blasto ?

[brandon0350]

i got a 5 headed blasto from a local reefer yesterday. it looked great nice and puffy. i did the regular double volume drip acclimate and put it in. it was inflated last night in my tank but now it looks like its shriveled up and you can see the skeleton structure under the tight skin. is there anything i can do to save it or is it dying? ohh by the way all perameter are fine. this is the only coral acting wierd

 

[gflat65]

Is it getting too much light or flow?

 

[brandon0350]

its on the very bottom of a 29gallon w/ 260w pc. there are 2 seio 620s in ther is that to much flow?

 

[David Grigor]

Best to put it in one of the more shaded areas with the least amount of flow and work your way to where you want it to be carefully observing/monitoring it as you move it from place to place......

 

[CeeGee]

and you also have to give it a few days to adjust.

 

[brandon0350]

so its normal for it to look like its deflated? i just dont want it to die

 

[jasper24]

I have found blasto's to be strange. I have 3 now. 1 looks great and the other 2 just ok. They never get fully puffy and you can see the skeleton through the skin. I have tried low light and low flow and no change. they are stable at this point but do not look like the 3rd one that is puffy and full all of the time.

 

[ucsb_irishman]

Give the coral some time to get settled in. As long as your water parliaments are good and there is proper current and lighting, the colony should do fine.

 

[StashuDave]

Blastos ship/ move terrible, it will just take time for them to be happy, just keep it in the shade and slowly bring it out into the light.

 

[normanviking]

my dumb *** put my blasto right under my halides when I got. It did great and has split several times. Never looked bad ever. I guess I got lucky.