what kind of blastos are these just got them last night

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0119081550a.jpg can you guys id this for me thanks where it looks white in the center and the edges are green.

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Also what do you guys recommend for shrimp? Is a cleaner the way to go what about a sexy shrimp anything else out there worth a look?

I seen an arrow crap but was not sure if it was reef safe?
 
Arrow crabs r considered reef safe, but might grab other smaller inverts or small slow fish when they get big(and they can get to like 5-6"), and u can't go wrong with cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, or camel shrimp. I would say that your blasto is a merletti, but i'm not sure from that pic. Do you have a closer shot of them? How big r the polyps across?
 
i'm much more confident in saying merletti now that you say they r only an inch across.

yes I think they are merletti do they color up any more then they are now. They seem to be a dull red color. I was watching them and I see in the middle that there mouths move in and out.
 
Anyone have sexy shrimp how are they as far as taking care of. I read they do better in groups of 3 but what would you put in a 12 gallon aquapod.
 
I don't think they really require care lol I have 2 floating around in my 75 gallon. 1 stays out in the front always in either a zoa or my long tentacled plate anemone. The other stays hidden in the back side of a rock where I can't really see it. cute tiny little things. they really are tiny. it's hard to overstock with sexy shrimp unless you get like, 20 or something.
 
Those blasto's look more like wellsi to me.

Merleti polyps are smaller than an inch and develop from tubular corallites, while wellsi polyps are at least an inch and the skeleton is more encrusting in nature.
 
Those blasto's look more like wellsi to me.

Merleti polyps are smaller than an inch and develop from tubular corallites, while wellsi polyps are at least an inch and the skeleton is more encrusting in nature.

Now that I go to a website to compare the 2 I think you are right kay-bee
 
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