Description

This coral is a Blastomussa Wellsi species and it will encrust flat over the rock. Polyps tend to be around 1″-2″ in diameter. Blastos are a great growing coral grown under 100-150 par with a little indirect feeding. This coral comes from the ocean waters of Indonesia and has been growing great for us. Doc like to place this coral low on the reef or in a shaded area set inside the reef out of direct heavy flow in many aquarium designs and installations.
Lighting: medium low – medium lighting 75-150 PAR.
Flow: low- medium low flow. Indirect good flow is best.
Care Level: Easy – intermediate
Original Location Range: Indonesia, Coral Triangle, South Pacific
Grown in our California coral farm where we provide zero impact corals
Water chemistry: Calcium 400-450, Magnesium 1350, KH 7-9.5, pH 8.1-8.4, Nitrates .01-10, Phosphates .01-.09 salinity 1.026
Temperature Range: 74- 81 Fahrenheit

Dosing: Doc highly recommends automated dosing of Ca, Kh and other elements to provide ultimate stable water chemistry throughout the day. It is important there are minimal fluctuations especially with Kh/alkalinity. For more information on dosing and products click here.
Placement recommendations: There are a few good areas to place these corals. Try an area like and edge in front so the coral can encrust onto the reef or a place with good indirect flow so particulate to be carried to it and settle on the coral. Keep a safe distance from other corals so it does not harm or get harmed by other corals. This coral is good to grow in vertical areas where others cannot. Another great location is on an island on the sand up close to the glass for optimal viewing. It will never grow outwards into the glass.
Attachment: We like to clip off the exposed disk areas. Add a small amount of coral glue to the underside of the disk. Mix up enough two part epoxy to create a small mound and dab it a few times into the glue to get it tacky then press and mold a conical shape. Add a few small daps to the tip of the cone dabbing the glue so it really sticks to the epoxy. Press the coral disk onto the desired location and press the epoxy flat around the disk. Be sure the coral is fully secure, the coral should never fall off the reef. You can also skip the epoxy and rub a little coral glue onto the reef area so the glue sticks and use only reef glue on the coral to attach.
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