Hard and Soft Corals
Candy Cane Coral
Caulastraea furcata
Photo: Sean McGrath · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Type
- LPS hard coral
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 10–30 cm (colony)
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.024 – 1.026
- Ca / KH / Mg
- 400–450 / 7–9 / 1250–1350
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- Current
- low – medium
- Aggressiveness
- low
- Feeding
- photosynthesis; mysis at night
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Known as “candy cane” or “trumpet coral.” Branches with round polyps that have green or brown edges. One of the easiest and fastest-growing LPS corals.
