Identification

[St3]

I bought a coral I don’t no what it is, the man at the shop said it was a blasto I said to hi it it wasn’t but he persisted and told me it was, he owns a shop so who am I to argue an tell him it wasn’t, i thought blasto’s where wider flatter, this is like a hard tube, please could some one identify and along with the name any information on light, flow etc,,, would be great

[St3]

Has anyone any idea what these are

[Garf]

My best guess would be a long polyp galaxea. Hard to tell without polyps open. What color is it?

[WV Reefer]

16 hours ago, St3 said:

I bought a coral I don’t no what it is, the man at the shop said it was a blasto I said to hi it it wasn’t but he persisted and told me it was, he owns a shop so who am I to argue an tell him it wasn’t, i thought blasto’s where wider flatter, this is like a hard tube, please could some one identify and along with the name any information on light, flow etc,,, would be great

 

Looks like a trumpet coral to me. 😊

[Pjanssen]

Actually, it could be a merletti, which is in fact a blasto. They don't normally extend like that though so maybe it's not too happy.

https://www.tidalgardens.com/stock-red-blastomussa-merletti.html

[St3]

Thanks for your reply’s I will have a look at the trump corals soon, 

The picture at the bottom is a good one to see the coral in question 

 

 

 

[Thrassian Atoll]

Turn off your blues to take photos.

[St3]

4 minutes ago, Pjanssen said:

Actually, it could be a merletti, which is in fact a blasto. They don't normally extend like that though so maybe it's not too happy.

https://www.tidalgardens.com/stock-red-blastomussa-merletti.html

The shop keeper said it was a blastomussa but I have never seen one tall and lanky lol I thought blasto where more like Acans 

[St3]

There with out the blues, has anyone got any more ideas on what this could be, hopefully it will be fully open tomorrow it been in 24 hours now but you never know with corals, 

[Thrassian Atoll]

I was thinking trumpet/candy canes but the stalks are kind of weird.

[St3]

28 minutes ago, Pjanssen said:

Actually, it could be a merletti, which is in fact a blasto. They don't normally extend like that though so maybe it's not too happy.

https://www.tidalgardens.com/stock-red-blastomussa-merletti.html

Yer so it’s strechi g to get more light maybe it was out of a poor lit tank now it’s under the prime hd a will give it a week or so let’s see how a good light treats it  have you got any information about these corals just in case it is one of the ones you said because the guy sold it to me as a blasto

[St3]

Has anyone found out what these are, I want to believe there blasto but I am really not convinced, if they are does this mean I have a mutation or something 

[WV Reefer]

32 minutes ago, St3 said:

Has anyone found out what these are, I want to believe there blasto but I am really not convinced, if they are does this mean I have a mutation or something 

 

Are the stalks hard like a skeleton?

 

i still think they look like trumpets:

 

[St3]

I think your right please could yo give me any information you have on these corals, 

the stems look very similar and they have the green tops, I am definitely leaning towards trumps 

[WV Reefer]

34 minutes ago, St3 said:

I think your right please could yo give me any information you have on these corals, 

the stems look very similar and they have the green tops, I am definitely leaning towards trumps 

 

Moderate light, moderate flow. Too much flow can rip them because of the sharp skeleton underneath.