ID please (coral)?

LFS said its some type of zoas..
does anyone know what type excatly this coral is??
cheers

 

looks like candy cane coral

 

trumpets i think.

 

trumpet aka candy cane:


Trumpet Coral
(Caulastrea curvata)
QUICK STATS
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Lighting: Moderate
Waterflow: Medium
Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, sg 1.023-1.025, pH 8.1-8.4
Color Form: Green, Tan
Supplements: Calcium, Strontium, Trace Elements
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Family: Faviidae
Polyp Size: LPS - Large Polyp Stony
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The Trumpet Coral is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral often referred to as the Trumpet, Torch, Candy, or Bullseye Coral. The skeleton of this species is branched out of a central base, and terminates into a large head that resembles a trumpet. A large fleshy polyp covers the each head of the colony, and the polyps are florescent green in this species. The Trumpet Coral is able to expand its fleshy polyps to many times its skeleton size giving the coral a similar appearance when compared to a closed brain coral.

It is hardy and a relatively peaceful reef inhabitant, with very short sweeper tentacles. It requires moderate lighting and moderate water movement, along with the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water. This and other species of Caulastrea sp. can be sensitive to metal halide lighting, so take time in acclimating these corals to this type of lighting. Simply place the coral low in the aquarium for a few weeks until it opens fully and slowly move the colony to the desired location.

It will benefit from additional food fed weekly in the form of chopped meaty items, baby brine shrimp or zooplankton.

 

they are trumpets

 

That sure is quite the colony!

 

I need to disagree. I am 99% sure they are blasomussa merletti. They look not be in good shape though, they should have a redish colored mantle. You can clearly see the skeleton on all of them. I have had two of these corals die and they both looked like that. You can see the eye is still green, but lps generally do not regenerate lost or dying flesh. I don't think they will make it.

 

thanks guitarman89... i looked up blastomussa... and thats what it looked like when i bought it... and i only had it for no less than 24 hours.. so its stil acclimating...
cheers guys!

 

definetly blasto

 

Hopefully it will pull out, but when I got mine, it looked like that and never really opened at all. A few days later I called it a goner. Again, hopefully it makes it.