Most Common SPS

[gusmanda]

What SPS would you say is most spread around the worlds tropical reefs?

 

[Reef264]

Birds of Paradise, or Montipora Capricornis.Probably.

 

[t4zalews]

i heard Poci's are the most common coral in the oceans

 

[dvanacker]

Birds of Paradise

What.....how can you say that....Ive never seen a BOP look a like in any wild or mariculture shipment.

 

[karsseboom]

Birds nest is the most common with the reefers.

 

[r-balljunkie]

What SPS would you say is most spread around the worlds tropical reefs?

corals compete for real estate. what usually permeates and spreads the fastest are the hardiest types that arent prone to temp/conditional changes. unfortunately, what will dominate a reef is not the most glamorous coral.....no cool name, just a lowly garden variety tannish acro that outlasts and outgrows all of the others, key word to the above described corals is 'close to the shore'. once you hit the open ocean and go to depths, the species are varied and will change greatly by locale. i cant find pulsing xenia withing a 30 mile radius from where im at....take a boat ride up the atoll, and you'll be tired of seeing it. you're question is open ended, and there is no good answer.


please note , im only speaking from my locale, as the corals in Bonaire, Phi Phi, Australia, Bali etc will differ. only my untrained, non scientific observations based on shear area coverage. whats really dominant where i live is whats shown....as well as lobo's. mountains of em.

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[kawicivic]

Can you post a pic of a lobo mountain?

 

[Reef264]

What.....how can you say that....Ive never seen a BOP look a like in any wild or mariculture shipment.

I thought we were talking about the most common SPS in the industry, or in people's tanks, I guess I misread the post.Sorry.

 

[gusmanda]

yes, it's most common SPS in the wild that I was asking about.