James:
Can you share the link wher you find this
post?
It looks very interesting to read.
TIA.
Reef Man
ICQ # 21731316
www.crystal-oceans.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Payne, James E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday,
October 05, 2001 3:29 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE:
Ooops...
> Nope, there are many differences in them. Too many to
explain
> here, but,
> they take totally different lighting, flow
and tank
> placement. They are
> completely different species of
corals that are found in
> completly different
> areas of the
ocean.
I think you'll find that Eric Borneman would disagree with you
here. He
maintains that in reality the SPS and LPS labels are only good
at perhaps
estimating what size food is consumed. Beyond that the
corals really are
about the same. On the Reef Central board, he's gone
into many a lecture on
how these labels are misleading.
Here's a quote
from one of his posts:
"I am going to keep typing this over and over
again until light starts to
dawn on all the marble heads created by false
rumors and thoughts in this
hobby, ok? Its not your fault, or anyone's, just
comes from listening to the
voices of the unknowing.
THERE IS NO
DIFFERENCE BEETWEEN AN "SPS" CORAL AND AN "LPS" CORAL EXCEPT THE
SIZE OF
THEIR POLYPS.
"SPS" CORALS DO NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRE CONDITIONS
DIFFERENT FROM "LPS"
CORALS.
THEY CAN BOTH BE FOUND ON ALL TYPES OF
REEFS AND IN ALL REEF AREAS.
Come diving with me and I'll show you
forests of Acropora, Pocillopora, etc.
at 120 feet. I'll show you "SPS"
corals growing under ledges behind other
corals where the amount of light
they get is about the same as a Bic
lighter. I'll show you Montastraea and
Favia growing where waves break or at
the water line and exposed to noonday
sun. Its just a crock of you-know what
that we still think that small polyped
corals come from high light and
strong water flow....they very well might
have come from such conditions and
they equally much might not have come from
such conditions.
Please, please, please, help spread this word and let's
get rid of this
awful term and thought pattern."
James
Payne
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