Goniopora and Alveopora Show-Off Thread

[Tennyson]

I don't think I've ever seen a thread for pics of Goniopora or Alveopora. I find these corals extremely beautiful and would like to see different color morphs.

I know that these corals are hard to take care of also and are difficult to keep long term, but we are all discovering new ways to keep these beauties alive. I would also like to know how long you have had these for and what you do to keep them alive and healthy.

Please post your pics here.

Heres mine, unfortunately didn't last long. Nothing much.

 

[kev apsley]

yeah, me too...bump!

 

[JokerGirl]

Here are mine -

I lost this one not too long ago unfortunately

Here are my other two

 

[kev apsley]

Very Nice JokerGirl!

what and how often do you feed them?

 

[orcafood]

Here is a frag I got last week.
I feed it cyclopeeze 2-4 times a week.
(Anyone know what species this is?)

 

[Tennyson]

Wow, nice everyone! I am planning on getting an alveopora soon, will post pics when I do. Keep the pics coming!

If any of you are wondering about what they eat, and anything about them, theres a site just for goniopora. its goniopora.org. Very good info there on feeding and care.

 

[peter1]

Here is my first:

and my secund:

 

[Tennyson]

All these pics are making me more and more anxious to get one. How much were all these and for what size?

 

[peter1]

These 2"-3" I bought it and more than 2 years they are at me. Now 4" and 5". I consider them important one to nourish regularly. Weekly two times get cyclops, once Tropic Marine Coral Zooton and once zooplankton and iron.

 

[FishboyBT]

 

[ShellsSD]

Here is mine. I have had her about 5 months and feed her DT's and coral frenzy around every other day.

 

[GBE378]

Heres mine. I have had him about 2 years.

 

[Tennyson]

Nice everyone.

Anyway, it seems alot of you have had them for two years. Thats great and so inspiring to me. I thought that they only survived a year at maximum, but I guess I was wrong.

No one has Alveopora?

 

[sandalscout]

Here is my Alveopora. It is currently slightly lighter in color, I think because it's not getting enough fatty foods, and partially because it because it fell into the sand bed while on vacation, but these are some decent pictures from shortly after I purchased it.

and all closed up (looks wicked):

 

[Tennyson]

Awesome! I love it. I have never had an alveopora. Are their skeletons supposed to look like that or is it an encrusting species?

 

[JokerGirl]

It's a branching species.

 

[boxerzz]

I thought that they only survived a year at maximum

I think they will thrive longer than that if we keep them according to their requirements. I believe feeding them well is one of the more important factors in getting them to do well from what I have read.

 

[jadeguppy]

Iron supplements also appear to help.

 

[ricks]

Here a picture of ours, grew from a small frag to over the size of a basketball in 5 years...

I have never target fed it anything..

Happy Reefing

 

[Tennyson]

Amazing! I can't believe you haven't fed it anything, and for five years??? :eek1:

Wow, its beautiful. Thanks for the pics