Name this flower pot?

edandsandy · #1 09/11/2007, 09:48 PM

Has anyone heard of a Red Alviapora? at a LFS we saw this piece of beautiful bright red coral, the owner said that it was in the flower pot family.

graveyardworm · #2 09/11/2007, 09:53 PM

Alveopora is actually considered to be an LPS. No experience with the red variety in particular. They can be a bit difficult to keep and will need to be fed.

edandsandy · #3 09/11/2007, 10:00 PM

filter food?

graveyardworm · #4 09/11/2007, 10:13 PM

Larger particle food, rotifiers, cyclopeeze.

edandsandy · #5 09/12/2007, 10:39 AM

We rotate the food for the filter feeding, phytomax, zoomax & chromax. We also feed the fish mysis shrimp, silver sides and formula 1 variety pack. We do use cyclopeeze just to show off to our friends how they eat. We never have used rotifiers, what is your opinion on this product?

graveyardworm · #6 09/12/2007, 05:50 PM

I use frozen rotifiers. They seem to be a resonable food for some corals. Live rotifiers would be better, but at the moment I dont have space or time to set up a culture.

humanremainz · #7 09/13/2007, 12:47 AM

is there a pic? this thread is being weird , or at least my comp. is!!! red alveopora ? i've never seen it but that would be cool

edandsandy · #8 09/16/2007, 08:21 AM

I will post the pics. tomorrow. We just got it home on Wednesday, we took a picture of it then. Now it has seem to settle down. We will be moving it up to the middle of the today, I hope to get a good picture of it.

edandsandy · #9 09/17/2007, 01:51 PM

I think I did this right, this is my first time posting. lets see!

edandsandy · #10 09/17/2007, 01:52 PM

Hey! I did it right!!!!!

graveyardworm · #11 09/17/2007, 05:32 PM

Alveopora or Porites? I know they can look really similar, so I wonder.

humanremainz · #12 09/17/2007, 09:48 PM

I am not sure what it is, but they are coming in from Indo as Red Gonipora. there polyps dont really expand out to far , there are alot more thinner polyps than what i think of when i hear Red Goni.

graveyardworm · #13 09/17/2007, 10:22 PM

Just noticed your username, I'm a big fan of human remains.

humanremainz · #14 09/18/2007, 02:33 AM

yeah ... cant ever get enuff of me .........

mikekman · #15 09/18/2007, 03:08 AM

porites or goni? Kind of looks like a porites. Can you take some more pics?

edandsandy · #16 09/18/2007, 08:17 AM

Yes, I will take more today when it opens up a little more, we just moved it to the middle of the tank yesterday. It seems to like the brighter light. This piece at the LFS was so red and bright, you could see it across the room. The size is appx. 8"x"4.

edandsandy · #17 09/18/2007, 08:18 AM

We don't think it's a Porties.

justincognito · #18 09/20/2007, 07:36 AM

Looks like Goniopora stutchburyi to me, perhaps G. somaliensis, mostly likely, G. stutchburyi

edandsandy · #19 09/25/2007, 04:16 PM

Ok finally got a better picture.

edandsandy · #20 09/25/2007, 04:16 PM

Ok finally got a better picture.

edandsandy · #21 09/28/2007, 09:08 AM

anybody?

justincognito · #22 09/28/2007, 12:30 PM

Goniopora stutchburyi

justincognito · #23 09/28/2007, 12:31 PM

Maintain like an SPS just Feed it a lot, oyster eggs, rotifers, and add an IRON supplement

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edandsandy · #24 09/28/2007, 03:33 PM

justincognito,
no it does not't look like a Goniopora stutchburyi, the polyps are not that big.