New Alveopora

[MechEng99]

Ok, so I'm a wee bit happy about this one.

I went to the grocery store to pick up a gallon of milk...and decided to stop by the joke of a petstore beside the grocery store just to get some laughs...and found this. They didn't know what they had...so...mine!!!

BTW, it has 5 heads in case anyone cares.

First day home

Ok, so I played with the colors a wee bit...but just had to have some fun:

And another:

 

[MechEng99]

:sniffle: maybe it's not so exciting since no one seems to care. I was excited b/c I haven't seen one of these before...and haven't even found much info on them.

 

[dc_909]

What is it? Alveopora? Goniapora?

 

[MechEng99]

Alveopora...thank you for asking. I feel better now.

 

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Definitely not goniopora! Looks like a nice specimen. Make sure you do some research as they're a little difficult to keep.

Do you have any clown fish that might harass it? I had a goniopora and I fed it cyclopeeze with great success. Perhaps you could do the same with this guy.

 

[MechEng99]

Thank you for your compliment! I've tried to do some research into them, but I really haven't found much other than just the basics. I was hoping to find someone with some luck on this, but to no avail.

No, I don't have any clownfish. My corals come first...fish are pretty down on the list. I haven't used cyclopeeze yet with anything, but I've heard great things about it, so I will definitely try that next. I've just been feeding my other corals with a homemade mixture. The new guy didn't seem very interested in it though...(I think it hates my cooking...lol.)

Thanks for the tips!

 

[MechEng99]

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[marcsmith73]

Alvepora is by far one of my favorites... Great looking piece!

 

[fabian]

I have the same alveopora, very easy to keep.
Give it time, when it gets used to your water
that thing is just gonna grow.