LPS I’d?

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Hey guys what is the LPS that is circled here? We can’t figure it out. It’s not mine I did not buy it not knowing what it is. A friend has it and believes it’s an acan but it looks like a rarer color of candy canes to me that I’ve never seen .

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Hey guys what is the LPS that is circled here? We can’t figure it out. It’s not mine I did not buy it not knowing what it is. A friend has it and believes it’s an acan but it looks like a rarer color of candy canes to me that I’ve never seen .

@Mibu @fishguy242 might know.

 

[Goby Bryant]

Candy cane coral. @Eagle_Steve

 

[Goby Bryant]

My bad you posted while I was typing lol.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Candy cane coral. @Eagle_Steve

I was referring to type of candy cane.

 

[Goby Bryant]

I thought it was just a normal one with some discoloration.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I thought it was just a normal one with some discoloration.

I’ve got normal ones and green ones. My friends is a teal color with green streaks I guess is how I’d describe it

 

[Goby Bryant]

Do you have white light pics?

 

[Goby Bryant]

it kind of looks like a dying candy cane

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I’ve got normal ones and green ones. My friends is a teal color with green streaks I guess is how I’d describe it

What do you consider "normal ones"?
I have four different colors in my tank...

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Do you have white light pics?

Acan coral. I can see the tissue between heads in the white lights

 

[Goby Bryant]

Yeah white light helped there!

 

[thamnasteroid]

If the polyp structure of the coral is plocoid, then it might be an astraeosmilia maxima. If it is phaceloid, then it could either one of the 2 candy cane species: caulastrea or astraeosmilia.

 

[Goaway]

I'm pretty late to the party. As there are 2 species known of the candy cane coral. As listed above.

Reef builders did an article on these.
https://reefbuilders.com/2021/03/04/astraeosmilia-is-a-new-genus-that-splits-up-the-candy-corals/

 

[thamnasteroid]

As there are 2 species known of the candy cane coral.

6 species actually, split up into 2 genera.