Trumpet/Candy Cane (Green & Cream Striped)
A variant of Candy cane coral (Caulastraea furcata)
Representative Candy cane coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
The classic wild-type Caulastraea: fat trumpet-shaped heads on branching stalks, each with a fluorescent green center and cream-to-tan striped, banded skirt that reads like a candy cane under blue light.
📜 Backstory
This is the original mass-traded form of Caulastraea furcata, collected wholesale out of Indonesia and Australia for decades. It is one of the cheapest LPS frags in the hobby precisely because it splits readily by budding, so a single head becomes a colony fast. No designer lineage here — its value is as a hardy beginner LPS rather than a collector piece.
Keeper tips for this variant
Place low-to-mid on the rockwork in moderate, indirect flow and modest light (PAR 50-100); too much direct flow tears the inflated polyps, and they feed eagerly on meaty foods at night.