Species

Plerogyra sinuosa

Grape-like bubbles by day, sweeping tentacles by night. A coral of two faces.

Plerogyra simplex

Bubble-covered by day, tentacled hunter by night. A coral with a double life.

Entacmaea quadricolor

The classic clownfish host that can clone itself when truly happy.

Sphoeroides annulatus

A large, noise-making Pacific puffer that's surprisingly approachable for beginners.

Brachygobius xanthozona

Bold black-and-yellow banding packed into a tiny, personality-filled goby.

Cetoscarus bicolor

A Red Sea beauty that grazes reef algae and holds its own when challenged.

Scarus perrico

A reef-scraping giant from the Eastern Pacific that rewrites your idea of 'beginner fish'.

Orbicella franksi

A rugged, mounding reef builder with a pleasingly irregular, textured surface.

Cladangia exusta

A lesser-known Indo-Pacific coral that rewards attentive reef keepers.

Seriatopora dendritica

A delicate, needle-branched coral that rewards careful placement and steady flow.

Seriatopora guttata

A delicate branching coral that rewards careful reef keepers with detailed, bird's-nest-like growth.

Cladocora caespitosa

The Mediterranean's only reef-building coral, forming dense tubular clumps in shallow water.

Savalia savaglia

A Mediterranean deep-reef anthozoan that thrives where most corals fear to go.

Rumphella aggregata

A bushy, branching gorgonian that brings wild reef structure to the home aquarium.

Ellisella schmitti

A branching sea whip from North Atlantic waters, suited to reef tanks with steady flow.

Acropora valida

A compact, bushy staghorn that shifts from cream to vivid purple-tipped in high light.

Scatophagus argus

A bold, active brackish fish that thrives in mangroves and messy tanks alike.

Hypoplectrus unicolor

A Caribbean reef predator surprisingly well-suited to beginner saltwater tanks.

Isophyllia sinuosa

A Caribbean brain coral look-alike with pastel valleys and beginner-friendly needs.

Mycetophyllia ferox

A Caribbean plate coral with bold contrasting valleys, manageable even for newer reefers.

Pavona decussata

A hardy, plate-forming reef coral that suits beginners and low-light tanks.

Pavona distincta

A tough, beginner-friendly coral with a beautifully ridged, wavy skeleton.

Pavona giannii

A rugged, low-light coral with sculptural, wavy fronds that forgive beginner mistakes.

Pao cambodgiensis

A current-loving freshwater puffer from the Mekong with real personality.

Pao cochinchinensis

A compact, ornery puffer from Southeast Asian rivers with outsized personality.

Rhynchocinetes durbanensis

A lively, social shrimp that earns its 'dancing' nickname with constant restless movement.

Meiacanthus oualanensis

A sunny Fijian blenny with venomous fangs behind that cheerful face.

Liopropoma carmabi

A tiny, jewel-patterned reef fish that rewards patient hobbyists willing to coax it out.

Caulastrea furcata

Bold, trumpet-shaped heads make this forgiving coral a great reef starter.

Trimma cana

A reef-dwelling miniature goby that perches right on living coral.

Bodianus bimaculatus

A small, sociable reef hogfish that thrives in deep-slope habitats and reef drop-offs.

Stomolophus meleagris

A true open-water drifter that demands a very specialized setup to survive in captivity.

Kelloggella cardinalis

A pint-sized tidepool goby that can actually breathe out of water.

Enchelycore carychroa

A compact reef moray with rich brown patterning and a surprisingly manageable size.

Canthigaster rostrata

A pint-sized Atlantic puffer with a big personality and a beak to match.

Leptogorgia chilensis

A branching red sea fan from the cool Pacific coast, built for strong currents.