Mon, 07 May 2012 18:19:21 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/ CoralPedia.com en-us http://www.coralpedia.com/images/spacer.gif http://www.coralpedia.com/ Admin@CoralPedia.com http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54 Congrats to Sonny for winning the 2012.04 POTM with their photo of Paradise Zoas: Mon, 07 May 2012 18:19:21 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53 Congrats to SteveT for winning the 2012.03 POTM with their photo of Blue Riddler: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:11:11 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=52 Congrats to Cozer for winning the 2012.02 POTM with their photo of Event Horizon Favia: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:01:58 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=51 It can be very difficult to distinguish morphs from pictures alone. One very valuable tool is the Collage shot. Jonathan recently submitted one that demonstrated the dramatic difference between Rainbow Penny, Kiwi Strawberry, and Gumba. Although it looks obvious now, it was difficult to determine their uniqueness when reviewed individually. We love Collage shots! Thank you very much, Jonathan!! :) Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:31:09 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50 Congrats to Cozer for winning the 2012.01 POTM with their photo of RPE (Red People Eater): Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:03:41 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=49 We are officially into the 2012 year, and the 2012 CoralPedia.com calendars are still available! More information can be found here: CoralPedia.com calendar page Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:15:29 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=48 Congrats to Jonathan for winning the 2011.12 POTM with their photo of Rainbow Penny: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:09:02 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=47 The 2012 CoralPedia.com calendars are officially shipping! More information can be found here: CoralPedia.com calendar page Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:41:49 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=46 The 2012 CoralPedia.com calendars are almost shipping! They are currently at the printing press, due in this week. Be sure to get yours today. More information can be found here: CoralPedia.com calendar page Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:18:34 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45 Congrats to Pilg0re for winning the 2011.11 POTM with their photo of Corona: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:06:52 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=44 The 2011 CoralPedia.com calendars are almost shipping! They are currently at the printing press, due in this week. Be sure to get yours today. More information can be found here: CoralPedia.com calendar page Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:16:37 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=43 CoralPedia welcomes CoralPennyAuctions.com to the family! CoralPennyAuctions.com is a fun and exciting Website that will keep you glued to you computer screen as you bid on great items. You can win all sorts of corals, aquarium products, gift cards from well-known suppliers, electronics and much more at incredibly low prices. CoralPennyAuctions.com was started in October 2010 by a group of aquarium enthusiasts. They believed that the Internet has always been a great media for bringing people together and for making it easy for users to find great products at reasonable prices. CoralPennyAuctions.com is a new way to provide the hobbyist with a fun and exciting way to use an online auction to purchase great deals at pennies on the dollar. Give the link a click and go check them out: CoralPennyAuctions.com Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:22:19 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=42 CoralPedia welcomes TheAlternativeReef.com to the family! The Alternative Reef is the leading supplier of quality ceramic coral propagation products and much more. Our plugs, discs, donuts and Frag Stations provide the reef-keeper with the necessary tools to successfully propagate and grow almost any coral. Our products were developed to provide an alternative to what was available in the past. Our products will enhance your reef-keeping experience. The Alternative Reef has taken over 28 years of experience in the freshwater and marine hobby and used it to improve existing products and to create unique products specifically designed to make coral propagation easy and fun for everyone. We are the first and most reliable supplier of ceramic propagation supplies in the industry. With fast order turnaround and a dedication to service unmatched by the competition. Our ceramic plugs are more durable than aragonite, and are made of the most porous material available to us. They do not need additional curing time and can be used right out of the bag. Our products feel like rock, and once encrusted, will look like rock. In addition they will quickly colonize with bacteria and aid in biological filtration. This is all just part of our attention to the quality and detail of our coral propagation products. With over 250,000 plugs and disks sold so far and thousands of Frag Stations in homes and businesses around the country we are no longer the alternative to what is out there. We are the benchmark to where others strive to be. Are you an Alternative Reefer? Give the link a click and go check them out: TheAlternativeReef.com Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:17:38 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41 CoralPedia welcomes ReefOdyssey.com to the family! Reef Odyssey is a one person operation in Santa Barbara, Ca. I have been buying, selling and trading corals on a hobbyist level for a few years now and have decided to take the leap of making this a full time venture. I hope to release some of the nicest corals around at an affordable price. Any fraggable coral I receive will be kept in my system for a minimum of two weeks before being cut before they are released on the site to see how the colors and health adapt in a closed system. Any corals that go up on the site will have been fragged a minimum of 2 weeks to ensure the survivability of the coral. Because this is a one man operation, you can assure you won't get the run around! Give the link a click and go check them out: ReefOdyssey.