Blastomussa Merleti Picture

[reef-nut]

Here is the one I just got from TEC. I love it. My camera sucks and so do I at taking pics. It looks a lot better than this. I have had it since wed. 16th and it opened up like this by the next day. It is my first blasto and I want more LPS and Sps. Up untill now I have just been a softie lover. This hobby sucks!

 

[Poseidon]

Isn't that a Wellsi? That is what came to mind when I saw it, merletti has smaller polyps... I think.

 

[reef-nut]

Thats what I thought, but TEC says its a Merleti and so did a couple people on this forum.

 

[Russellaqua]

I'm pretty sure it's a merletti. B. wellsi has a skeleton like a normal brain coral, while B. merletti has long tube-like structures that the polyps come out of. B. merletti polyps tend to be around 5-8 mm when opened. B. wellsi polyps can be well over 1 cm.

 

[detguy123]

they look like welsi to me but hard for me to tell from that pic...either way it is a great looking piece..i like the orange/red color like that

 

[Reef Pets]

110 percent Wellsi. I have a couple colonies of Merletti and they are completely different. Merletti grows with almost a finger like skeleton with a small head on the top. i also have Wellsi just like the on you have pictured. Nice looking piece!

 

[Russellaqua]

Here's the link to the other piece TEC was selling at the same time. From their pic it is definitely a B. merletti.

http://totallyexoticcorals.com/images/IMG_8425.JPG

 

[Reef Pets]

Take a look ot the top polyp in the picture from the link. It is attached directly to the rock like a brain coral would be. I have never seen a Merletti like that, only Wellsi. Then again, of course I have not seen every form of Wellsi nor Merletti. I have attached a picture of the mature colony of Merletti that I have. The heads are about the size of my small finger nail maybe a little bigger. Either way, very nice looking piece!

 

[reef-nut]

I think its a welsi. The polyps are as big as quarters

 

[Hopkins]

Here's the link to the other piece TEC was selling at the same time. From their pic it is definitely a B. merletti.

http://totallyexoticcorals.com/images/IMG_8425.JPG

That looks like a welsi to me.

 

[ctsps]

looks like wellsi