Tag: LPS coral
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Galaxea Coral Care Guide: Galaxea fascicularis
The galaxea coral (Galaxea fascicularis) attracts hobbyists with its stunning arrangement of tentacles. Regardless of your color choice, you’ll end up with a beautiful display of waving white tips. And in no time, your saltwater aquarium will have a thriving colony. But galaxea corals aren’t the easiest species to manage. Those gorgeous tentacles? They pack…
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14 Best LPS corals for beginners: easy care, affordable
I started my first saltwater tank more than a decade ago, but I can still remember the feelings of excitement, anticipation and fear about selecting my first few aquarium corals. As a beginner in the aquarium hobby, it can be a bit daunting to figure out which corals are easiest to care for, affordable, and…
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Blastomussa Coral Care: Blastomussa spp.
The blastomussa coral (Blastomussa spp.) group produces as much confusion as it does popularity. The impressive polyps these large polyp stony (LPS) corals extend into the water disguise the underlying calcium skeleton. And they give it a similar appearance to mushroom, brain, and even candy cane corals. It isn’t until those polyps retract that you…
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How to Frag Coral: A Beginner’s Guide to Your First Frags
Do you keep soft corals in your aquarium? Have you ever bought a coral frag from your local fish store or a fellow hobbyist and wondered where it came from? Have you wondered how to frag coral in your aquarium but weren’t sure where to start? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ll go…
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Elegance Coral: Catalaphyllia jardinei
Elegance coral (Catalaphyllia jardinei) is an excellent large polyp stony (LPS) coral for the mixed reef tank. This elegant coral is an anemone look-alike and has long, flowing tentacles, although it is more closely related to frogspawn, torch, and hammer corals than sea anemones. Several different color morphs/varieties are available, so if you shop around,…
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LPS Coral
What is an LPS Coral? LPS coral is the name given to the group of coral species that have a stony skeleton, made from calcium carbonate, and large fleshy polyps. Many of the popular LPS coral species look a bit like a cross between a small polyp stony coral and a soft coral. LPS Coral Types The most popular LPS…
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Sweeper Tentacle Epiphany
Introduction I’m not sure how you feel about it, but whenever I imagine the ‘ideal’ reef aquarium, I conjure a vision in my mind of a bountiful, reef tank chock full of corals. The hypothetical aquarium is an aquatic cornucopia with SPS, LPS, leather coral, mushrooms, and more all living together, filling nearly every square…
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Candy Cane Coral: Caulastrea furcata, a great beginner LPS coral species
The candy cane coral is an LPS coral (stands for large polyp stony coral) species that is great for beginner and intermediate reef tanks. While some LPS corals are aggressive and have large, stinging sweeper tentacles, this attractive coral species is mild-mannered and has very short sweeper tentacles, by comparison, and can, therefore, be kept…
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Frogspawn Coral: How to care for Euphyllia divisa in saltwater aquarium
Are you interested in keeping the Frogspawn coral in a saltwater aquarium, but aren’t sure if it is hard to keep, where to put it, or how quickly it will even grow? Let’s dive right into some tips about Frogspawn coral care, and answer some of your questions. Table of contents: Frogspawn coral care Varieties…
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Duncan coral: Duncanopsammia axifuga
The Duncan coral, duncanopsammia axifuga, has large, fleshy polyps and looks a little bit like a zoanthid or other button polyp species, but it is really a large polyp stony (LPS) coral. They are sometimes also called whisker coral or daisy coral. Like all LPS corals, Duncans have a calcified stony skeleton and therefore require…
