Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte

LPS, SPS, and Soft Corals in RASOC Tanks

Below are tables of different corals that are commonly kept in captivity and are in RASOC member's reef tanks. Scientific as well as common names are listed and the representative photos are from RASOC member's aquariums. Click the photos for a larger image.

Many soft corals are excellent beginner corals and make good additions to "fish only with live rock" (FOWLR) systems. They can add some color and motion and compliment a fish-centric tank. Generally speaking, SPS and LPS corals require better water quality than most soft corals.

Soft Coral Table

Large Polyp Stony Coral Table

Small Polyp Stony Coral Table

NOTE: This page is under construction. We need help from RASOC members to complete it! Please PM Greg (Homebrew) with suggestions and/or photo links to representative photos FROM YOUR TANK. Multilple submissions from different members for the same coral are welcome. Unless you specify otherwise, credit will be given as to what coral specimens came from which member's aquarium. This is not a comprehensive list of what we have. It is merely a starting point.

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Soft Corals
Scientific Name	Common Name(s)	Photo ID
Zooanthus sp.	Button Polyps, Zoas, Zoos
Clavularia viridis	Green Stars
Palythoa sp.	Palys, Palythoas, Sea Mats
Parazoanthus gracilis	Yellow Polyps
Discosoma and Actinodiscus sp.	Mushrooms
Ricordea florida	Ricordea, Rics
	Yellow Leather
Xenia elongata	Pulsating Xenia
Sarcophyton alcyonidae	Gold Crown Toadstool
Sinularia sp.	Green Finger Coral

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Large Polyp Stony Corals (LPS)
Scientific Name	Common Name(s)	Photo ID
Euphyllia ancora	Hammer
Catalaphyllia jardinei	Elegance
Plerogyra sinuosa	Bubble
Heliofungia actiniformis	Plate
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi	Open Brain
Fungia sp.	Disk
Flavites abdita	Moon
Alveopora gigas	Alveopora
Blastomussa wellsi	Blastomussa
Goniopora sp.	Flower Pot Coral

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Small Polyp Stony Corals (SPS)
Scientific Name	Common Name(s)	Photo ID
Acropora cerealis	A. Cerealis
Acropora microphthalma	A. Microphthalma
Montipora Capricornis	Orange Cap, Purple Rimmed Cap
Orange M. Digitata	Montipora digitata
	Hammer, Anchor
	Frogspawn
	Torch
	Plate
	Elegance
	Sun
	Rose
	Flowerpot
	Star
	Brain
	Moon
	Pineapple

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