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Posted 4/10/2008 10:09:46 PM


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I'm playing with my new camera and I want to know what these inhabitants on my new live rock are?



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Posted 4/11/2008 4:26:42 AM
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That is a common LPS coral that is often found as a hitchhiker on Caribbean live rock. I have forgotten the name and I can't look it up because it is on Ron Shimek's web site, which is down right now.

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Posted 4/11/2008 4:45:35 PM


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Ummm excuse my newbieness but what is LPS coral? 

I hear LPS and all I can think of is my daughter's Littlest Pet Shops toys.

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Posted 4/11/2008 8:26:19 PM
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LPS=large polyp stony corals

If you want this to live and grow, feed it with a little piece of shrimp or fish every week or so. They generally will reproduce if fed too.

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Posted 4/11/2008 10:53:19 PM


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Awesome thanks Hailey.

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