Coralwiki – A Guide To Coral Care

We are building a coral repository here to better educate and inform responsible coral and salt water aquarium keepers. With over 30 years combined staff experience from out coral store in Toronto we sit down together and put together articles on individual corals with our first hand experience and knowledge to share with you so that you corals can also thrive.

Here you will find basic information for different species of corals and special care tips we have picked up over the years.

For any further questions about anything salt water coral related please don’t hesitate to contact us here

Ultimate Zoanthid Care Guide

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping the most popular type coral, zoanthids.

 

Blue Hammer Coral Hammer Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping a classic reef aquarium coral, hammers.

 

Acan Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping one of our personal favorite corals, Acans!

 

Favia Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping a unique coral and easy to keep species, the favia coral

Blastomusa Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A peaceful and friendly, easy to keep coral that doesn’t like too much light or flow. Great for beginners.

Duncan Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
The classic duncan coral. Super fast growing and impossible to kill. A great beginner coral.

Gonipora / Flowerpot Coral Care 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Intermediate
Usually considered a hard coral to keep, we have found that is simply not true.

Torch Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Intermediate
One of the most beautiful LPS corals on the planet.

Scolymia Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A vibrant stand out lps coral perfect for any tank

 

Yellow Ricordea

Florida Ricordea

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping one of the easiest and most beautiful mushroom species.

 

GSP (Green Star Polyps)

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy
Information about keeping one of the fastest growing and easiest to keep soft corals.

 

Alveopora Coral Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Intermediate
Information about keeping one of the most beautiful LPS corals of them all.

 

Elegance Coral Care

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Intermediate
Information about keeping this amazing LPS Coral

 

Candy Cane Coral 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Beginner
Information about keeping this commonly sought after LPS Coral

 

Cynarina Coral 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Beginner
Information about keeping this rare and super unique LPS coral

 

 

Rhodactis Coral 

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Beginner
Information about keeping this easy, colourful soft coral

 

Nephthea Leather Coral 

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Beginner
Information about keeping a classic and easy reef aquarium coral, Nephthea Leathers

 

Discosoma Mushroom Coral 

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Beginner
Information about keeping this hardy, popular coral

 

Pipe Organ Coral 

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Intermediate
Information about keeping this oddball soft coral

 

Bowerbanki Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A super unique and easy to keep lps coral very similar to acans

 

Monti Cap

Coral Type: SPS
Care Level: Easy
A famous sps coral that is one of the easiest to keep.

 

Cyphastrea Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
An easy to keep encrusting, colorful LPS coral.

 

Frogpsawn Coral 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A popular and easy to keep , flowing LPS coral.

 

Forestfire Digi Frag

Montipora Digitata  

Coral Type: SPS
Care Level: Easy
One of the easiest species of hard corals to keep.

 

Kenya Tree Coral

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: SO EASY
Simply the easiest coral to keep, ever.

 

St Thomas Mushroom

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy
One of the rarest mushroom corals ever.

 

Leptastrea Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A fast growing, encrusting LPS coral

 

ultra plate coral

Plate Coral 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A unique sandbed coral that resembles dinner plates.

 

Acanthophyllia 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
One of the most beautiful and rare LPS corals

 

Symphyllia Wilsoni

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
A super unusual and unique variety of coral

 

Open Brain Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
One of the most popular LPS corals in the world.

 

Bubble Coral Care

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
There is nothing that even looks close to this crazy LPS coral

 

 

Latistella Moseleya

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy
One of the most unique LPS corals

 

Astreopora Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy

An extremely rare LPS Coral

 

Black Widow Yuma

Yuma Coral

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy

A beautiful soft coral

 

ultra rock flower anemone

Rock Flower Anemone

Coral Type: Soft
Care Level: Easy

 

 

Symphyllia Wilsoni

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy

An extremely rare LPS coral

War Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy

A beautiful and unusual lps coral

Long Tentacle Plate Coral 

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy

A remarkable plate coral except its tentacles are really long !

Merulina Coral

Coral Type: LPS
Care Level: Easy

A remarkable plate coral except its tentacles are really long !