Types of Aquarium Coral Reefs: An Overview (With Pictures)

Aquarium Coral Reefs

Class Hydrozoa
Fire Coral and Lace Coral – Hydrocorals include fire corals in the Milleporidae family and lace corals in the Stylasteridae family. They are Cnidarians just like the stony corals, but are in the class Hydrozoa. They have a potent sting.
Corallimorphs
Mushroom Anemones – Corallimorphs or Mushroom Anemones. Although similar to sea anemones as they have no calcerous skeleton, anatomically they more strongly resemble stony corals.
Octocorals – Soft Corals
Gorgonians – Sea Fans and Sea Whips – members of the subclass Octocorallia. This group is called the Octocorals, and loosely referred to as soft corals.	Leather Corals – Types of Leather Corals – Beginner Aquarium Soft Corals. They come in all sorts of attractive shapes and can be quite dynamic in the reef aquarium.
Soft Corals – Types of Soft Coral in the Family Alcyoniidae. The true soft corals consist of many beautiful species that occur in all the colors of the rainbow and come in all sorts of attractive shapes.	Unique Octocorals – Blue Coral, Organ Pipe Coral, Green Star Polyps, Sea Pens.
Order: Actiniaria and Ceriantharia
Anemones – Watching an anemone living with a clownfish is one cool experience! Learn about aquarium care for anemones and which ones are most likely to host clownfish.
Order: Zoantharia – Zoanthus, Palythoa, Zoas
Zoanthids – Button Polyps, Colonial Anemones, Sea Mats. They resemble clusters of miniature sea anemones, often growing like a mat across a hard substrate.
Stony Corals
Stony Corals LPS – Large Polyp Stony Corals. These corals are generally larger calcareous corals. They have much larger fleshy polyps than those of the small polyp stony (SPS) corals.	Stony Corals SPS – Small Polyp Stony Corals. The SPS corals have much smaller polyps than the LPS corals. SPS corals are usually either branching or plated.
Tridacnid Clams
Giant Clams – Tridacna Clams and Hippopus Clams. Tridacna Clams and Hippopus Clams are beautiful, hardy, grow rapidly, and require little care. It is important to be well prepared for the care of your clam before actually purchasing one.

Aquarium Coral Reefs Features

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