Goniopora

[Samw]

Originally Posted by BMW Rider

I have an alveopora that I got abouta year ago. Its doing fine with no special care. It extends its polyps fully all the time, and has increased in size since I got it. Maybe I've just been lucky so far, but don't give up too easily. I don't feed anything in particular for it, but I believe that it must get residual nutrients from feeding the fish.

I have an alveopora as well and my feeling on it is that it is not a difficult coral. It doesn't require target feeding and has been growing well. I've split my colony into 3 pieces with 1 in my main tank under halides and the other 2 in my nano under 18w of light. I'm not really sure why goniopora and alveopora are clumped together sometimes.