what is this?

[BigJay]

sorry for the blurry pic. They are very small maybe 6 or 7 mm across.

 

[BigJay]

better pic. thats my acan's right next to it for size comparo.

 

[Stinson]

looks like it may be Blastos

 

[BigJay]

thats what I thought too but I can't find a blasto that looks exactly like it.

 

[cbrownfish]

Looks to be some sort of Palythoa or Zoanthus species IMO. Without a higher resolution pic, I can't tell if the stalk is soft or stony.

Aquarium Invertebrates

 

[BigJay]

nevermind I see something pretty close Coral Identification Photos - Marine Aquarium - Blastomussa Corals - www.livestockusa.org

thanks

 

[BigJay]

Looks to be some sort of Palythoa or Zoanthus species IMO. Without a higher resolution pic, I can't tell if the stalk is soft or stony.

Aquarium Invertebrates

Its a LPS for sure. Just my camera sucks. Even with the macro settings it takes horrible tank pictures.

 

[BigJay]

it looks exactly like the 9th pic in the link I posted. whoops miscounted the 11th pic

 

[Heliux]

kinda looks like a colonial rok of green buttons to me...

 

[BigJay]

kinda looks like a colonial rok of green buttons to me...

green button polyps? Nope these are defeinetly stoneys. I thought they were blastos when I got them I just couldn't locate of ones exactly like that. I've found them they are definetly blastos.

 

[BigJay]

maybe Sonny will chime in and tell me exactly what blasto it is though. I've only found a couple pics of it. None for sale. Beautiful coral.

 

[BigJay]

Small Head Green Eye Blastomussa Merleti , All Live Corals , Cyber Reef

ahh here it is.

 

[LPS_Blasto]

I got some of those. They grow kinda slow, but they are really beautiful. I have mine in medium flow, medium light and they seam to enjoy it. I feed mysis and small pieces of krill about once a week. Usually spot feed with a turkey baster and pumps off.

 

[BigJay]

I tried spot feeding them but they aren't taking food. Gonna give them some time they've been stressed pretty heavily. My LMB knocked them over several times so I just puttied them in place last night. Until I was 100% sure I didn't want to permanent place them.
Not a bad frag for 12 dollar eh? :bluenod: