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General descriptionThe Small-Polyp Stony or SPS-corals have small fleshy polyps that lay down a calcareous skeleton. They are usually either branching or plated. These are different than LPS, which are also called Large Polyped Stony corals. Both SPS corals and LPS corals are reef building corals and each polyp will build a stony skeleton, while soft corals don't usually leave a stony skeleton behind when they die.

SPS corals require different water parameters than soft corals do, for their survival [Further read], and especially for their maximum growth. They prefer to have close to zero measureable Nitrates, because these Nitrates can inhibit the building of their skeleton. The calcification of their skeleton can be slowed or stopped by higher levels of Nitrates.

Small-Polyp Stony corals use zooxanthellae in the same way that LPS and other corals do, but they require more specific conditions to grow and maintain health. Due to the reduced amount of zooxanthellae in SPS corals, it is sometimes necessary to feed the corals using phytoplankton or other coral food.

It is possible to keep SPS corals in the same tank as soft corals, but in the ocean, you don't really see a lot of mixing of the two types of corals except in sort of micro environments. Most part of SPS-corals enjoy bright light and strong currents. They are often fragile and are propagated by breaking off pieces. Small-Polyp Stonies are considered to be the ultimate challenge in keeping corals. They are certainly the most difficult types of coral to keep. But by doing a few things right within your system. It's really not that difficult to keep them.

Acropora(123), Anacropora(1), Montipora(48), Pocillopora(4), Porites(10), Psammocora(7), Seriatopora(4), Stylophora(2)

A. loisetteae

A. abrolhosensis

Acropora abrolhosensis

A. abrotanoides

Acropora aculeus

A. anthocercis

A. appressa

Acropora aspera

Stony Coral Colonies

Stony hard coral

A. bifurcata

Acropora carduus

A. caroliniana

Acropora caroliniana

A. cerealis

Acropora cerealis

A. cf. abrotanoides

Stony hard Coral

A. chesterfieldensis

A. clathrata

A. cophodactyla

A. cytherea

A. desalwii

A. digitifera

A. divaricata

Small Polyp Stone Coral

A. echinata

Acropora echinata

A. efflorescens

A. efforescens

A. exquisita

Acropora formosa

A. gemmifera

Acropora gemmifera

A. globiceps

Stoney Hard Coral

A. granulosa

Acropora granulosa

A. hoeksemai

Acropora horrida

Acropora humilis

A. hyacinthus

Stone coral or staghorn coral

A. insignis

A. jacquelineae

A. kimbeensis

A. kirstyae

A. kosurini

A. latistella

Hardy Stone Coral

A. longicyathus

Acropora loripes

A. macrostoma

Acropora macrostoma

A. meridiana

Stoney Hard Coral

A. microclados

Stone Coral colonie

A. microphthalma

Small Staghorn species

A. millepora

Acropora millepora

A. mirabilis

A. monticulosa

A. multiacuta

A. muricata

Acropora muricata

Small Polyp Stone Coral

A. natalensis

small polyp Stone Coral

A. paniculata

A. papillare

A. pectinatus

Stony hard coral

A. polystoma

A. prostrata

Acropora prostrata

A. rambleri

Ponape Rainbow Acro

A. samoensis

Small Polyp Stone Coral

A. sarmentosa

Stony hard coral

A. schmitti

Acropora secale

A. solitaryensis

Acropora solitaryensis

Stony hard coral

Acropora sp. 06

Acropora sp. 07

A. speciosa

A. spicifera

A. stoddarti

A. subglabra

A. subulata

Acropora subulata

A. suharsonoi

Acropora suharsonoi

Acropora tenuis

A. torresiana

A. tortuosa

A. tricolor

Hard Stony Coral

Acropora tumida

A. tutuilensis

A. valenciennesi

Smal Polyp Stone Coral

A. vaughani

Acropora vaughani

A. vermiculata

A. walindii

A. willisae

A. yongei sp.

Brown anacropora

M. flabellata

M. aequituberculata

Encrusting Pore Coral

M. altasepta

M. caliculata

Montipora caliculata

M. capricornis

M. cf. incrassata

M. crassituberculata

Montipora danae

M. delicatula

M. digitata 01

Montipora Colored Purple Branching

M. digitata 02

M. digitata 03

M. digitata 04

M. digitata 05

M. digitata 06

M. efflorescens

Hard Stone coral

Montipora foliosa

M. foveolata

Stony hard coral

Montipora grisea

M. hodgsoni

Montipora hodgsoni

M. hoffmeisteri

M. informis

M. millepora

M. monasteriata

Montipora nodosa

M. orientalis

M. palawanensis

M. peltiformis

M. samarensis

M. stellata

M. tuberculosa

Montipora tuberculosa

M. turgescens

M. turtlensis

Montipora turtlensis

Hard Stone Coral

M. verrucosa

M. vietnamensis

Stony hard coral

Pocillopora (4)

P. damicornis

P. verrucosa

P. australiensis

P. cylindrica

Stony hard coral

Multi Color Coral

P. monticulosa

P. murrayensis

Small Polyp Stone Coral

Clubbed finger coral

P. contigua

P. digitata

P. nierstraszi

P. obtusangula

P. profundacella

P. superficialis

Seriatopora (4)

S. caliendrum

S. guttatus

Bush Coral Stony Coral

Bird's Nest Coral

S. stellata

Bush or Club finger

S. pistillata

S. subseriata

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