Bright Short-Polyp Encrusting Alveopora

$59.99

Bright Short-Polyp Encrusting Alveopora is offered under the retail name shown in the product title. This is an Alveopora flowerpot coral. Color, growth-form, and polyp-length terms in the title are aquarium-trade descriptors, not a verified species identification. Give the coral time to settle before judging extension or moving it repeatedly. Care Guide Lighting: Medium —…

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Fill your box: up to 4 spots ship for one shipping charge. A frag, zoa, small WYSIWYG, cleanup-crew pack or small dry good takes 1 spot. A colony takes 2. A rare big colony takes all 4 and ships alone. Shipping is charged per box: $50 UPS Next Day Air in the lower 48, $30 for qualifying Florida livestock. The $20 Box & Handling Fee is also per box and covers the insulated box plus ice or heat packs. Spots 2 through 4 add no extra shipping. Orders with $299 or more in qualifying livestock ship the first box free; each extra box pays its shipping, and every box pays the fee.

Florida: $30 per box for UPS Next Day Air livestock shipping. Each box of qualifying Florida livestock ships UPS Next Day Air for $30, plus the $20 Box & Handling Fee. Florida orders that include dry goods use our standard $50 rate per box. Orders with $299 or more in qualifying livestock ship the first box free.

Livestock ships UPS Next Day Air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so nothing sits in a facility over a weekend. We ship livestock within the continental U.S. only. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.

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Description

Bright Short-Polyp Encrusting Alveopora is offered under the retail name shown in the product title.

This is an Alveopora flowerpot coral. Color, growth-form, and polyp-length terms in the title are aquarium-trade descriptors, not a verified species identification. Give the coral time to settle before judging extension or moving it repeatedly.

Care Guide

Lighting: Medium — PAR 100–200. Acclimate gradually and watch the tissue and daily extension before increasing intensity.
Flow: Medium, gentle and indirect. Polyps should sway freely without being folded over or pinned in one direction.
Placement: Middle reef on stable rockwork with room to encrust. Leave open room for the colony to expand without rubbing rock or neighboring corals.
Feeding: Fine planktonic or powdered coral food can be offered in small portions two or three times weekly. Avoid allowing food to collect on the tissue or substrate.

Keep salinity and alkalinity stable, change one variable at a time, and use sustained polyp extension as feedback. A temporarily closed flowerpot coral is a symptom to investigate, not a diagnosis by itself.

Shipping: Ships UPS Next Day Air from Key West. Current eligibility and delivery timing are shown at checkout.

CARE INFORMATION

Lighting	Medium — PAR 100–200
Flow	Medium, gentle and indirect
Placement	Middle reef on stable rockwork with room to encrust
Feeding	Beneficial; fine planktonic or powdered food 2–3× weekly
Water Parameters	Salinity 1.025–1.026 · Temperature 76–78°F · Alkalinity 8–9 dKH · Calcium 420–440 ppm · Magnesium 1300–1400 ppm

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk. Livestock ships in a 4-spot box: a frag takes 1 spot, a colony takes 2, and up to 4 spots ship for one shipping charge. Each box ships UPS Next Day Air for $30 in Florida or $50 elsewhere in the continental U.S. Eligible livestock orders of $299 or more ship the first box free. A $20 Box & Handling Fee applies per box, including on free-shipping orders. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.
Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.

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