Blastomussa Wellsi

kevin34

kevin34

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What kind of care level are these? Do they need a mature tank? These are by far my favorite type of blastos
 
florida joe

florida joe

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The Blastomussa Coral is also referred to as a Branched Cup, or Pipe Coral. It is often confused with other brain corals and some mushroom corals; somtimes being referred to as the Swollen Brain Coral. It is a large polyp stony (LPS) coral and has many round swollen discs that when open, resemble a mushroom anemone.
Being a moderately hardy coral the Blastomussa Coral does well in an established reef aquarium. A low water current combined with a moderate light level will make a wonderful home for this species. Generally, it is considered a peaceful coral, not moving in on tank mates that are located in close proximity to it. It benefits from the addition of calcium, strontium, and other trace elements to the water.
Its body contains the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae from which it receives the majority of its nutritional requirements through photosynthesis. It does not require additional food to maintain its health in the reef aquarium, but it will feed on micro-plankton or foods designed for filter feeding invertebrates.
 
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alexmir

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I have two diff. colonies of them, and they are pretty easy if you have a successful reef tank, and medium light coral are thriving you should be able to keep them.
 
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alexmir

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The light was off in the tank when i took them, they are actually a really deep red! One of my faves.
 
candycane

candycane

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Alex had some good luck with them. The Merletis are usually the ones that don't care if the tank conditions are less then perfect. The Wellsis you could sit there staring at their mouth completely pulled into the corallites for like a month before they start to come out.
 
detguy313

detguy313

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they are not a hard coral to keep but some have problems..they like lower flow and low-med light..i keep mine on the sand bed in real low flow..i also think feeding them once or twice a week really helps out and as with most corals everything needs to be stable..but it seem like if there is a swing in the tank params..they seem to not do as well..that is just what i see..this is a pic of my welsi..i also keep merleti as well


 
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alexmir

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I had some merletti, but traded them a while back. What is the bubbled up part in the second pic? is that them after theyve been fed?
 
detguy313

detguy313

Member
that is just them some of the fringes did that.i had one that dropped of and started a new polyp..my bud at the store i got these at his did the same thing both of our frags came from the same colony
 
detguy313

detguy313

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those are the same in every pic...they are a purple/blue and green welsi...i got a frag of 4 polyps last year..last count i had about 16 polyps...and i had fraged this once in half...they just grow so slow though
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

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my little contribution. Red with dark blue centers. that little rock cost and arm and a leg. I would say easy to keep with no special needs.
 
kevin34

kevin34

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Originally Posted by Stanlalee
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my little contribution. Red with dark blue centers. that little rock cost and arm and a leg. I would say easy to keep with no special needs.

sweet blastos. Are they a slow grower?
 
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