Gorgonian ( Sea Whip)

A gorgonian are basically swaying branches with some common names like sea whips, sea plumes and sea fans, the gorgonians are highly branched with beautiful polyps and are located throughout the oceans of the world especially in the tropics.
Gorgonians are similar to another soft coral called the sea pen. Individual tiny form up colonies that [...]

Polychaete Worms

Marine aquarists setting up there tank with liverock to aid biological filtration will come across these polychaete worms by default as they are normally is attached to liverocks.
The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called [...]

Stony Corals

Stony Corals, also known as Scleractinians or hard corals are the founders of any reef and get there name from there ability to secrete a calcium carbonate exoskeleton. There is 3,500 species documented and most of these contain zooxanthellae from which the stony corals gain most there nutrients.
Each group of stony corals require slightly different [...]

Starfish, Urchin and Sea Cucumber (Echinoderms)

Echinoderm meaning spiny skin is a feature shared by most species in this group, another character they all have is the radial symmetry, meaning the body can be divided into five similar parts around a central axis, more commonly known as starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

Over 6,000 echinoderm species have a water vascular system [...]

Soft Corals and Polyps

Soft Corals and Polyps have around 2,500 species known and the specie are highly diverse in appearance. Some resemble anemones whereas others will grow to huge structures. The majority of of species that will interest aquarists will contain symbiotic algae and will need plenty of lighting.
Soft corals and polyps will influence their neighbours by either [...]