different types of sps growth patterns

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  1. stoney waters

    stoney waters Fire Shrimp

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    Sometime after the holiday I would like to get into some sps(sense i will have a little bit of money to spend). I cant find a good website to show any growth patterns of sps coral, I know most branching, but i want to know some of the tabling sps and such. Hope this makes sense. Al list a few coral I like mabe you guys can tell me how they grow.
    1. Rusty Pink Millepora
    2.Pearlberry Acropora Coral
    3.Hawkin's Blue Echinata
    4.Sunrise Staghorn Acropora Coral
    5.Phil's Granulosa

    Thanks for your help.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Tabling Acropora

    Red Planet.
    Acropora hyacinthus.
    Elfo.

    Those are three I can thing of off the top of my head. You have a nice list of branching ones there. I really like the pearlberry and the Hawkins enchinatia.
     
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  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Milleporas may do a hybrid of branching and tabling.

    Great selection BTW.
     
  5. stoney waters

    stoney waters Fire Shrimp

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    thanks corailline
     
  6. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    I have seen millies do a ball type of growth as well.