lets see the BLASTO'S!

[flugelnuss]

Alright Ilham, you pulled my finger! I can't find the better pics of this one and pics of my purple with blue mouth wellsi. I'll try and take more pics this weekend!

 

[Jiddy]

Great Blasto's, i think they are my fav coral

 

["Umm fish?"]

 

[jake65]

Those are some very nice looking specimans...will they do well under pc's and at what depth from them?

 

["Umm fish?"]

I've never tried them under PCs. Mine are under 250W MH, but at the very bottom and in the very front corner of a 2' tank.

 

[shallowreef]

I was temtep to try blastos this weekend but i don't know enough about them. Are they a hard coral to keep? Do they need a lot of flow/light?

The ones i've seen in this thread are great!!!

 

[pitlife79]

I've got a colony of blasto's under 130watts of PC lighting. It's a 29 gallon tank and they're about 8 inches from the surface, so far so good. They have reasonable flow and I target feed with cyclopeeze. I've had the colony for about a month so far and everything looks good. So long term under PC's, I don't know, but I'm optomistic!!!

 

["Umm fish?"]

To quote Mr. Calfo:

<I'd need a clearer image of the polyps to be sure... but as a red Faviid or a Blastomussa, it will be treated the same (low light... moderate (not too weak!) water flow. Best regards! Anthony>

From here:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mussidfaqs.htm

And I would say that from his quote above, feeding would certainly be in order. I feed my tank pretty heavily, so I tend not to target feed very much.

 

["Umm fish?"]

My same blasto from page 3 with a little handheld blacklight.

 

[matts125]

Nice Blasto's everyone. This is one coral I dont have much of (just a couple)
No fish stores seem to have them in when I am looking for them.
if anyone wants to frag let me know!!!!


Matt

 

[Anthony Calfo]

yes, true my friend: feeding and/or a heavy fishload

 

[JasonD]

More blasto pics please.

 

[Angelscrx]

Here is a pic of a Blastomossa Merletti that I recently acquired.

 

[spongebob lover]

very nice blastos doods !!!

 

[The Apprentice]

Blastomossa Merletti Nice Angel!

Great Picture Angel! Boy It sure looks nice thanks for posting the Picture. Can you tell me anything about the Blastomossa Merleti are they a hi light required coral ? Are you feeding , Target feeding it?
Again Very nice Angel...Jeff

 

[JasonD]

My small collection of Blastomussa Merleti

 

[Angelscrx]

Great Picture Angel! Boy It sure looks nice thanks for posting the Picture. Can you tell me anything about the Blastomossa Merleti are they a hi light required coral ? Are you feeding , Target feeding it?
Again Very nice Angel...Jeff

Everything I've read say low flow and low in the tank. I have observed it catching food when I feed the tank but I don't target feed. HTH Jeff.

 

[dnjan]

Agree. Mine are on the bottom, against a wall, and partially shaded.

I don't target feed either, but my tank is fairly high nutrient.

 

[spongebob lover]

hey JAson the last ones are very pretty

 

[Herefishyfishy]