Metallic Candy Cane growth

[Optionman]

Bought this candy cane last April as one of my reef's first corals. It's always been on the sand (24 in. down) and has been knocked around a lot by my coris wrasse. Getting nice growth nonetheless. View attachment 368449


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[SeaMonkee]

I like the way the cluster looks so tightly organized. Are the stalks (correct term?) shorter than normal? looks great!

 

[ComforablyNumb]

Did you find your candycane sprouted a bunch of branches at the same time?

Thats what mine did. Showed about 12 new ones that all started about a month or two ago (shaded underneath):


And there are 15 now that they are reaching the light:


Your metallic looks very healthy and colorful..enjoy!

 

[Optionman]

i notice the heads splitting rather than new branches forming. i also bought a single head on non-metallic candy cane and it now has 12 heads.

 

[Agostinone]

Dang, that's awesome! That's one coral that doesn't like something in my setup. I have great luck with all my other LPS but over the years I've tried candy canes twice and the best I could do was not have them croak too fast.

 

[WLachnit]

I have 4 different colonies and mine always split as well. At least that is what I notice. Now that they a couple of the colonies arefairly large, I don't pay as much attention.