Category:SPS

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Introduction

The SPS corals, or Small-Polpyed Stony corals, have the reputation for being the most difficult to keep, demanding excellent flow and lighting, stable tank conditions, and pristine water quality.

However, many exceptions apply. Some of the easier-to-keep SPS corals include some species of montipora, porites, and pavona. More difficult SPS corals include acropora, stylophora, seriatopora and pocillopora.

Overall, wild-collected specimens prove to be the most difficult to keep, requiring a lengthy adjustment period to captivity and a greater likelihood of suffering from Rapid Tissue Necrosis.

Captive-propagated SPS corals, on the other hand, seem to be much hardier than their wild-collected counterparts. Furthermore, with each generation of captive-propagated corals, the hardiness seems to increase.

Propagation

Many of the branching SPS corals are some of the best candidates for coral propagation, requiring little effort to frag the mother colonies.

Species

Family Acroporidae

• Genus Acropora
• Genus Anacropora
• Genus Montipora

Family Poritidae

• Genus Porites

Family Pocilloporidae

• Genus Pocillopora
• Genus Seriatopora
• Genus Stylophora

Family Merulinidae

• Genus Merulina

Family Agariciidae

• Genus Pachyseris
• Genus Pavona

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Subcategories

There are 2 subcategories to this category.

A

• Acroporidae
• Agariciidae

Articles in category "SPS"

There are 8 articles in this category.

A Acropora Acroporidae

M Merulinidae Montipora P Pachyseris

P cont. Pavona Pocilloporidae Poritidae