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FREE SHIPPING
SPECIAL* !
Wow,
our Free Shipping Special was so successful we have decided to continue it indefinitely.
Its what our customers want! After years of shipping
with Fedex, we have a great rate for overnight shipping, and we are
passing those savings on to you ! Click
here to see all of our Corals that qualify for our
Free Shipping Offer. |
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Take a Virtual Tour of Scientific Corals Own
Coral Farm
For the first
time ever, you can get a good look at our coral farm. Click on the picture at left
or click here
to view a six minute video. Presented for the first time ever, beginning December
8, 2009. Be sure to turn your sound on. |
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We sell Live Corals, Direct to the Public
We have a wide variety of captive-bred corals, grown
right here in the US at our coral farm. We offer smaller inexpensive pieces that grow
quickly and acclimate well to your tank conditions, rather than large expensive wildcaught
colonies that may not acclimate well to your tank. We believe this is the best way
to build a lasting beautiful reef in your home or office.
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raised (captive-bred) corals. An idea whose time has finally come. Why
should you buy captive-bred instead of wild-caught corals? Frankly, wildcaught corals
scare me to death. Many are infested with valonia (pictured), flatworms, parasitic
crabs, nudibranchs, RTN, etc. Most of our systems are permanently closed to incoming
wild caught organisms. Buying captive-bred corals benefits both the buyer and the
wild reefs. The corals are the most...(read
more) |
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Certificates. Give
your aquarium hobbyist what they really want! A
gift certificate to buy whatever they wish from Scientific Coral. Its a great idea
for birthdays, anniversaries, or any holiday when you don't know what he or she wants
or what is best for the reef tank.Send them a certificate in
any amount, and they can redeem it for anything on our website..(read
more) |
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We are a true Coral
Farm, not a Frag Factory! (Whats
the difference?) And like all farms, we plant
and grow "crops" of corals and periodically release them for sale to you.
Because of this, our availability will vary over time. Its
our goal to eventually have all of items available all of the time.
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This has to be the
Rarest Soft Coral in the World! And we grow it! This
is the double-headed Fluorescent Green Leather Coral. (Sarcophyton sp.) Its ridiculously
expensive, but at least the money goes for a good cause-to grow more captive-bred
corals and help preserve the natural reefs. Genetically identical to its cousin to
the right. Click the picture to take you to its main page |
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Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the seas", are
facing an increasing plethora of threats from pollution, sedimentation, coral bleaching,
overfishing and tourism, and we believe that by providing
as much captive bred livestock as possible, we can relieve some of the pressure on
the ocean reefs....(read
more).
Recently Charlie Veron, who wrote the
"Bible" on coral reefs (Corals of Australia and the Indo Pacific) said that
the coral reefs have 20 years left, no matter what we do ! Yikes ! |
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recent study by the United Nations says that up to 12 million
wild stony corals are harvested each year.The aquarium trade has been criticized for
the use of unsustainable collection techniques and poor husbandry practices. Unlike
freshwater aquarium species, where 90 per cent of fish species are currently farmed,
99% marine aquariums are stocked from wild caught species, which can cause irreversible
damage to coral reefs if not done properly. |
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Changes that we have made: Just
because it was just summertime, don't think we were just goofing off! We have spent
the past few years completely redesigning and rebuilding our coral farm, from the
ground up, putting our motto of "kaizen" to work... Check out some of our Package
Deals.(read more) |
| *Free
Shipping Offer on any order of 4 corals or more. |