Please share your Alveopora Success

[Gixxerryder]

I am about to start keeping Alveopora and I plan to directly feed it Phytoplankton and I am wondering what others have had luck with ? I want my Alve' to spread not just to survive and not to many people seem to have good luck with it .

Please share your success with me so I can have it as well.

Thanks

 

[wombat1]

I've never kept Alveopora or Goniopora, but here's what I've read: The stomach constituents of wild specimens is about 50% phytoplankton, and about 50% zooplankton, things like copepod and annelid larvae. They will NOT accept large pieces of food. The lack of good planktonic foods in our tanks was thought to be the reason for their quick demise, but now that DTs and GPs are readily available we can feed them all sorts of good stuff. Some folks not running skimmers seem to have better success. However, the corals still fail to thrive. Some folks think the cause may be some element deficiency, but no one really knows. There are certainly people who have had them thrive for years, but these people are few and far between. My advice would be to wait until their husbandry is better understood or you may be dissappointed.

 

[Reefguide]

My alveopora has been kicking for about 3 years now... It has grown alot and I feel if it had more room it would grow even better ! It is also home to my 2 false percs and the Alveopora is happy as can be... I have never realy fed it directly... I recently started adding phyto but only about a month ago and I add it one every week or two ( When I remember basically ). As my wife would say "I love my little Flowers" :wink:

Check my web sites photo gallery, you'll see the alveoporas size when I first got it..

This is a pretty recent shot...