Reef Gardener

22/01/2025

We finally have some gorgeous flower anemones back in stock, plus a whole bunch of new corals from our farm.

Press the Link to see them all:
https://www.reefgardener.com/search?q=anemones&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

Any order over $150 will receive a FREE small red bubble tip anemone this week (limit one per customer). If you are in the South Florida area and would like to shop in person please DM me.

We know it’s cold outside, we’ll hold your corals in warm Miami until things get back to normal. 😎🌴🌞

19/01/2025

Check out these awesome grafted montipora frags we've been growing out, they are looking sweet! The first photo is of our Sunfire grafted montipora mother colony, it's been with us for about 8 months now and is getting some beautiful swirls and coloration. Find them on Reefgardener.com

Any order over $150 this week will receive a receive a small red bubble tip anemone for FREE. (Limit one per customer) Don't worry if it's cold where you are, we'll hold your corals until the weather is great. :)

13/01/2025

My Toyota Prius has had some failing fuel cells for a few months now so I went up to NY so I could get a new car since used car shipping in Miami is a nightmare. I had hoped to get all of my holiday orders out before I left but the winter storm last week had other things to say about it. I’ll be back in Miami soon with my new Nissan Rogue. Thanks to everyone for your patience while I went through this. All orders will be going out asap.

09/01/2025

Purple candelabra gorgonians are back in stock on Reefgardener.com These are fully photosynthetic and easy to keep under med/high lighting. Lots of other new corals added tonight as well.

If you are worried about the cold weather, don't be! We're keeping an eye on things and will hold your order until things are thawed out in a week or two. :)

https://www.reefgardener.com/products/rare-purple-candelabra-gorgonian-plexaura-2

Rare Purple Candelabra Gorgonian Plexaura Medium

03/01/2025

Happy New Year! Take 25% everything on Reefgardener.com now - Monday evening. Discount automatically applied at checkout.Our usual free shipping offer will also apply to your orders over $295.00 (East coast) $310 (west coast/midwest) $225 Florida residents. Love you all!

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02/01/2025

Happy New Year to all of my re**er friends! Wishing you all the love, luck, and happiness that there is. Thank you for your continued support in this 20th year of my business.

I’ll be posting a site wide 25% off sale tomorrow, in the meantime here are some of my fav photos from 2024.

21/12/2024

A couple months ago my friend’s Radion LED stayed on for 24 hours which caused a major ph spike and two of his largest Acropora colonies died from slow rtn after that. Generally it is the most mature colonies that are affected by this sort of thing compared to smaller colonies and frags. Today I went in and removed the rest of the dead corals and reworked the aquascaping on the right side of the tank. Even though it is tempting to place more pieces of rock to create more verticality it’s important to be patient and remember that your corals will fill in that space over time just like they do out on a reef.

Big thanks to for trusting me to help rework things and doing such a good job staying on top of the water chemistry, etc so everything will continue to flourish.

If you are in need of some expert help with your reef/aquascaping feel free to DM me, creating thriving and natural looking reefs is my passion.

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17/12/2024

I was lucky enough to catch my Fu Manchu lionfish chilling in my big Tyree leather coral tonight. It’s so awesome when you have a large enough tank that creatures can act like they would out in the ocean. 😊

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05/12/2024

Even more corals posted up and on sale today :) Reefgardener.com

03/12/2024

Better late than never HUGE website update and sale now live. I had so much new stuff to post that it took longer than expected. These photos are just a little taste of all the corals on Reefgardener.com

Every order this week will receive a free frag of my choice, my appreciation to all of you for your support. I know it's cold out there so I am happy to hold orders and ship next week when it's a bit warmer.

If you've never ordered from us before, be sure to tap the Judge Me tab on our homepage to see a lot of our verified customer reviews.

01/12/2024

Hoping you all have had a fantastic holiday enjoying some time off with family and friends.

Yes, a big sale is coming soon either tomorrow or Cyber Monday so please stand by and enjoy a bit of eye candy while we get things ready. I will announce it here and on our website when the sale is live. 😎

22/11/2024

Huge website update is now live on Reefgardener.com. We have a lot of really nice, colony size corals available this week for those of you looking for something a bit larger.

I am shipping Monday and Tuesday of this week.

18/10/2024

Here is a really stunning video of Rhodactis sanctithomae mushrooms out in the ocean. The OP has them mislabeled, but I wanted to share it with all of you so you can see how gorgeous they are growing on a natural reef.

We also have some for sale here:

https://www.reefgardener.com/collections/ricordea-mushrooms

16/10/2024

Just in time for Halloween, yesterday I took this beast of a Eunicid worm out of my 160 gallon reef tank. I knew something was lurking in my tank, moving pieces of rubble rock around, and munching my soft corals, but it had been eluding me. I even reaquascaped my whole reef tank three months ago partially in an effort to find what was doing damage, but I couldn’t find anything. A few days ago a chunky frag of Cespitularia and a bounce mushroom vanished, I found the nub of the Xenia under my rock and that renewed my suspicion that I had a eunicid worm in my tank. Yesterday when I lifted a rock to collect a bubble tip anemone for a customer’s order this big guy was lurking underneath. We had an epic battle as it rapidly tried to slither away, I grabbed my coral cutters to catch it with, the worm was even trying to strike me like a snake as I was trying to pull it out, my heart was actually pounding lol
Finally after turning half of my tank upside down I got it all out. Scary though it is, they aren’t very common in reef tanks, I’m sure it came in as a small hitchhiker and then grew to its current 2.5+ foot size.

Go to my instagram: reef_goddess to see the videos. 😎

On a happy note, my friend who teaches marine biology will be giving this guy its own tank in her class room.

12/10/2024

Happy weekend to you all! We are still here going strong, the hurricane didn't blow us away and Reefgardener.com is full of new corals. Lots of stuff for small budgets, plus some high end hotties for you collector's.

08/10/2024

Feeling pretty excited, I have 62 new frags coming in this morning from an awesome coral farmer in Tampa who I have been wanting to order with all summer. I was really glad to be able to support them before they go through hurricane Milton.

Praying for all my friends and customers who are facing this. 💖

05/10/2024

I spent a long day down in Marathon taking care of the farm after not having time to go for about 3.5 weeks, I was a little worried about how things would be doing, thankfully everything has just been growing and exceeding my expectations.

I’ve been growing under natural sunlight for a little over two years, it’s not always easy and there have been losses, but corals do grow so much faster under the natural sunlight. As long as you’re willing to roll with it and treat it like farming a garden you’ll be alright. If you want to be successful you have to be determined and adapt to situations instead of beating your head against the wall.

It was cloudy and a bit rainy so it didn’t make for the best photos, but here are some anyway cause most of the time I get so busy working that I forget to take photos. We’ve been putting in a lot of effort/love and it pays off, next year we’ll really be cooking and can start offering more stuff to wholesale customers so feel free to hit me up. 😎 Reefgardener.com