candy cane coral

[Rich-n-poor]

ok I just packed up all my books and put them in storage when i noticed my LFS had a frag of this coral laying in bottom of tank.

I asked him how much and he said just trade me for some mushroom rock which I supply him with

problem is my refrences are packed and i neeed some info
:?:
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BMW F3

 

[ShootinBlanks]

Very easy LPS that likes strong lighting and an occasional feeding. If you supply both of these, then they will rapidly grow in size and be a very nice coral to have. Some have pretty cool color combinations also...I have a maroon and green one that is growing nicely under VHO.

 

[brandon4291]

Ill second that notion, I cant think of a more hardy LPS coral that works well in just about any system. For more info, do a search under Caulastrea and tons of hits will come up. If he wants to trade you it for some mushrooms, thats a good deal! These guys are very non-aggressive but get beat up easily by other corals such as mushrooms and hammers or any euphyllia for that matter.

NIce find, wish it were mine.

Brandon

 

[Lee1]

I've also seen it called trumpet coral. I have a frag I picked up as a trade at a local LFS and it is doing well in my 65G under 2x175 MH (10,000K) with 1 96W power compact actinic supplementing it.

Lee

 

[Rich-n-poor]

I already have a nice bubble that is doing well so i guess the requirements are about the same since they are both LPS correct ?

He traded me for some mushroom rock because i usually supply this in exchange for store credit. The deal works like this he gives me some small pieces of live rock. I take them home and prop mushrooms on them he gives me about $15 credit for a piece with 4 or 5 polyups. he sells them for $30 apiece so it works out both ways.

Every coral in my tank came from trading shrooms from two original rocks I purchased.

by the way what do you feed them I add kent microvert occassionally and daphnia.

thx
rich

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Mercedes 500K

 

[Lee1]

Rich,

That's a great deal you've got going there. I do the same with green star polyps as they grow like a weed. I just have to make sure the right guy is working because the other guys don't have a clue. I just recently started feeding the tank DTs Phytoplankton 2-3 times per week. Other than that and weekly Iodine and fish food, I don't really feed it directly. One of the heads has split into 2 since I've had it so I guess it is doing well. Good luck with yours.

Lee