Coral ID from petco

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Can I get an id for the one that is pointed?
The rim is red and the middle was green.
I'm guessing lobophyllia but it looked like it's branching so a candy cane coral??
It will be great to know what it is.
Thank you

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Looks like a candy cane/trumpet coral. It is most likely Caulastrea furcata, but it could also be Astraeosmilia.
 
I see Lobophylia in the middle/pointed, then I see Acans, Sinularia, Kenya Tree, Montipora, and Clove Polyps. And a snail!
The corallite is too small to be a lobophyllia. The texture of the flesh isn’t right either.
 
Can I get an id for the one that is pointed?
The rim is red and the middle was green.
I'm guessing lobophyllia but it looked like it's branching so a candy cane coral??
It will be great to know what it is.
Thank you

20221224_150427.jpg
open brain coral
 
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Can I get an id for the one that is pointed?
The rim is red and the middle was green.
I'm guessing lobophyllia but it looked like it's branching so a candy cane coral??
It will be great to know what it is.
Thank you

20221224_150427.jpg
Any pics under white lighting? can be a trachy as I am now on a full screen versus phone
 
Any pics under white lighting? can be a trachy as I am now on a full screen versus phone
I would like to get it in white pic but it's at Petco. I would need to purchase it first. It's only 40 bucks it might be worth it if it is open brain coral. The size is about 2 inches kinda big for a candy cane. I'll try to get another picture when I stop by again.
 
Any pics under white lighting? can be a trachy as I am now on a full screen versus phone
Too small to be a Trachyphyllia. It also looks like the corallite is on a stalk, which means it’s probably phaceloid, while Trachyphyllia is flabellate or flabello-meandroid.
 

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