Double Checking ID's of These Corals

Squishie89 · Jul 7, 2013

I was told this is a Colt coral. Seems accurate, but just wanted to be sure. While I have this here, I have that coral in a hole. Will it attach itself to the rock or do I need to glue it? It has been there since day 1 for about 2 months.

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I was told this was a cup coral, which it doesn't seem to be. Can't figure out if it is a candy cane or trumpet. Should I do anything about the head getting squished, or will they work it out?

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skinz78 · Jul 7, 2013

Yep Colt on the first and Candy Cane on the second. Candy cane and Trumpet are the same thing.

JMMJ13902 · Jul 7, 2013

+1 on the second pic.

First pic could be colt corals or Kenya tree, if it grows bigger and it's starting to fragged itself then it's a Kenya tree, otherwise colt corals (as colts don't frag itself).

skinz78 · Jul 7, 2013

LOL I've been barraged with Kenya trees in the past 48 hours, the new 210g tank was full of them. I'm positive it's a colt.

Squishie89 · Jul 7, 2013

Thanks so much guys, really appreciate it. At first the colt was growing like a weed, but he has slowed down. The candy canes had a rough first week when my (now former) cowrie snacked on them, but as you can see, they have rebounded and then some. The one that is almost split was a 2 mouthed head when I got it.