Species Profiles
2402 articles- Tonina 'Lotus Blossom' Care GuideTonina 'Lotus Blossom' is a demanding Eriocaulaceae stem plant with whorled white-tipped leaves that needs very soft, acidic water and stron
- Syngonanthus 'Ruby' Care GuideSyngonanthus 'Ruby' is a demanding red eriocaulon-like rosette plant of the Eriocaulaceae family that needs very soft, acidic water and CO2.
- Rotala 'Mini Type 2' Care GuideRotala 'Mini Type 2' is a very compact small-leaved Rotala macrandra selection for nano scapes that needs strong light and CO2 to keep its f
- Isoetes velata (Quillwort) Care GuideIsoetes velata is a slow-growing quillwort, a spore-producing lycophyte from southern Europe forming a rosette of awl-shaped grass-green lea
- Littorella uniflora (Shoreweed) Care GuideLittorella uniflora, or shoreweed, is a cool-water European rosette plant of nutrient-poor lakes that spreads by runners and forms a low law
- Blyxa novoguineensis Care GuideBlyxa novoguineensis is a grass-like rosette plant in Hydrocharitaceae; the aquarium trade plant is often a reddish form linked to Blyxa aub
- Ludwigia ovalis 'Pink' Care GuideLudwigia ovalis 'Pink' is a low-growing stem plant from East Asia with rounded ovate leaves that turn pink-orange under strong light.
- Astrea Snail Care GuideLithopoma tectum is a Caribbean turban snail used as reef cleanup crew; it grazes film and hair algae effectively but cannot right itself if
- Cat's Paw Coral (Stylophora pistillata) Care GuideStylophora pistillata is a hardy branching SPS coral with blunt-tipped branches, photosynthetic and beginner-friendly, native to the Indo-Pa
- Verrucosa Pocillopora (Pocillopora verrucosa) Care GuidePocillopora verrucosa is a stout-branched SPS coral with prominent verrucae, common in shallow Indo-Pacific and Red Sea reefs and photosynth
- Antler Pocillopora (Pocillopora eydouxi) Care GuidePocillopora eydouxi is a robust antler-like branching SPS coral of shallow Indo-Pacific reefs, photosynthetic and suited to high-flow reef z
- Hispida Monti (Montipora hispida) Care GuideMontipora hispida is an encrusting/plating Indo-Pacific SPS coral, photosynthetic and grown under medium-high light with moderate flow in re
- Peltiformis Monti (Montipora peltiformis) Care GuideMontipora peltiformis is a hardy encrusting/plating Indo-Pacific SPS coral, photosynthetic and well suited as a beginner colony filler in re
- Foliosa Montipora (Montipora foliosa) Care GuideMontipora foliosa is a plating Indo-Pacific SPS coral that forms petal-like laminar layers, photosynthetic and grown under medium-high light
- Mexican Turbo Snail (Turbo fluctuosa) Care GuideTurbo fluctuosa is a large, cool-water turban snail from the eastern Pacific, prized for consuming large amounts of hair and film algae in r
- Atlantic Star Snail (Astraea phoebia) Care GuideAstraea phoebia, the spiny star astraea, is a Caribbean snail with star-shaped shell projections, kept as a grazer of hair algae, diatoms an
- West Indian Top Shell (Cittarium pica) Care GuideCittarium pica is a large Caribbean top shell with bold black-and-white markings, a voracious algae grazer suited to larger reef systems.
- Strawberry Trochus Snail (Trochus histrio) Care GuideTrochus histrio is a pyramid-shelled top snail with maroon banding, kept in reef tanks as a hardy grazer of film algae, diatoms and cyanobac
- Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus maculatus) Care GuideTrochus maculatus is a pyramidal-shelled Indo-Pacific top snail that grazes film algae, diatoms and cyanobacteria and can right itself if fl
- Sand Sifting Conch (Strombus maculatus) Care GuideStrombus maculatus is a small Indo-Pacific conch that sifts the sand bed for detritus and algae, valued as an efficient reef-safe substrate
- Ludwigia 'Pantanal' Care GuideLudwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Pantanal' is a demanding stem plant with whorled leaves that turn fiery orange-red under high light, s
- Rotala sp. 'Singapore' Care GuideRotala sp. 'Singapore' is a red Rotala rotundifolia variant ('Blood Red Singapore') that needs high light, CO2 and iron to reach its intense
- Persicaria sp. 'Kawagoeanum' Care GuidePersicaria sp. 'Kawagoeanum' is an Asian stem plant with narrow willow-like leaves that flush orange-red to pink under strong light and CO2.
- Persicaria sp. 'Sao Paulo' Care GuidePersicaria sp. 'Sao Paulo' is a fast background stem plant with lanceolate leaves that turn intense magenta-pink under strong light and CO2.
