Is it a Blasto?

[WVH]

Picked up this tiny few polyp frag and am not sure what the little guy is positively? I have been away from the hobby so long I am forgetting too much, or its just old age. Is he a Blastomussa wellsi? Thanks .. Sorry not my best photo.

 

[murphreef]

Looks like some sort of deformed Acan to me.

EDIT - def an acan just looks like the tissue around the perimeter is sucked in and deflated.... I am sure it will fill in once acclimated to your tank and look like a normal acan

 

[WVH]

Acan was my first thought too, had lots in the old tank. That's what I labeling him first. Looking at some of the shots of Blastos it seems to match better??? Wish now that this tiny bugger had had a label in the frag tank I got him from ..... Will give him a few weeks to hopefully improve and see what he looks like then. Thanks for the input.

 

[Uncle99]

Looks more blasto than Acan to me.

 

[murphreef]

What gives away the fact that it is an acan is that is has a center mouth with feeder tentacles about half way from the edge of the coral....

Blastos dont have feeder tentacles like that. They have them all the way at the edge and they do not look like that.

Your acan is deflated right now so it looks weird that's all.

 

[WVH]

Thanks all, will give him a few weeks and post him again to see if the little guy improves a bit ..... For 15 bucks I think I will be happy with him.

 

[murphreef]

yup for $15 you cant go wrong even if its a piece of nuisance algae lol