Double post lol

[Sideshowbob]

Sorry about the double post I'm still figuring the site out.
I've been able to identify about every thing I've seen but these guys, they will readily snatch up brine shrimp or any other small meaty food and are reactive to light, touch (gentle), and sharp changes in current.

 

[John Carroll]

It is a Trumpet or Candycane. It depends who you ask. Scientific name is Caulastrea furcata


John

 

[Sideshowbob]

So my tank is right about 2 months old what are the chances of it surviving, and is there anything I can do to increase its chances?
Thanks for the ID btw.

 

[John Carroll]

So my tank is right about 2 months old what are the chances of it surviving, and is there anything I can do to increase its chances?
Thanks for the ID btw.

There are too many variables to answer that question definitively such as lighting, filtration, water parameters, etc... In my opinion the number one thing is stability.

 

[cloak]

Those look more like Hidden Cup corals to me. You might want to compare some pictures online just to be sure.

 

[John Carroll]

If it were just a picture of the polyp I would have said the same thing but the branches is the give away. I have a colony of Trumpets and they look just like this when feeding at night.

John

 

[cloak]

So I'm assuming these will develop some sort of color over time? What if they don't? Wouldn't that be more along the lines of a Phyllangia americana? I'm just still not seeing this as a Candy Cane/Trumpet coral for some reason.

 

[John Carroll]

The ones in my wife's tank are pretty pale too. I will try to get some pictures of those after they close for the night.

 

[John Carroll]

Here they are right now. Pretty pale, boring, and getting too much light from the LEDs.

 

[Sideshowbob]

Here they are right now. Pretty pale, boring, and getting too much light from the LEDs.

I don't think mine are what yours are, even when they close up they stay all most literally perfectly circular?

 

[John Carroll]

Ok. I will still take a feeding picture for you but here is one of the smaller ones that isn't trying to split anymore. Can you get a picture of the dead skeletons? Also, I am glad I did this because I would not have seen the Aiptasia without trying to take these pictures.

 

[Sideshowbob]

 

[Sideshowbob]

Second picture was after my best attempt at specifically feeding the critter X

 

[John Carroll]

I stand corrected. I do believe that @cloak is right and those are Cups. If you look as the skeleton of the Trumpet the outer edge is more spiky. Yours are a little more rounded. Also, the polyps appear a little smaller.

 

[Sideshowbob]

Cool, again thanks for the help guys.
On a side note, does anybody think they'll get more color as (if) they get healthier? I know there's no way to know for sure.