Question: what are sps and lps corals?
Answer: Hard corals are of two types: LPS and SPS. These stand for large polyp stony and small polyp stony, though LPS are sometimes referred to as long polyp stony. Sometimes the last 's' in LPS and SPS is also referred to as scleractinian so small polyp scleractinian, as all hard corals, belong to the order Scleractinia.