Alien Eye Candy Cane
A variant of Candy cane coral (Caulastraea furcata)
Representative Candy cane coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
Purple coloration along the outer edges of each polyp surrounding a bright green center, giving a striking two-tone 'alien eye' bullseye appearance.
📜 Backstory
Alien Eye Candy Cane is sold by World Wide Corals (WWC) on worldwidecorals.com as a named Caulastrea color form; the purple-edge/green-center coloration is the WWC selling point. The vendor does not state whether the original colony was wild-collected or selected in captivity, so the precise origin is debated.
Keeper tips for this variant
Mount on a low rock or sandbed under low-to-moderate light and gentle flow; the purple rim holds best with moderate, not intense, lighting and benefits from occasional target feeding.