny, secretive reef wrasse that haunts caves and rarely ventures into the open.

Monodactylus argenteus

A silver, disc-shaped brackish schooler that grows bigger than most expect.

Valenciennea puellaris

A sand-sifting goby that tidies your substrate and bonds for life with a partner.

Lobophytum venustum

A subtropical soft coral from Taiwan, manageable even for newer reef keepers.

Duncanopsammia peltata

A forgiving large-polyp coral that rewards beginners and veterans alike.

Zoopilus echinatus

A giant free-living disc coral that grows surprisingly large on sheltered reef floors.

Cycloseris distorta

A free-living mushroom coral that roams the seafloor solo.

Equetus lanceolatus

A boldly striped reef fish shaped like a living exclamation mark.