Buying guides.
These are longer guides on which corals to look for, what a coral name covers, and what corals cost across shops. They give opinions and cite their sources, and they're updated when the advice changes.
The price reports show how coral prices changed across shops.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED SEP 2026
Your first SPS coral.
The easiest stony corals to keep alive on a first try. Most aren't acros. This guide also shows what the named ones typically cost.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUL 2026
The best beginner corals for a new reef.
Corals that can handle the mistakes of a first tank. Most are cheap, and prices are worth checking on the named ones.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUL 2026
The best zoas to start a collection.
Good named zoas to start with, and how to tell a specific coral from a family name that covers a wide price range.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUL 2026
The most-hunted acros of 2026.
The Acropora corals that sell out in the first minute, and what they typically cost.
PRICE MAPUPDATED JUL 2026
What named corals actually cost.
What named corals cost, from zoas priced by the polyp to bounces over $1,000, and why one price doesn't tell you much.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUL 2026
The torch corals worth chasing.
The gold torch corals people look for most, which ones are really different, which are the same coral under a new name, and what each one typically costs.
BUYING GUIDEUPDATED JUN 2026
How to find and buy rare corals.
How to catch a rare coral before it sells out, spot a fake, and avoid problems once it's home.