Pectina question

[2FUSouls]

I got this coral on a super deal. I think I paid like 10 bucks for it. But i'm wondering if it's gonna color up at all, or yeah, will it stay this color I don't know much about these corals.So i'm wondering if the color is shift will happen under lighting, or do they generally stay?What you see is what you get. Also, if anybody has any idea, what kind of color this may be or color morph, I guess.Let me know.

 

[KrisReef]

Pectinia comes is many colors. The first one I got was similar to yours, or maybe it was a brownish tan and solid. There are many brightly colored in green, purple, and some colored eyes (Yellow, red, green).

 

[2FUSouls]

Pectinia comes is many colors. The first one I got was similar to yours, or maybe it was a brownish tan and solid. There are many brightly colored in green, purple, and some colored eyes (Yellow, red, green).

The one that was similar to mine.Did it ever get more vibrant?Or did it always just stay that brownish color

 

[Pistondog]

I've had a couple and they have not changed color from the original.

 

[exnisstech]

Maybe a rainbow? Lighting can affect the coloration we see on most coral though sticks show the biggest difference I think.

Same coral on the right in a different tank

 

[KrisReef]

The one that was similar to mine.Did it ever get more vibrant?Or did it always just stay that brownish color

Like @exnisstech said, they can look better or worse under different lights, but they don't change much, like going from grey to rainbow, or any other dramatic changes.

 

[2FUSouls]

Like @exnisstech said, they can look better or worse under different lights, but they don't change much, like going from grey to rainbow, or any other dramatic changes.

I was wondering only because the eye looks to have, like some green tinge to it, and then the rest is like A. Reddish brown, so I was really hoping that I would brighten up

 

[KrisReef]

I was wondering only because the eye looks to have, like some green tinge to it, and then the rest is like A. Reddish brown, so I was really hoping that I would brighten up

Mine became a favorite, it was one of the first corals I had that grew in my tank 30 years ago.

When I went looking for a Pectinia 10 years ago I couldn't find any tan ones, everything was $200-Rainbow or the flashy "Space Invader."

These corals have many color morphs but they should all be labeled space invader because their sweeper tentacles are impressive when these corals start night feeding.

 

[Pistondog]

As they grow, pectinia will add eyes and other features with colors.
For example my space invader now has eight yellow eyes, started with 2.

 

[twentyleagues]

For the most part lps corals stay wisiwyg. Lighting "temp" can have dramatic effects on what you think you see but base color really doesnt change much. Too much light can cause them to bleach and too low of a level can cause them to brown out some, that has to do with the amount of zooxanthella in the corals too high light and they can expel and not enough will cause them to try and "cultivate" more. But yeah basic colors should not change much, unlike sps corals which can and will change colors. Even sps had the zooxanthella to produce the colors but may not have been the right parameter to do so.

 

[exnisstech]

Keep an eye out for sweepers. My space invader used to send out some nasty ones. It only did it when it was in a tank with other fleshy LPS.

Ive seen them probably 6" long.

 

[2FUSouls]

Keep an eye out for sweepers. My space invader used to send out some nasty ones. It only did it when it was in a tank with other fleshy LPS.

Ive seen them probably 6" long.

Wow!