Candy Cane

[CarmieJo]

Here is a new picture of my candy cane coral. I love how you can see the tentacles.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/CarmieJo/DSC_2428.jpg

[Rob]

just wait, they get MUCH longer.. :)

[Paintbug]

can anyone explain why i rarely see the feeding tentacles from my candy canes. i have 2 different kinds, and some neon green trumpets. i see them slightly at night on the trumpets, but rarely on the canes. i have some baby blue ones that where my first coral. i have had them for almost 2 years, and they have split from 3 heads to 8-9 heads. so im sure they are not dieing. :D

[Rob]

how long after the lights go off are you looking..
mine sometimes take hours to come out, although sometimes they pop out during the day.. ;)

[Paintbug]

it doesnt matter what time i look. during the day, a few mins after the lights go out, hours after, 5am after a long night :D LOL. i rarely see them. i have always thought they just werent hungery.

[Rob]

well one thing you can try is when you do see them even just a bit, do some spot feeding, i have found that will entice them to come out more. :)

[Paintbug]

i have got them to come out a little with cyclope-eez before. dont know it just drives me crazy to see other peoples candy canes with all these tentacles and i never see any. i guess i have sweeper tentacle envy LOL.

[saxman]

it's possible that you have a different species of Caulastrea. some have longer tentacles than others.

[iglowce]

very cool specie.. although i prefer to see the bubble coral eats.. its like those chubby anime character.. engulfing its prey =]

[JeffDubya]

Question about branching LPS like CC coral...

When the polyps are all on the same stalk, are they all symbiotically connected somehow? For example, feed one and benefit the entire colony?

If so, is there any tip to fragging them apart in such a way as to take a piece and not harm their neighbors?

[JeffDubya]

BTW my CC (inherited) look SO much different. Smaller, practically white. Must have not been cared for too well, maybe bleached?

[Seahorsedreams]

CC are individual polyps and do not think about the colony as a whole. Feeding one... well, feeds one and not the whole colony. Not every LPS is that way though. It's very individual.

Yours is probably bleached but I have seen many different shades out there. So you have any pics Jeff?

[JeffDubya]

no pics yet... but as always, I will try and take some. Stay tuned.

[JeffDubya]

CC are individual polyps and do not think about the colony as a whole. Feeding one... well, feeds one and not the whole colony.

Branching Frogspawn and Hammer corals the same on this point??

[lReef lKeeper]

yup, same Jeff

[JeffDubya]

Photo, per your request...

Just remember, I *inherited* these pieces. Call Me candy cane coral rescue guy I guess ;)

[gwen_o_lyn]

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[JeffDubya]

Looks pretty close. Think it's the same thing?

[George]

Yours look about the same. They look more fluorescent under Actinic lighting like Gwen has.

[JeffDubya]

I am going to attempt target feeding these guys with mysis instead of cyclopeeze today.