What Are The Coral Family

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I have bought a few corals so far and I'm definitly looking to buy a lot more. I know for a fact that some coral I cannot keep because of my lights. I have two actanic with two day lights for a total of 265W It's kinda like the coralife model but cheaper.

I seem to be limited to soft coral which is fine, but some soft coral are hard and some hard coral I could keep.

What does SPS and other acronymes mean and which ones could I keep.

Thanx
 
Hehe, I totally just PMed someone this, so I'll re-copy it here :)

There are 3 general classes of corals we use as hobbiests...

Soft corals (aka softies) include things like leathers, zoos, palythoa, mushrooms, xenia, star polyps, sinularia, kenya tree, and many more.

Large Polyped Stony (LPS) include brain corals, hammer, torch, frogspawn, galaxea, bubble, acanthestrea, micromussa, blastomussa, hydnophora, lobophyllia, cynarina, and lots more.

Small Polyped Stony (SPS) include Pocillipora, Acropora, Montipora, Cyphastrea, Pavona, and plenty others.

In general softies are a cinch to keep, LPS are only moderately difficult, and SPS corals can be very difficult to keep. There are of course always exceptions to every rule, but those are some general guidelines. Your lighting (essentially dual full length PC's) will support any softie and do well with most of the easier LPS. Brains, hammer, torch, frogspawn, galaxea, bubble, cynarina, hydnophora, candycane, and blasstomussa merletti will all do well from the LPS category. acanthestrea, micromussa, blastomussa wellsophyllia, lobophyllia, and goniopora will all either struggle or not survive at all under that lighting. As far as SPS goes, I'd probably only try a really hardy one like pocillipora damicornis or perhaps a montipora capricornis. Most other SPS will not do well under that low lighting. Clams and anemones are unfortunately not reccomended either.

Hope that helps
 
thanx that is exactly what I was looking for!!!

-Surf
 

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