Coral ID

[cantrellreefer]

Anyone have a guess on what this is?

 

[Spare time]

Trumpet coral

 

[apb03]

Looks like a candy cane that's feeding.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

An almost dead candy cane.

 

[cantrellreefer]

I picked up a bunch of on the brink of death corals and thought I’d try my hand at saving them and so far I’ve gotten this one and an acan to come back to life. I have other candy cane corals but they don’t look similar to me at all so wasn’t sure

 

[19Mateo83]

I bought a half dead little trumpet coral like that a while ago. I fed it every few days when it would open up like that and it recovered and is now up to 7-8 heads.

 

[cantrellreefer]

I bought a half dead little trumpet coral like that a while ago. I fed it every few days when it would open up like that and it recovered and is now up to 7-8 heads.

I’m hoping the same happens to this one, the acan was completely bleached and I assumed it was a gonna but has since gotten some color and feeds good so I’m hoping it bounces back it has 3 good size heads and 3 baby heads and the trumpet is just the one single one holding on for dear life

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Anyone have a guess on what this is?

Caulastraea aka candy cane

 

[thamnasteroid]

Astraeosmilia curvata, not Caulastraea

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Astraeosmilia curvata, not Caulastraea

My bad lol, very similar species

 

[thamnasteroid]

My bad lol, very similar species

In my experience, Caulastrea furcata are the pinwheel/purple ones with white septal markings, while Astraeosmilia curvata are the green ones.