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Saltwater Aquarium Corals

Coral groups and care information

Saltwater Aquarium Corals brings together the species kept in coral aquariums in three groups. Soft corals have no stony skeleton, while LPS are large polyp and SPS are small polyp stony corals. The groups differ in how they respond to changes in light, flow and water values. Each species page gives light, flow and placement needs.

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Blue Hammer Coral colony with its hammer-tipped tentacles fully extended over a wall shaped skeleton

LPS Corals

Hammer Coral

Mushroom Coral (Discosoma sp.) opened side by side across a rock as a group of discs, the mouth areas lighter than the disc surface

Soft Corals

Mushroom Coral

Neon Pineapple Tree Coral (Capnella sp.) with polyps fully open, its bright green crown of branches on a thick stalk

Soft Corals

Neon Pineapple Tree Coral

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