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05/08/2014, 03:08 AM
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Common English Names for Corals
In a month, I will be back in Canada, over there I'm planning to build a sps coral reef tank. Although I don't know the common names for corals, is there a website or anything that have information for corals? (all kinds) It doesn't really have to be in Chinese and English, but pictures are necessary.
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05/08/2014, 03:32 AM
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Liveaquaria.com will give you scientific and common names.
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05/08/2014, 03:41 AM
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yes , but is there a website with every coral? Because LA only has some of them
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05/08/2014, 07:33 AM
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This should be a good starting point http://coral.aims.gov.au/info/factsheets.jsp
Scientific names should be the proper way to identify corals (then language will not matter). If you are looking for the marketing names people use I am not sure if there is a complete data base, plus it seems everyone changes the names once a coral is in their possession. There are also good books for coral identification, like corals of the world |
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05/08/2014, 07:37 AM
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05/08/2014, 04:34 PM
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Thanks Everyone
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05/08/2014, 04:40 PM
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Usually when you buy corals in the store, do you ask by common names or scientific names?
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05/08/2014, 05:01 PM
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It really depends on the coral type though -- zoas/palys tend to have some crazy names, but they're all just color variants.
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05/08/2014, 06:20 PM
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It'll take a while for me to figure them out
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