I have had a candy cane frag with 3 heads for a little over a month now. I think all the heads are growing new mouths. But I cant really tell. Does the current mouth split into two? Or does a new mouth just "appear" on the candy? On my candies it seems like a mouth is appearing. I can post a pic if needed. And is it ok to feed them while they are at this stage?
Candy Cane growth pattern
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marshellman
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PLEASE POST A PIC
Garage1217
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Keep feeding them even while they are splitting. They grow erratic, basically whatever direction the new mouth points it will grow haha.
I have 7 different kinds of candies in my tank, some grow slow, some grow super fast. The kind you show in the pic if the color is correct has about a medium growth rate compared to other types.
Colors of candies I have:
- Neon green
- Purple
- greenish with blue speckles
- purpleish with neon green speckles
- red with green centers
- almost pure white
- Teal
From the pic it looks like it is just starting the process of growing another head. Will get a lot more drastic soon until it forms a whole new head. The each head will split again, split again and so on until you have a monster colony.
They LOVE good calcium, around 450+ & a DKH of around 9-10. Also dose trace elements. Mine really like Inland Seas Biotrace or seachem Reef plus.
When they get large, they suck up calcium and alk like a black hole so make sure you keep doseing!
You can tell when they get ****ed, such as when alk or calcium is low. They will sort of shrivel up and look like a skeleton. They are hard to kill unless your tank is not taken care of. Yours looks pretty happy.
I have 7 different kinds of candies in my tank, some grow slow, some grow super fast. The kind you show in the pic if the color is correct has about a medium growth rate compared to other types.
Colors of candies I have:
- Neon green
- Purple
- greenish with blue speckles
- purpleish with neon green speckles
- red with green centers
- almost pure white
- Teal
From the pic it looks like it is just starting the process of growing another head. Will get a lot more drastic soon until it forms a whole new head. The each head will split again, split again and so on until you have a monster colony.
They LOVE good calcium, around 450+ & a DKH of around 9-10. Also dose trace elements. Mine really like Inland Seas Biotrace or seachem Reef plus.
When they get large, they suck up calcium and alk like a black hole so make sure you keep doseing!
You can tell when they get ****ed, such as when alk or calcium is low. They will sort of shrivel up and look like a skeleton. They are hard to kill unless your tank is not taken care of. Yours looks pretty happy.
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Garage1217
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Repost, doh!
johnanddawn
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12967748#post12967748 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hops523
above the mouth it seems like another is forming.
nice pic - your candy is happy and growing
your observation is exactly correct - candies undergo intratentacular budding - ie one mouth becomes two and then grow apart till one head becomes two
a nice example of the opposite type of budding can be seen in duncans if you have them. duncans undergo extratentacular budding in that new heads grow off the side/outside the head-mouth-tentacles of the mother
Garage1217
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Yeah I can post some tonight hopefully 
Out to dinner and then have to hit the airport early, going to ireland for a week! Cadies are pretty much my fav corals, so I decided to start collecting them. Always looking for a variety I do not have.
Out to dinner and then have to hit the airport early, going to ireland for a week! Cadies are pretty much my fav corals, so I decided to start collecting them. Always looking for a variety I do not have.
Garage1217
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Notta
Candy Cane (Caulastrea Furcata)
is not the same as:
Trumpet (Caulastrea Curvata)
But yes, they are from the same family and practically identical
is not the same as:
Trumpet (Caulastrea Curvata)
But yes, they are from the same family and practically identical
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
common names are interchangeable in Caulastrea and it's best to use a scientfic name if trying to ID one to species.
here's a big Caulastrea in my aquarium
here's a big Caulastrea in my aquarium
Garage1217
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Sorry took me so long to get some pics, Went to Ireland for a week and then had surgery yesterday, anyways here are some pics of my various candies.
My big teal I had to photo shop a bit to make the color the way I see it in the tank, camera kept making it look really aquamarine color so had to change it a bit. Other pics I did nothing to. They are under an xm20K right now. The 3 head with the black dot is my white one, really really slow grower. In person it is pure white with a hint of red around the bases.
My big teal I had to photo shop a bit to make the color the way I see it in the tank, camera kept making it look really aquamarine color so had to change it a bit. Other pics I did nothing to. They are under an xm20K right now. The 3 head with the black dot is my white one, really really slow grower. In person it is pure white with a hint of red around the bases.
