Newest Coral

[FishGeek]

I just picked up some Alveopora Its not completely out yet but its getting there.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice looking piece. How big is it?

 

[CoolWaters]

looks darker then most but an excellent piece. how much was it?

 

[Joe Fish]

Very cool looking.

 

[FishGeek]

Thanks I paid $60 for it and its pretty big, about 5-6 inches across.

 

[TRe]

unfortunatly ive heard nothing but bad about them .... that being said its a beautiful piece and good luck with it

 

[Lotus]

Looks nice

 

[Katie217]

nice coral!

 

[Fuzz16]

very pretty! makes me want to get one

tre, what have you heard bad about them?

 

[TRe]

tre, what have you heard bad about them?

besides that they are nearly impossible to keep long term ... they also die a slow and ugly death.. that being said alvepora is suposed to be a little easier to keep than gonipora the differance being alvepora has 12 tenacles and gonipora has 24 i think

 

[Fuzz16]

o...sadness. their so pretty

 

[FishGeek]

Goniopora is the hard one, not Alveopora. The problem though is getting the Alveopora to eat. But once thats done your good to go. Granted that can be hard with some specimans but I know someone who has had this coral alive in his tank for a number of years, so I have some hope.

 

[TRe]

Goniopora is the hard one, not Alveopora.

do a google search ... youll find that though alvepora is easier to keep than gonipora they are both extremly difficult to keep with only few success stories...dont get me wrong though i wish you the best of luck with it

 

[Lotus]

My coral book says they're really hard to keep alive

Apparently they like a lower current and medium lighting. I hope it works out for you

 

[TRe]

i also read they thrive on high nutrients wich is kinda the opposite of what we try to do *crazysmil

 

[Lorna]

well against all good judgement I purchased a really nice piece of alveopora about 6 months ago. It has slowly succumbed and is barely alive now. I tried everything to feed it and keep it much to my distress. It is sad as they are beautiful animals.........but I now agree, best left in the ocean. Good luck Geek, I hope yours fares much better than mine.......

(I even tried taking it out and bowl feeding it, no luck)

 

[TRe]

looking on this site they claim people are keeping both alvepora and gonipora with sucess by regularly feeding oyster eggs i guess itd be worth a shot huh?

 

[Lorna]

hhmmmm that is interesting. I tried marine plankton and couldn't keep it alive, it finally died totally.....sad day