An Assassin Snail can be an incredibly helpful creature to house in your aquarium. As their name suggests, the Assassin Snail is a type of snail that lives in aquariums, hunts and eats other snails. Assassin Snails are popular in the aquarium trade for their ability to control unwanted pest species of snails that could overrun your aquarium. They can even help control other pest snails by hunting them down and eating them.
Ghost Shrimp are considered easy to care for, and are even recommended for beginners. Their low requirements combined with their tireless efforts to rid your tank of algae and other unwanted waste make them a popularly chosen addition to the home aquarium. Ghost Shrimp are not picky eaters at all. In fact, they can and will eat whatever you are feeding the other inhabitants of your aquarium. They will even act as an efficient clean up crew for your tank. Ghost Shrimp love to graze on algae. They can be found grazing on algae, or cleaning up leftover food at all times of the day.
Torch coral (Euphyllia glabrescens), also known as “pom-pom” or “trumpet” coral is a native to the Indo-Pacific region. It makes a glorious addition to a saltwater aquarium, being easy to care for and able to happily live in many different environments and water conditions. Belonging to the family of Caryophyllidae, torch coral is classified as …
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Blasto Coral, or Blastomussa Coral, are a great coral choice for beginners and intermediate hobbyists looking to move up from soft coral varieties. Although a large polyp stony coral, they are easier to care for than other species of LPS corals. Blasto Coral can tolerate some swings of tank water parameters. Like many other corals …
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The Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius) is a saltwater fish whose natural habitat is the coral reefs of the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. It is native to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bali, and the Philippines. It can be found typically at a depth of about 20–30 meters. Common names include Fire Shrimp, Red Fire Shrimp, …
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Galaxea Coral is a salt water large stony polyp coral (LPS) that originates from the coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region and is also native to reefs in the Red Sea. This coral can typically be found in waters that are less than 60 feet deep and they prefer turbidity in their environment. This species …
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Caulastrea furcata, often known as candy cane, trumpet, or bullseye coral, is a bright and colorful LPS (large polyp stony) coral. Characterized by striped polyps inspiring its common name, it can be found in vivid yellow, green, red, or blueish brown. Each branching polyps contains a neon green mouth. Some common varieties available to purchase …
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Euphyllia Ancora, commonly known as Hammer Coral, is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral found in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is found, more specifically, among the islands of Fiji, Tonga, and Solomon, as well as in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Hammer Coral, also called Anchor Coral, gets its common …
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Native to the Indian Ocean, Organ Pipe Coral has many horizontal, organ-pipe like tubes which give it the name. A soft coral, it is often mistaken for a hard coral because of its red, external skeleton. This colorful skeleton is usually obscured in the daytime by extended polyps. Organ Pipe Coral polyps are often gray …
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The Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) is a species of saltwater shrimp found at coral reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are found on rubble piles of coral reefs from Hawaii through the Indo-Pacific region. They can also be found around islands like the Galapagos or Gorgona that are bordered by coral reefs. …
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