POTO Articles

Polyp extension (PE) in Acropora corals (acros) is often affected by pests, fish nipping, the stability of water parameters, and adequate flow and...

The Wall Street Journal published an article on the journey our very own CEO and Founder, Kenny Lin, took to build Pieces of the Ocean from the gr...

Rappin' With ReefBum is a LIVE talk show with host Keith Berkelhamer and guests from the reef keeping community. In this episode Keith chats with ...

One of the best parts about the reefing hobby is collecting your favorite corals and watching them grow from small frags into colonies. Each reefe...

Every year at POTO, we take the team out for enrichment and team building. We skipped last year for obvious reason but this year we were treated t...

Every reefer wants their acropora to thrive in their tanks, and making sure your corals get proper lighting plays a big part in their health and ha...

Have you come home to white tips on your SPS corals and do not know what they are or what to do? From afar, it can be hard to make out if it's some...

It depends, some SPS corals can touch, while other corals cannot. Some SPS coral species do not mind a close neighbor, allowing them to coexist, wh...

SPS (small polyp stony) corals generally turn brown when overproduction of zooxanthellae occurs inside the coral's tissues. The reason for browning...

Have you succeeded in keeping softies and are ready for the next challenge?   After successfully keeping soft corals, firstly congratulations, and ...

Learn How to Care for LPS Corals in Your Aquarium Large polyp stony (LPS) corals are a fascinating group that contains a calcium skeleton with larg...

How do corals build skeletons, exactly? Introduction The process of calcification or biomineralization in SPS corals is often a head scratcher for ...