Blastomussa (wellsi)

Care at a glance

Blastomussa forms a colony of thick, fleshy polyps on short calices, often in warm combinations of red, green and orange. When the polyps are well inflated you can barely see any of the skeleton beneath.

It likes subdued light and gentle flow and therefore does well low in the tank, where many other corals struggle. It is peaceful towards neighbours and grows slowly but steadily; the occasional small meaty feeding noticeably speeds that up.

Related species

• Pineapple blastomussaBlastomussa merleti
• Confetti coralMicromussa amakusensis
• Acan coralMicromussa lordhowensis
• Lobo brain coralLobophyllia sp.
• Favia brain coralFavia sp.
• Open brain coralTrachyphyllia geoffroyi