Enlightened Corals, LLC is an Arizona based company, owned and operated by Greg Collinske and Charity Glick, dedicated to providing quality customer service, intriguing corals and unique insight and knowledge to the ever growing hobby.  Our mission is to work with as many coral farmers in a cooperative effort to promote captive grown corals, aquacultured by aquarists, focused on sustaining the future of our hobby. 

Greg grew up in several small towns across the West - mainly Colorado, settling down in Phoenix, Arizona to pursue his dream in marine biology.   With over a decade of experience in reef and fish (swim) only installations/services, retail sales, public aquarium husbandry, scuba certification and aquatic quarantine procedures, Greg is recognized throughout the reefing community as a source of expert information.

Greg has now turned his focus to marine conservation and coral aquaculture and is continuously expanding Enlightened Coral's horizons through coral preservation, reproduction and propagation.

Charity, raised in Arizona and Colorado, completed two degrees to become the youngest vice president of an independent film company distributing films internationally.  Now, with her focus turned to marine conservation, Charity has been submerged in creating a vast and exotic product line for the most particular reef enthusiast.

Enlightened Corals is committed to providing quality, rare and exotic captive grown corals. We do not condone nor promote the harvesting of wild corals that leads to the destruction of our natural reef systems. We work with a number of local farmers within the community to ensure the consistency of our captive grown mother colonies.  Once the mother colonies have reached their desired results, we will then propagate (frag) the mother colonies to assist color stabilization and to make certain the coral's base successfully encrusts on to the plug or rock. Doing this not only aids in the rehabilitation, but the future growth of said specimen in order to maintain the vitality of the parent colony.

For more information or to pre-order, please send us a request on our Contact Us page, or call (480) 619-9274

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Did You Know...

1.  Reefs protect coastlines from harsh ocean storms and floods.

2.  Some evidence suggests that corals and other reef inhabitants could potentially provide important medicines, including anti-cancer drugs, painkillers, and anti-inflammatory compounds.

3.  Hard corals build by secreting calcium carbonate skeletons.

4.  Boring organisms such as sponges, worms, and bivalves; along with grazers such as parrotfish and sea urchins break down the coral skeletons. Borers and grazers usually attack dead coral. The resulting sediment settles into spaces in the reef.

5.  Coralline algae, encrusting bryozoans, and minerals cement the dead organic matter, stabilizing the reef structure.

6.  The coral reef ecosystem is a diverse collection of species that interact with each other and the physical environment. The sun is the initial source of energy for this ecosystem. Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton, algae, and other plants convert light energy into chemical energy. As animals eat plants or other animals, a portion of this energy is passed on.

7.  Corals can reproduce both sexually and asexually. An individual polyp may use both reproductive modes within its lifetime.

8.  A coral polyp is a tubular saclike animal with a central mouth surrounded by a ring of tentacles. The end opposite the tentacles, called the base, is attached to the substrate.

9.  Depending on the species, coral polyps may measure less than an inch to several inches in diameter (a few millimeters to several centimeters).

            *One of the largest corals, Fungia (mushroom coral), is 
              a solitary coral that can extend 10 in. (25 cm) in               
              diameter.

            *Colonial coral polyps are much smaller and average 
              0.04 to 0.12 in. (1-3 mm) in diameter.

10.  Coral colonies also vary in size. Some corals form only  small colonies. Others may form colonies several feet (a few meters) high. Star coral (Montastrea annularis) colonies reach an average height of 10 to 13 ft. (3-4m).

11.  Reef-building corals require warm ocean temperatures (68° to 82° F, or 20° to 28° C). Warm water flows along the eastern shores of major land masses.

12.  Some corals eat zooplankton (tiny drifting animals) or small fishes. Others consume organic debris.  Many reef- building corals derive their nutrition from zooxanthellae. Coral polyps are generally nocturnal feeders. At night, they extend their tentacles to capture food with the aid of nematocysts.  Some corals secret films or strands of mucus to collect fine organic particles.  In reef-building corals, to mobile filaments originating from the stomach cavity can capture larger food particles. These filaments are also capable of digestion.  The stomach cavities of colonial corals are interconnected. Food obtained by one polyp can be passed to other polyps in the colony.  A polyp excretes solid wastes through its mouth.