Most aquarium hobbyists in the United States today have never seen hard coral from Palau. Palau’s national congress passed the Marine Protection Act of 1994 which restricted hard coral exports, with exceptions for cultured specimens.
Biota Palau is now growing stony coral for the US aquarium market. We have many cultured coral species from around the world available already, and we’ll be adding even more variety to our catalog in the future.
Stony coral species from Palau available now:
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-palau-neon-green-candycane-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/eggplant-emoji-favia-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/soursop-green-torch-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/royal-palau-torch
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-portal-chalice
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/palau-bicolor-hammer-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/palau-leptastrea-favites-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-palau-christmas-lobo
The names of our Palau corals are often based on something Palau-related. The Soursop torch is named after the popular fruit. The Eggplant Emoji Favia is named because eggplant is the favorite food of our general manager Manu who lives in Palau. Some of the Acropora are named after where the mother fragment came from, like "Turtle Bay."
We're especially fascinated by the Royal Palau and the Soursop Torch corals. They possess qualities of both an Australian and Indo torch coral simultaneously, being rather thick but also having the wispy Indo tentacles.
As far as we know, the last time hard coral from Palau was imported into the United States was around 2014. We are constantly expanding our coral catalog, so stay tuned for more beautiful coral from Palau!
Biota Palau is now growing stony coral for the US aquarium market. We have many cultured coral species from around the world available already, and we’ll be adding even more variety to our catalog in the future.
Stony coral species from Palau available now:
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-palau-neon-green-candycane-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/eggplant-emoji-favia-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/soursop-green-torch-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/royal-palau-torch
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-portal-chalice
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/palau-bicolor-hammer-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/palau-leptastrea-favites-coral
https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/biota-palau-christmas-lobo
The names of our Palau corals are often based on something Palau-related. The Soursop torch is named after the popular fruit. The Eggplant Emoji Favia is named because eggplant is the favorite food of our general manager Manu who lives in Palau. Some of the Acropora are named after where the mother fragment came from, like "Turtle Bay."
We're especially fascinated by the Royal Palau and the Soursop Torch corals. They possess qualities of both an Australian and Indo torch coral simultaneously, being rather thick but also having the wispy Indo tentacles.
As far as we know, the last time hard coral from Palau was imported into the United States was around 2014. We are constantly expanding our coral catalog, so stay tuned for more beautiful coral from Palau!
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