- Alternanthera reineckii 'Lilacina' Care GuideAlternanthera reineckii 'Lilacina' is a stem plant with reddish-purple stems and longer, narrower leaves that flush pink to red under strong
- Echinodorus 'Vesuvius' Care GuideEchinodorus 'Vesuvius' is a compact sword cultivar with tightly twisted corkscrew-like leaves, an undemanding midground plant that grows eve
- Echinodorus 'Rubin Narrow' Care GuideEchinodorus 'Rubin Narrow' is a narrow-leaved sword hybrid with ruby-red young foliage, a hardy heavy root feeder for the background of low-
- Thalassia testudinum (Turtle Grass) Care GuideThalassia testudinum, turtle grass, is a Caribbean seagrass with ribbon-like leaves up to 30 cm that demands a deep mature sand bed and stro
- Halophila stipulacea Care GuideHalophila stipulacea is a true seagrass with paired oval leaves on creeping rhizomes, demanding deep substrate and stable salinity in nature
- Halimeda incrassata Care GuideHalimeda incrassata is a calcified green macroalga that anchors in sand by a bulbous rhizoidal holdfast and grows in tropical seagrass meado
- Ricordea Yuma Care GuideRicordea yuma is the Indo-Pacific corallimorph mushroom, prized for vivid colours, hosting zooxanthellae and spreading by marginal budding.
- Ricordea Florida Care GuideRicordea florida is a Caribbean corallimorph mushroom with bead-like tentacles, hosting zooxanthellae and reproducing by fission in reef tan
- Everglades Pygmy Sunfish Care GuideElassoma evergladei is a tiny North American freshwater fish from heavily vegetated, temperate waters; breeding males turn iridescent blue-b
- Spotted Mandarin Care GuideSynchiropus picturatus is a small Indo-West Pacific dragonet with a green body and blue ocelli that depends on a steady supply of live copep
- Yellow Boxfish Care GuideOstracion cubicus is a cube-shaped Indo-Pacific boxfish that can release a potent skin toxin when stressed; juveniles are bright yellow, adu
- Bartlett's Anthias Care GuidePseudanthias bartlettorum is a western Pacific reef anthias that lives in large harem schools over current-swept reef faces and feeds on zoo
- Swissguard Basslet Care GuideLiopropoma rubre is a secretive western Atlantic reef fish with red-margined dark stripes that lives in deep crevices and is rarely observed
- Blue Ribbon Eel Care GuideRhinomuraena quaesita is an Indo-Pacific moray and protandric hermaphrodite that changes colour with sex; it is notoriously difficult to fee
- Frilly Montipora Care GuideFrilly Montipora (Montipora aequituberculata) is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium-high flow, reef parameters and feeding; interm
- Spongodes Monti Care GuideSpongodes Monti (Montipora spongodes) is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium-high flow, reef parameters and feeding; intermediate l
- Pink Confusa Monti Care GuidePink Confusa Monti (Montipora samarensis) is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium-high flow, reef parameters and feeding; intermedia
- Sunset Montipora Care GuideSunset Montipora (Montipora setosa) is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium flow, reef parameters and feeding; intermediate level.
- Montipora Confusa Care GuideMontipora Confusa (Montipora confusa) is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium flow, reef parameters and feeding; beginner level.
- Forest Fire Digitata Care GuideForest Fire Digitata (Montipora digitata var. 'Forest Fire') is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium-high flow, reef parameters and
- Orange Cap Montipora Care GuideOrange Cap Montipora (Montipora capricornis var. 'Orange') is a SPS coral. Care covers 150-250 PAR, medium-high flow, reef parameters and fe
- Gemmifera Acropora Care GuideGemmifera Acropora (Acropora gemmifera) is a SPS coral. Care covers 250-400 PAR, high flow, reef parameters and feeding; advanced level.
- Squarrosa Acropora Care GuideSquarrosa Acropora (Acropora squarrosa) is a SPS coral. Care covers 250-400 PAR, high flow, reef parameters and feeding; advanced level.
- Solitaryensis Acropora Care GuideSolitaryensis Acropora (Acropora solitaryensis) is a SPS coral. Care covers 200-350 PAR, high flow, reef parameters and feeding; advanced le
- Desalwii Acropora Care GuideDesalwii Acropora (Acropora desalwii) is a SPS coral. Care covers 250-400 PAR, high flow, reef parameters and feeding; advanced level.
- Effusa Acropora Care GuideEffusa Acropora (Acropora effusa) is a SPS coral. Care covers 250-400 PAR, high flow, reef parameters and feeding; advanced level.