As huge as the reef aquarium hobby has become around the world and especially in the U.S., we find it simply astounding how collectively ignorant reefers are of corals that live right off of our shores. Caribbean stony corals consist of around 70 different species which are mostly very unique with few analogues in the Pacific or Indian Ocean and a range of colors and patterns that any modern reefers would appreciate.
不幸的是，对于热带大西洋的任何硬化症的收集都在大多数现代礁石水族馆保存的历史上都完全不受限制，而爱好实际上并不了解居住在佛罗里达州，德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州和荧光的多样性，以及在整个加勒比海。随着世界各地的业余爱好越来越受欢迎，中国和南美的礁将他们的一些注意力转移到了生活的珊瑚上their哥伦比亚的海岸和一家公司在现代礁石水族馆照明下展示了这些珊瑚的美丽。
We’re unsure if it’s actually合法的，但蒙多天然麦德林（Mundo Natural MedellinInstagram page。当然，大多数礁都知道加勒比海的Staghorn和Elkhorn Corals，AcroporacervicornisandA. Palmata，，，，but they are probably less familiar with the interesting SPS and LPS corals with their own textures, colors, patterns and tissue.
Agariciaare encrusting and semi branching coral species that are reminiscent ofLeptoseris，，，，many of these occur in muted jade colors but also can be found with bright orange mouths and rims, golden striations or bright white mouths on a black background. One of our favorite large polyp species isMycetophylliawhich appears to be a visual cross ofechinophyllia圣地和‘Symphyllia’ open brain coralswith crazy looking beaded tissues and really striking patterns of spots and stripes.
更熟悉的LPS珊瑚包括异藻andIsophyllastreawhich are very similar to theLobophylliaspecies which were formerly classified asSymphylliaand while most of these are dull greys, browns and green, the occasional specimen is actually bright with stripes or splashes of neon green. Other interesting species include山脊髓群，，，，Manicina，and文凭which are all distinct but have a growth form of meandering valleys and ridges of different sizes and proportions.
The last major group of Caribbean stony corals are the solitary corallites ofScolymiacubensiswhich mirrors the basic redor澳大利亚“ Scolies”的绿色，偶尔会发现带有溅出或条纹图案的标本，但到目前为止，澳大利亚的视网膜灼热不明飞行物，扭曲，流血的苹果或大师sclose的顺序尚无。Scolymiacubensis实际上，通常在某些栖息地，通常在外礁墙和壁架下大量发生，因为它们更喜欢降低照明的清洁水。
完全可以理解的是，整个加勒比海珊瑚范围内没有合法收集的石质珊瑚，我们想提醒所有人，在大多数加勒比海和美国国家中，严格禁止他们的收藏。但是，该禁令的副作用是，这些物种在礁石水族馆的爱好中没有生存的方舟，因此对佛罗里达州和其他地方的条件下降的情感依恋少得多。
在像佛罗里达这样的地方参加礁石水族馆珊瑚市场存在一种认知失调成千上万的人of colonies and frags of corals from the other side of the world, but not a single example of the coral diversity living just off shore. For years we’ve felt that there’s got to be some middle ground between protecting the Caribbean reefs from over collection, and these corals having basically zero presence in the reef aquarium world – perhaps one day we reefers can help to refine加勒比珊瑚的特殊技术并帮助他们通过我们的礁石坦克保护它们，但是现在您基本上必须潜水才能去看它们，或者如果您幸运的话，有些public aquariums有少量的这些天然珊瑚宝藏。
