Pectinia Help

[therealman1]

A LFS keeper near me offered me two pieces of pectinia for a price that I could not refuse. They are a bit beat up after an anemone traveled over them. They are acclimating into my tank now. They have been going steady at the LFS's display thank for a few months after the incident, he says he just decided to do a SPS dominated tank instead. I was just wondering what the best way was to bring them all the way back to full health.

I will upload better pictures when they are set up in my tank for light acclimation.

 

[Big G]

They feed by using their mucous membrane. They are very slow eaters. They seem to like to eat early before lights on or after lights out with pumps off. They'll eat almost anything you'd normally feed. Phyto and other "small" foods are a good idea. Medium flow and medium light.
What color(s) are yours?

 

[Bayareareefer18]

My space invader loves to eat. His sweepers are out very often and grab anything it can

 

[therealman1]

he gave me a rainbow (the one in the pic) and an "acid rain" plating pectinia. How often do you feed? Right now I target feed roids every three days, my lepto feeds with mucus so I know what you mean. I will start turning my pumps off each time I feed.

 

[therealman1]

 

[Big G]

Ooo! I like it a lot. They are so unusual looking, so wild. Beautiful corals. ;)

 

[therealman1]

Should I trim off the exposed skeleton? Or just feed it often and monitor it? I have to agree on the colors, the wife is doing research on lighting because right now its under a stock biocube light.

 

[samnaz]

super awesome looking coral that is! I've never seen anything like it, I don't think...

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Good luck with them. Will be very nice if you can nurse them back to health.

Also be careful of nearby corals with their long sweepers

 

[therealman1]

How often do you feed your pectinia? Should I trim back the skeleton?

 

[xjiang7]

How often do you feed your pectinia? Should I trim back the skeleton?

I have no experience with pectinia but I will say it is not a good idea. The dead skeleton won’t affect the living tissue but trimming it off will cause extra stress

 

[Bayareareefer18]

How often do you feed your pectinia? Should I trim back the skeleton?

Target feed once a week with reef roids and broadcast feed reef chili once a week. It often catches chunks of rods food that I feed in the evenings as well

 

[Schnizzle]

How are your pectnias coming along? I'm struggling with mine receding now.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

any update on any of the pectinia? I am thinking of getting one

 

[Schnizzle]

any update on any of the pectinia? I am thinking of getting one

Mine recovered nicely. Not sure about OP