What kind of coral is this?

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  1. xxredxpandaxx

    xxredxpandaxx Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I don't think it's a candy cane or a trumpet coral but it kinda looks like it.
     

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  2. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Looks like a Blastomussa.;)
     
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  3. 2in10

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    +1 Blastomussa merletti I believe.
     
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  4. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Definitively a blasto
     
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  5. norg.

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    +1 Blastomussa merletti.
     
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  6. xxredxpandaxx

    xxredxpandaxx Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Thanks everyone!!!
     
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  7. Reef-a-holic

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    Another +1 to that.
     
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  8. xxredxpandaxx

    xxredxpandaxx Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Ok I just looked on the Internet and do they really go for like $30 for one head?
     
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  9. 2in10

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    Yeah some do, it's crazy
     
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  10. xxredxpandaxx

    xxredxpandaxx Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Wow mine was $10 and I would say that there are around 30 heads on it.
     
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