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Do they need a larger "base" to keep growing? Or will its skeleton/flesh grow mostly up/outwards? Close up of the disk:
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Looks like some flesh wrapping around the disk. Would it benefit from gluing the disk to a larger piece of rock rubble?

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From what I have seen, the space invader grows upward mostly, a few people have had them grow outward more than upward. So, I wonder if there are a couple of different species (pectinia) of space invaders out there?

They don't need more base to grow upward, either they do or don't. Some species of pectinia will only grow so much base and will cover more height.
 

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Looks like some flesh wrapping around the disk. Would it benefit from gluing the disk to a larger piece of rock rubble?
So,I missed this my brains all over the map. I would give it more rock, disk to spread on if it likes. Sometimes, you never know. They wont really encrust on sand, but they can build skeleton over the sand. Sand seems to slow down their growth though.
 
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So,I missed this my brains all over the map. I would give it more rock, disk to spread on if it likes. Sometimes, you never know. They wont really encrust on sand, but they can build skeleton over the sand. Sand seems to slow down their growth though.
Awesome, that's what I'm looking for! A bit of extra rock underneath it also might keep the pitho from moving him around all the nmad time!
 

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Awesome, that's what I'm looking for! A bit of extra rock underneath it also might keep the pitho from moving him around all the nmad time!
And, if you have animals who dig around the pectinia, that can cause irritation to the skin and cause it to peel back. So, elevating the pectinia will benefit.
 

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