show those blasto's

[leveldrummer]

ive been seeing alot around lately, i wanna get an idea of the colors that are available, so if you have one, post it.

here is my wellsi colony

and my merletti

 

[wantsalotta]

Heres a merletti for ya

 

[Miggsy]

These are the 1st that i've ever seen for sale over here in England;

 

[ReefDoctorMicromussas]

I really Like those REDS guys... Nice pics
A friend named Lam gave me these in a trade once and I have never found any welssi that I like better.... The Flameboy Blasto was close


Everytime this thread starts I have to do this

 

[leveldrummer]

thats really awesome doc, ever think of shipping a frag?

 

[fishaholic911]

 

[dendro982]

The same blasto merletti, as yours:

how it looked at the time of purchase:

I really would prefer this kind of color

 

[keaton]

Here is mine-

 

[funkyman]

Dendro, how you get them to come back? I've been having problems with mine.

 

[cateyes]

here's a shot of mine.. kinda small but i like them...

 

[dendro982]

Dendro, how you get them to come back? I've been having problems with mine.

Light (> 3W/gal for 12" deep tank), food (mysis or smaller), and some flow. Takes months, though.
I show you, where mine was and how progressed.

For a some time after arrival - in the basic softies/LPS 10g tank:

The clown there was fed by grocery shrimp, salmon and mysis, the smallest pieces were given to the corals too.

Then for a short time - in the sun coral feeding chamber (~1g pico):

Every 3rd day bathed in the food (mysis, ocean Plankton), with 100% water changes after feeding, using old water from established tank. Was very low light, didn't liked the progress - this blasto likes the light. Moved back in 10g tank near window:

Here it's eating mysis:

You can see, how the dead polyp's skeleton becoming covered by a newly growing polyp.

Then - in best-lit 5-6g hexagon tank:

Well fed tank, because of filter feeders there and, later, the scooter blenny. The food was mostly mysis, a little Marine Cousine, dried Cyclop-eeze. Mysids shrimp swarmed in the places, unaccessible to the scooter. Sun-lit (southern window, Great Lakes region) plus 20-27W PC or CFL.

Will continue.

 

[dendro982]

Then, for a couple of months - in the best ever conditions, in 20g long tank, 72W PC plus sun, same feeding:

until tank crashed due to the death of some toxic inhabitants. Most SPS died (except porites), LPS just contracted, then, after moving to the 10g tank again, started grow even better:

Same tank, same light (72W PC and sun), same food.

The last shot - mid February:

Gave it away with most other LPS, because it restricted access for the cleaning tank's bottom (permanent problem). Only very small frag was left.

Summary (IMHE):
blasto merletti is described as a low light coral, but it grew best for me when was placed together with sps. It may be low light for the tank with MH, but for my low light nano-tanks, it was one of the best lit places I could find. Some food appreciated too (as by any LPS).

If you have any dead tissue, siphon it out and run carbon for a day-two. Then place in a good place and feed time from time. Worked for a most LPS, except trachyphillia.