Alveopora

[jer77]

So what's the general consensus around here concerning:

Alveopora sp.:

1. 1. Hardier/ less hardy/ no difference from Goniopora sp.?
   
   2. Hardiness depends greatly on the individual species?
   
   [COLOR=sea-green]3. High or moderate lighting?[/COLOR]
   
   4. High/ medium/ or low flow? And type of flow?
   
   5. Overall experiences/ life span in captivity/ individual observations[/list=1]
   
   
   Thanks!!

 

[maysorum]

Alveopora gigas

1. Supposedly hardier than Goniopora
3. I have mine in a well lit area, but it's on the sand bed (the polyps shouldn't touch the sand though).
4. Enough flow that their polyps sway gently.

I've noticed high/med flow damages the individual polyps and they become very floppy with brownish tissue where it is damaged. They do seem to repair themselves overnight, but I imagine continued high/med flow will permanently damage them and they will keep their polyps retracted.

I haven't witnessed them feeding, but when I add oyster eggs and reef roids the area between the tentacles protrudes and turns into a cone shape... so maybe the like the super small particles.

 

[doorlady]

we have had great success with ours, we have had him for about 11 months. He is on the sand bed and in medium flow. He has grown a good bit also. We have just in the past couple of weeks purchased a Gonipora, we are told they are difficult, but so far he looks good!

 

[JuliusJames]

Bump. Is the alveopora as hardy as frogspawns, torch, hammer? Anyone have pics?

 

[doorlady]

Alveopora is as hardy as frogspawn and hammers in my opinion. the picture in my post is of our alveopora. If you want to see a frogspawn, here is a picture of ours

 

[Atarax]

personally i can attest that my alvie has survived an unfortunate DkH spike that killed a torch colony of about 8 heads and started to melt a frogspawn colony before i managed to get the DkH back on track. I have heard horror stories of goniopora, GONE-iopora seems to be the consensus with anyone i know.

 

[doorlady]

Yea we have heard that the Goni. is very difficult, but decided to try and make ago of it, we are very dedicated to our aquariums. As you will notice we need to move him and give him more space. I will keep you posted on the Goni. We would love to be able to keep it and tell everyone how to maintain them.

 

[Zire]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15513424#post15513424 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doorlady
Alveopora is as hardy as frogspawn and hammers in my opinion. the picture in my post is of our alveopora. If you want to see a frogspawn, here is a picture of ours

I wish I could say the same as you because I love Alveopora, however even though I've had a hammer almost double in size over a year and a very healthy frogspawn, I couldn't keep my Alveopora alive for more than 2 months. It's polyps just began stretching less and less until I woke up one morning to find it almost completely devoid of flesh. I'm not sure on which species it was.

 

[doorlady]

Zire,
Sorry to hear about the Alve. Did you feed it oyster eggs? We were told to feed them oyster eggs and they would make it and it has. We really need to frag him a little, he has gotten so big, it is just so hard to cut something that you have grown out.

 

[redfishsc]

I have also read that dosing iron is possibly a helpful thing with goni, maybe also with alveopora.

I dose iron already (very small amounts, Randy's Fergon recipe) so I don't dose any extra.

 

[180+55reef]

easier than goni, harder than frog or hammer!

 

[doorlady]

I will try the iron in the tank with the new Goni. Thanks for the infor redfishsc

 

[stagcrazy]

i think all the ones that are posted are goniopora here is a pic of an alveopora http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0205/td_alveopora.jpg

 

[regalangelreef]

what type of lighting is needed to keep alevepora?

thanks
-jordan

 

[doorlady]

this is an alve. that I posted

it is in a 180 with vho lighting and has done very well

 

[maysorum]

just to clarify... goniopora has 24 tentacles and alveopora has 12.

 

[180+55reef]

just stay away from the green flower pot goni

 

[reefer31]

I have had my alveopora for almost a year and a half. I have finally found a spot that it loves and is finally starting to grow quite fast now. I got it at my lfs i work at for a good deal since it came in all bleached and half dead. It bounced back in my 29 gallon and when I upgraded to my 120 I put it on the sandbed near the liverock. It was near the front of my tank and was getting pretty much blasted from the undertow from the vortech. My lighting is 2-250 10k ab bulbs at the moment. As of about 6 months ago I moved it to a spot that is less blasted with flow and it has taken off in growth. I would assume that this alveopora I have does not need tons of light and it needs very little/medium random flow. Just enough to move the tentacles around a little bit. It has taken me a long time to figure out where to put it but finally its starting to grow and it looks fantastic now. I have not fed it directly, but i do feed the tank heavily and sometimes I add frozen rotifers to the tank. Im not sure if this helps or not but who knows.

 

[JuliusJames]

That helps a lot. I want one so bad now but its rarely seen here where I'm from. What colors do they come in?

 

[180+55reef]

I think maroon is the most common.... light green

years ago I got a NEON green one, but havent seen them in the trade recently