Soft Corals

[fishy55599]

list as many as you can, all different colours aswell

 

[MrLiam]

ZOANTHID
kenya tree
mushrooms
xenia
GSP
Colt coral
Leather
Ricordea
Cabbage

 

[fishy55599]

will all of them be ok under t8s, i no most are but not sure on ricordea

 

[MrLiam]

Im not sure wait for a expert to come along.
You could always join Lord Sorgan with his NPS.

 

[fishy55599]

NPS?

 

[Donya]

NPS = non-photosynthetic

 

[woody88]

NPS?

Azoox baby!

 

[fishy55599]

NPS?

Azoox baby!

??

cheers Donya

 

[sorgan]

azoox or NPS are corals that do not require any light just need feeding.

 

[fishy55599]

oh like the sun, as i really want one, got the perfect place for it too

 

[sorgan]

Yep but a sun is an LPS coral.

 

[fishy55599]

completely confused

 

[weezawoo]

My cabbage leather is looking really good so would reccommend that definately!

 

[Donya]

completely confused

The whole LPS/SPS division is rather arbitrary and based on appearance rather than the physiology of the animal. Whether a coral is classed as LPS or SPS due to polyp size is independent of whether the coral requires light for photosynthesis and how much light (if any) it needs. Off the top of my head I can't think of any NPS SPS, but there are definitely photosynthetic LPS and non-photosynthetic LPS. If I recall right, a Duncan is basically the photosynthetic version of a sun coral.

Also in case there was any puzzlement over "azoox," as the Sorgonian said it is the same as NPS, but just means azooxanthellate (no zooxanthellae algae).

 

[lewiss]

Fishy!! Check out the resource centre!! I just done a photo gallery for corals and a coral list of species of soft coral!!