Taking a look at Stylophora

Taking a look at Stylophora

Introduction Stylophora are branching small polyp stony corals from the Family Pocilloporidae. Stylophora shares that family with Pocillopora and Seriatopora and the three together are the only genera in the family. As a result of their close relativity to one...
Never underestimate Astraea Snails

Never underestimate Astraea Snails

This past year, I rediscovered how great an army of Astraea snails are. At Tidal Gardens, we go pretty light on cleanup crews in general. For example, there really aren’t any hermit crabs. In our 5,000 gallons of reef tanks, there may be only one or two hermit crabs....