Coral care guides
Straightforward advice for keeping corals healthy, from your first frag to SPS.
Best Beginner Corals for a Reef TankThe easiest corals to start a reef tank with: Green Star Polyps, Zoanthids, mushrooms and Duncans, what they need and what to watch out for.How to Acclimate and Dip New CoralsWhat to do when your corals arrive: temperature matching, dipping for pests, and placing them low so they adjust to your lights.Reef Tank Water Parameters ExplainedThe water parameters corals need, what each one means, and why stability matters more than chasing perfect numbers.Zoanthid Care Guide (Zoas)How to keep Zoanthids: light, flow, feeding, placement, and how to handle them safely because of palytoxin.Montipora Care GuideHow to keep Montipora, the forgiving SPS coral: light, flow, placement, parameters and the pests to watch for.LPS Coral Care: Duncan, Hammer and TorchHow to keep popular LPS corals: Duncan, Hammer and Torch. Light, flow, feeding, placement and giving them room for their sweepers.