Goniopora and Alveopora Show-Off Thread

[Chong27]

thanks, found it at my friends Lfs here in new york. I could not pas up this beauty. Colors are simply breaktaking, its one of the brightest coral in my tank.

 

[b_vanfossen]

chong77-
I had one with the same exact colors! I have never seen another one.

It dies after a year unfortunatly....

Enjoy yours- it sure is beautiful!

 

[ricks]

I could be wrong, I've had enough practice.. Would the lighter pigmentation, have something to do with bleaching?? I've seen this in other corals that turn much brighter than normal...

I sure hope not that a special color for that type of coral...

Happy Reefing

 

[abereefur]

i have the plain green goni.

before: in a 65g with clowns hosting

after: in 285g, no more clowns hosting to stress it!
(picture taken right after transfer from 65g to 285g, so no polyp extension)

 

[Shawnts106]

I dont see many people with the Blue ones. They are blue/purple with short fat tenticles......

huh...

 

[sandalscout]

Well, I had a huge problem with my Alveopora, and wasn't able to save it. I had to rearrange some things in the tank, and I placed a kenya near the alveopora. Apparently, a GSP cover rock slid down against both the kenya and the Alveopora, and some combination of that killed both the kenya and the Alveopora in a single day. I got home to find the kenya completely shriveled and the alveopora half melted. Lesson learned, I never expected that to happen with those corals. The wife was SUPER mad.

I did get a different Alveopora last night, I'll try to get pictures of it in the next few days, it's branching as well, with 3 distinct branches and brighter green polyps.

 

[Tennyson]

Hey Chong, I found a Goniopora just like yours, your picture is much better than this one though. It seems REALLY rare becuase this was the only pic I could find that matched that color form.

Here it is:

And heres the link to the page. There are also lots of pics of ones with dark purple tips, which seem kind of common.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...s?q=Purple+Goniopora&gbv=2&ndsp=18&hl=en&sa=N

 

[jadeguppy]

Wow, those are some nice pics! Where are you guys finding these? he only ones I see locally are basic brown or reddish brown. I bought one thinking it was a nice green only to find the green was because it was bleached. It is now reddish brown, but healthy.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

Here's a few pics I took of a buddy of mine's Thriving Goni Tank.

 

[Emoezekielsr5]

Some More!

Fat Fox Coral!

 

[uglyamericanV1]

how can you tell the difference between the species....

if it has to do with the tentalces on the polyps (sharp vs blunted) i am so buying a neon green alveopora at lfs

 

[Mitch529]

Emoezekielsr5 that is a beautiful tank! Do you have any details on the setup?

 

[Rendos]

Fat Fox Coral! - I don't think that is a Fox Coral...looks like Elegans to me.
Here is my alveopora frag.

 

[Sheol]

Who is your friend???! Than tank is INCREDIBLE.

Matthew

 

[JHEast]

heres mine (sorry about the small pic)

heres mine (sorry about the small pic)

 

[Tennyson]

Wow, great pics everyone.

What colors are the most commonly found for alveopora and goniopora?

 

[orcafood]

Green

 

[Racing1]

Here's mine after a few months in the tank...

 

[spsfreak]

Nice pics folks.

 

[abereefur]

your gonis ever do this? its pretty awesome, and i would like to see more of these babies surviving

its a bud off my big one