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Coral Reef Animals
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Coral Reef Animals of The World
| Reef Tanks ~ Aquariums ~ Mini Reefs |
| Coral Reef Animals ~ Coral Care and Information, Pictures of Coral , and more... |
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Pet Care Information - Coral Reef | Aquarium Coral Reefs Articles |
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Photo of the Month Winner
Congratulations to Newman at Aquatic Passion forums, for the winning image in last month's POTM. The prize for winning POTM is a $25.00 gift certificate!
"This is a colony of either Watermelon or Eagle-eye Zoas that reside in my 3 gallon pico tank. The zoas are only under actinic lighting in this photo. They look simply stunning under the Royal Blue Cree LED lights." - Newman
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Aquarium information:
Reef Tanks - Saltwater - Tropical
Types of Coral Reef Animals
| Order: Actiniaria and Ceriantharia | | |
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| Anemones |
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| Sea Anemones and Tube Anemones |
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Anemones - Types |
Articles
- Aiptasia Pests - Getting Rid of Glass Anemones - Aiptasia grow like weeds, take over the reef tank, and are very hard to control! A variety of approaches include chemical controls to using sea anemone predators.
- Aiptasia Sea Anemone Facts - Aiptaisa means beautiful, and they can be... but they can be also reek havoc on reef tanks! Meet the Aiptasia sea anemone species and discover the pros and cons of Aiptasia in captivity
- Clown Fish Anemone: 10 Clownfish Hosting Sea Anemone Species - Sea anemone facts about the 10 types of anemones that host clownfish, the ones that are hardy aquarium anemones, and a buy sea anemone checklist!
- Nettle Anemones - Urticina means nettle, a stinging plant. Like all sea anemones they do have a sting, but the Urticina cold water sea anemones have much more... being very beautiful they are known as flowers of the sea!
- Tube Anemone or Burrowing Sea Anemone - Sea anemone facts about tube dwelling anemones, a different animal than the true anemones!
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| Order: Zoantharia - Zoanthus, Palythoa, Zoas | | |
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| Zoanthids |
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| Button Polyps, Colonial Anemones, Sea Mats |
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Zoanthids - Types |
Articles
- Fabulous Zoanthids - Zoanthids are an incredible beginners coral, the Button Polyps are easy to care for and make a bright, colorful display in the reef aquarium!
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| Stony Corals | | |
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| Stony Corals SPS |
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| Small Polyp Stony Corals |
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Stony Corals SPS - Types |
Articles
- Keeping Acropora Corals - Elegant Staghorn Corals are the building blocks of the worlds coral reefs, keeping Acropora corals can create a beautiful home reef as well!
- Montipora Best SPS Corals For Beginners - SPS Corals For Beginners starts right here with the Montipora coral. Coral facts from the types of coral through live coral care!
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| Giant Clams |
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| Tridacna Clams and Hippopus Clams |
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Giant Clams - Types |
Articles
- Care of Tridacnid Clams - Giant Clam Care, Clam facts about the Care of Tridacnid Clams starts with what to know about giant clams for sale, the reef aquarium setup and lighting, placing clams in the reef tank, feeding and caring for them, and watching out for hitchhikers, predators and pests!
- Tridacnid Clams Ailments - Giant Clam Ailments, Friends and Enemies. Facts about clams predators, hitchhikers, pests, and diseases - everything from pesky fish, snails and crabs, to clam worms, mantis shrimp, and Protozoans!
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Note: For simplicity and lack of confusion, we have followed the classifications and categories as presented in Julian
Sprung and J. Charles Delbeeks' book , The Reef Aquarium - Volumes One and Two, 1994 and 1997. This often differs from the hobbyist
classification.
* Check our Acknowledgements
page for info on contributors.
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