by Vincent Chalias | Apr 12, 2024 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A festival of table acropora on this classic Indonesian reef, subjected to high flow! Acropora sukarnoi, is a classic Indo coral, we can admire it in many of the high current reefs around Indonesia. Its name is dedicated to the first Indonesian president and actor of...
by Vincent Chalias | Sep 29, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
A magnificent colony of grafted Acropora caroliniana, at 12 m (36 feet) deep in central Indonesia. Another day on the reef, another fine discovery. While diving in central Indonesia, I was lucky enough to come upon one of the nicest Acropora carolinana I have ever...
by Vincent Chalias | Aug 4, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
It’s probably not Acropora tenuis, but Acropora bifaria. The answer is ‘probably not’! A new publication fresh from the oven just came out last week about the phylogeny of Acropora tenuis. Tom C.L. Bridge et al. published their research, “A...
by Vincent Chalias | Jun 15, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
The sturdy, horizontal, bright green branches of this Acropora are gorgeous, but this coral is probably not the real Acropora florida! A Classic: Acropora florida is a classic species within the aquarium industry. There are so many shapes and color variants within the...
by Vincent Chalias | Apr 28, 2023 | CORAL - Vincent Chalias, Marine
Just a few feet away from a geothermal vent, corals were amazingly healthy Traveling and diving around Indonesia, I recently came upon a very interesting and healthy coral garden, within the vicinity of a submerged hot water spring. Hydrothermal springs are a very...