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:09:41 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=37 The 2010 CoralPedia.com calendars are here and shipping! Be sure to get yours today. More information can be found here: CoralPedia.com calendar page Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:51:39 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 CoralPedia welcomes DreamCoral.com to the family! Our frags are cut and placed in a state of the art holding tank until they are healed. We only frag our colonies four times a year so they remain healthy as we are not a chop shop. We thrive on customer service and satisfaction. As you can see from most of are listing we only get the best high end coral out there and bring them to you at a fair price. Give the link a click and go check them out: DreamCoral.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:15:09 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=39 CoralPedia welcomes WetThumbFrags.net to the family! We are an online Corals & Fishes store. We are family owned and operated. We are based in Sylmar , California which is located in San Fernando Valley. We are opened to appointments only if anyone wants to come to our facility. Give the link a click and go check them out: WetThumbFrags.net Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:51:50 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=38 CoralPedia welcomes WorldWideCorals.com to the family! Welcome to WorldWideCorals. We are here to offer you the best live coral shopping experience possible. Behind every order is a trained aquatic specialist whose number one concern is not only customer satisfaction, but the health and well being of your aquarium and the animals we offer. Each and every specimen in our facility is hand picked by some of the best "eyes" in the world. Give the link a click and go check them out: WorldWideCorals.com Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:22:16 -0800 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36 CoralPedia welcomes YourReef.com to the family! At Your Reef we strive to provide you with a great shopping experience. Whether you are looking for top of the line Aquarium products and dry goods or live fish and corals we have it all. Give the link a click and go check them out: YourReef.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:16:54 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=35 CoralPedia welcomes Zoa Collector to the family! ZoaCollector.com, based out of Hawaii, specializes in rare and exotics zoanthids and palys. They've got pieces you just don't find elsewhere! Give the link a click and go check them out: ZoaCollector.com Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:40:27 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=34 Welcome to our newest Council member, Peef! Together, we will be processing the pending submissions here at CoralPedia. Although this post is a few days late (Peef jumped on board earlier this week), welcome, and thank you! :) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:20:58 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=33 We just added a very unique submission to the CoralPedia.com site. Although a bit late on our part, the submitter (spy_i) submitted these Zoanthids that were found in Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates)! Spy_i added in their notes that the salinity in Dubai is too high (in the upper 37 to lower 38 psu range) to form reefs and it came as quite a surprise to find Zoanthids there. spy_i wrote: "I currently live in Dubai and [stumbled] upon this zoa on the famous Madinat Hotel (opposite Burj Al Arab Hotel). I was strolling along the hotel's man made creek when I saw like a beehive on the water dikes. [...] I personally collected this Zoa from the man made creek [...]. I never imagined that such life [would] have existed here in the waters of Dubai. I know that the level of salinity is too high that Dubai [doesn't] have any Reefs at all. I was looking around the macro's that [were] growing on the dike when I [noticed] a dark beehive like thing. All I thought was a dark chocolatey sponge. Surprisingly, upon closer inspection, the blue center on the zoo just pierce thru its brown skirts. To my excitement I [quickly] pulled a small colony that was growing on a clam... then I realize this zoo is everywhere with big colonies matting on the side of the man made dikes." Thanks for the submission and special treat, spy_i! You can see spy_i's "Green Eyed Arabs" here: You can see where other corals have been reportedly collected by visiting our CoralPedia's Coral Origins page. Enjoy, -Who Dah? Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:46:57 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=31 CoralPedia welcomes Unique Corals to the family! UniqueCorals.com is the online branch of Manhattan Aquariums, New York City’s finest retail coral destination. They are a site devoted to connecting the ocean’s finest corals with the worlds most demanding aquarists. A random stroll through their site will reinforce this statement as the opportunity to purchase some of the most elusive and wildest coral morphs is presented to you in a scientifically accurate, easy to use manner. Fri, 22 May 2009 22:40:27 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=30 This is a nice treat for Zoanthid aficionados. David Acevedo (Daceman) sent us these images that had all of us drooling! He wrote, "About 4 months ago I was bored so I decided to take 1 polyp of each Nuclear green and Purple death and cut them in half and glue both sides together leaving me with 2 polyps of purple/green polyps on a disc. One died and the other lived." Thanks to David for sharing these nifty shots with us and keep up the mad scientist experiments! Check out rest of the pictures here. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:02:40 -0700 http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29 Hello all, We just realized that submissions were not being processed for about the last 2 months!! We apologize and will get working on them ASAP. It will take a little time to catch up, but we are on it. Luckily, no submissions were lost, they were just not being processed. So - our apologies again, and please bare with us as we catch up on all 94 delayed submissions! For those interested, here are the geeky details: We recently migrated web hosts at CoralPedia.com to a faster network. In doing so, we had an IP address change. Our submission system is locked down to authenticate at the IP address level for security reasons (amongst other measures). I forgot to add the new IP address as an authorized IP address to process the tickets. So the submissions just sat there instead of going through our helpdesk system. Once the new IP was authorized, 94 submissions over the last couple of months came rolling in! Thanks, -Who Dah? Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:22:40 -0700