Can anyone name this coral?

Unclejed, from this site , introduced me to the term "rent a coral"
and he was speaking about these species in particular
never had one myself, but have read so often about the degree of difficulty keeping these things alive for more than a few months

they start off looking great, then the polyps dont extend as much, then you get bald patches and eventually your left with a nice looking piece of live rock

great looking corals IMHO , but not for me

Steve

 

At great risk I am going out on a limb and suggesting this might actually be an Alveopora sp. From what I have come to understand, there are 12 polyps on Alveopora, and 24 polyps on gonipora. Though they are EXTREMELY similar looking, some people regard the Alveopora sp. to be very difficult (along the lines of an elegance coral) to keep alive in a DT.

Anyone else feel the same that it may actually be an Alveopora and not a Goni? I see 12 "fingers" on the individual polyps. . .

Hopefully I dont look like a total a** for posting this . . .

 

Wow I apologize then.

The little bit of reading I did back when I was looking into these coral suggested cleaner water - moderate flow and lighting plus daily feedings.

However now when I look back I see very conflicting information. Some sites state they're completely photosynthetic and require no feeding at all - others are suggesting moderate lighting, cleaner water and daily feedings for better results.

The common denominator I'm seeing is a very high mortality rate and something like less than 10% survive after one year. Either way, I hope you find your answer and that it works out.

 

Looks like an alveopora to me as well.

 

This gonipora has been alive in our 430 DT at my office for a little over 2 years.

It is never fed any special preparations. We only dose with "Purple UP" daily. Nothing else besides water changes 2X monthly. It is ALWAYS all the way opened up and is showing very slow (expected) growth under 250 watt MH bulbs that are almost 4' above them!!!

Just my .02

 

It could be that the lack of or more infrequent care of the tank has created good conditions for it to live in.