Corals!?

[Mace Windu]

Can anyone tell me what the difference ism, and what the abbreviations are for & between LPS, SPS, Mushrooms, Clams & Soft Corals?

Cos at the moment I'm a little confused! :? :?:

 

[liquid]

Soft coral = corals like Nepthea, Anthelia, Green Star Polyps, Leathers, etc. They do not lay down a calcifying skeleton.

LPS = "Large Polyped Stoney" corals. Corals like brains, frogspawn, bubble corals, etc.

SPS = "Small Polyped Stoney" corals. Corals like Acropora, Hydophora, Seriatopora, etc.

Mushrooms = Discosoma, Ricordea, Rhodactis, etc.

Clams = Tridacnid species clams (Deresa, Gigas, etc).

http://www.reefs.org/library/glossary.html

Probably the best resource I can point you to would be Eric Borneman's Aquarium Corals book as it covers all of the major corals in the hobby.

hth

Shane

 

[Mace Windu]

Cheers!

 

[Johnsteph10]

Yup, I'd definitely say we have an english person here...

My wife is(was) from oxford -- and it took forever for all the cheers to go out of our marriage.....