SPS?

[WRASSER]

Back to the basics, what does SPS stand for? :?

 

[Anonymous]

"Small polyp stoney" coral.

LPS: "Large polyp stoney" coral.

Louey

 

[WRASSER]

Can you give some simple examples of each, please

 

[Anonymous]

Sure:

SPS
Acropora
Montipora
Seriatopora
Piccolopora
Hyndopora
See, stoneys with small polyps.

LPS
Frogspawn
Hammer
Fox
Tongue
Bubble
Torch
See, stony corals with large polyps.

Get it?

Louey

 

[WRASSER]

Well I get half of it, The SPS, I havent herd of any of them. Are they like plate corals? Or like star polyps and gorganians? :?

 

[Anonymous]

Here are some pictures of my SPS "stoney corals. SPS and LPS are stoney corals. Meaning they grow skeletons covered in tissue that is usually colored and they have small polyps.

LPS have skeltons and large polyps, like the bubbles on the bubble coral. That is a large polyp.

Here's my SPS pics.

 

[WRASSER]

Ok, I think I am getting it, What size determines weather it is LPS OR SPS?

 

[Anonymous]

What size determines weather it is LPS OR SPS?

I don't think I have ever seen a size spelled out. The SPS's polpys are all very small. LPS's polyps's are quite large. I don't think I have ever seen a medium polyp, so there isn't much room for confusion IMO.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

To really get "back to basics", SPS = Small Polyped Scleractinian

 

[Anonymous]

Also, RDO has a handy guide for common abbreviations used on this site:
http://www.reefs.org/library/abbreviations.html

 

[WRASSER]

Thanks PitPat, i honsetly tried to look it up before I asked, unfortantly I couldn't find it. guess i wasnt asking the correct question.
Thanks Again :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Louey,

You fragging that superman? It's beautiful!

 

[Anonymous]

cvp7900 wrote:

Louey,

You fragging that superman? It's beautiful!

Thank you. I agree that it is beautiful. I am keeping it all for myself for now. For that matter, I'm not fragging anything out of my tank yet. Got wait for it to grow, grow, grow.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

PitPat wrote:

SPS = Small Polyped Scleractinian

You are correct. I started to look it up to be certain, but was too lazy. The term scleractinian specifially refer hard "stony" corals. Corals that grow skeletons.

Louey