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caferacermike
Tue, 12th Dec 2006, 10:17 PM
So about 6 months ago I noticed these tiny little dots appear on some liverock. I left them alone. I'm a habitual turkey baster blast of my rocks kind of guy. I noticed over time that as I'd spray that area these dots would recoil. So I've been watching them. In the last 2 weeks I've had a huge growth spurt in the entire tank. In fact the original 3 dots have become what appear to be 6. My guess is that they look like tiny blasto. Not sure if I'd say wellsi or merletti. But then again I could be wrong.

So what do you all think?

The location.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g48/caferacermike/100_2015.jpg

A few magnifications.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g48/caferacermike/blasto.jpg

And one more time but blown way up by mistake.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g48/caferacermike/moreblasto.jpg

Oh and they definitely are not spawn of those zoas. The dots were there long before the zoas. Also they appear to have little skeletons like Acanths or Blasto would have. One interesting note is that little hairs wisp out at all times unless I give em the old spray from the baster.

jrnannery
Tue, 12th Dec 2006, 11:54 PM
Without much experience at this, I would ask...1. How long has the rock been in your tank,
2. Do you have any blasto in your tank now,
3. Can I have a frag if they grow out beeg and purty?

caferacermike
Wed, 13th Dec 2006, 07:30 AM
1 and half years. Until yesterday I had only one single merletti head. These are something that began all by themselves months ago. Kind of a reddish purple with a touch of green.

blueboy
Wed, 13th Dec 2006, 08:57 AM
cool!, watch and wait.

apedroza
Wed, 13th Dec 2006, 11:52 AM
Kinda hard to tell but they do look like blastos

SueT
Thu, 14th Dec 2006, 05:19 PM
thats too cool, but it's gonna be a killer for the "wait and see", when you want to know now or I would..