Ruby Red Alveopora

Ruby Red Alveopora

Ruby Red Alveopora pairs deep, wine-red stalks with delicate, star-shaped polyps in soft cream and pink tones, giving the whole piece a genuinely elegant look when fully open. Like its close relative Goniopora, Alveopora sways gently in flow and is one of the more mesmerising corals to watch once settled and thriving.

This is a coral with a real reputation in the hobby for being harder to keep long-term than most LPS, and it’s rated medium to advanced rather than a beginner pick — worth knowing before adding it to a newer setup.

Care basics

• Care level: Medium to advanced. Not recommended as a first LPS coral.
• Lighting: Medium.
• Flow: Low to moderate, random rather than direct.
• Water chemistry: Sensitive to sudden changes, particularly in phosphate levels. Stable, gradually-adjusted parameters matter more than with most corals. Trace additions of molybdenum and manganese can help growth, though aren’t essential.
• Feeding: Planktivorous — benefits from regular feeding of rotifers or similarly fine planktonic foods, unlike most LPS which can go without.

Supplied as rested frags on 2cm plugs.