ID small polyp Candy Cane

[AwwNuts]

I acquired this not too long ago but i forgot what was the exact name of these small polyp candy cane.

Does anyone know the exact name for these guys.

Cut off a few heads off the main piece i got to see if i could grow a nicer colony.

 

[XxRingoxX]

Those are Blastomussa Merletti

 

[AwwNuts]

are they really, i had my doubts as the guy i had gotten them from had given a candy cane ID

 

[XxRingoxX]

Without a doubt. They do look similar to the red/green candy canes though.....so don't give him too hard of a time. Cool coral any way you slice it though.

 

[AwwNuts]

hmm, well it worked out even better, and i believe the guy had called them red green candy cane or ultra neon green candy cane lol.

Funny thing is that the wife was mentioning yesterday that we should pick up a Aussie Blastomussa that someone was selling locally lol.

 

[XxRingoxX]

Step 1.....aquire Blastos
Step 2 ??????????
Step 3....get brownie points

 

[AwwNuts]

lol well you put a smile on my face as i was not too familiar with Blastos. Now time to move it its preffer location, give it some premium care to color it up and fluff it off. The tank in which it came from lets just say it wasn't ideal, lots of bleach corals and coral death on some.

 

[XxRingoxX]

A humanitarian effort than....that should be worth double brownie point.

 

[AwwNuts]

Now would you consider this to be Pink and Green Blasto or Green Center Blasto Wellsi?

these are pretty discolored as the guy has too much MH/T5 combo lighting for the tank.

 

[XxRingoxX]

Should end up being red and green by the looks of it. Definetley Merletti, Wellsi are a lot bigger.

 

[AwwNuts]

Good to know, thanks for your expertise with these guys.

Here's pics of the tank in which they went into, you could kind of see it in the center between two rocks to give it soft flow meantime i determined where it needs to go. Had the lights at 40% or less as it was dimming down for the night.

 

[AwwNuts]

Looks like my wife was planning on buying me the wellsi here's a pic of the actual piece

 

[MechEng99]

The first pic is definitely Blastomussa merletti.

I have the same Blastomussa wellsi's you've pictured. Get them...they're awesome. The centers sparkle like you wouldn't believe.