Is this a Blasto coral?

[kruley]

I have this coral and don't know what it is. When it was happy it had more texture to the darker spots with the bright blue/Green in the middle sections.

Since this picture was taken, I moved it to the sand bed because it wasn't happy. It still isn't. If I can figure out what coral it is then I can research what it needs to be happy.

Thank you!

 

[sfin52]

Looks like a mushroom

 

[DSC reef]

Not sure to be honest. Can you get a few more pics

 

[kruley]

 

[Michael Naegeli]

I’d say Blasto. When it puffs up more it’ll be an easy call.

 

[DSC reef]

It looks like a blasto but on it's way out unfortunately

 

[James M]

Following along

 

[Michael Naegeli]

It looks like a blasto but on it's way out unfortunately

Ya think? Man I hope not. I’ve got some blastos and they look a lil deflated sometimes and then boom they get all happy and fat again. Usually when crabs are all up on them. I have a Huge cleanup crew and they are on everything. Haha. I’m hoping it pulls thru. Never know

 

[DSC reef]

Ya think? Man I hope not. I’ve got some blastos and they look a lil deflated sometimes and then boom they get all happy and fat again. Usually when crabs are all up on them. I have a Huge cleanup crew and they are on everything. Haha. I’m hoping it pulls thru. Never know

Deflated is ok but I see some tissue loss on this one. I've seen coral come back from the dead. Lol

 

[kruley]

Deflated is ok but I see some tissue loss on this one. I've seen coral come back from the dead. Lol

Any tips to try to save it? Water parameters are good. It is in a low flow area.

 

[sfin52]

The closer ups looks like a blastomusa. Mine came back from the dead. My lfs gave me one that was dead and it came back

 

[DSC reef]

You can try an iodine dip like seachem reef dip. Other than that try to keep everything stable and low flow.

 

[DSC reef]

The closer ups looks like a blastomusa. Mine came back from the dead. My lfs gave me one that was dead and it came back

I've seen it. Our colony withered away one by one. My wife noticed some color left on the skeleton and it was a full colony again in about a year with 10+ heads. Corals are amazing.