Need help

[jesse88]

can someone tell me what this is?

 

[Chrisv.]

It's a blasto

 

[Duffer]

Blasto

 

[MaxTremors]

Blastomussa merletti.

Edit: not even remotely close to a zoa.

 

[jesse88]

I thought it was a Zoa when I got it ‍

 

[MaxTremors]

I thought it was a Zoa when I got it ‍

They do look kind of similar at a glance. Blastos are one of my favorite corals, the merletti have smaller polyps and the wellsi are much bigger (couple inches at the largest). The wellsis come in lots of colors but the more rare ones can be very expensive, the pink/red/purple and green/blue ones are fairly inexpensive though.

 

[Sean Clark]

Definitely a blasto. One of my favorites.