Space Invader Mycedium/Pectinia. Who has one?

[Joeganja]

just picked this guy up today at California Reef Co.

 

[Tab28]

Will take a picture of mine once lights come on. It is considered a spikey chalice but is actually a pectinia.

 

[Diesel]

I got a 6x6 colony and plenty of frags, lol!

 

[Reef_Addict]

I picked up this great frag from zoanthids.com at a reef club sale in metro Atlanta in 2014 and it has done great in my systems. Has grown about 6 more eyes. Be aware that in my system that this pectina sends out some long, clear feeding sweepers that will sting other corals.

 

[Tab28]

I bought mine as a frag at last years reefapalooza here in Orlando. It was about the size of a quarter. It was only one eye now has over 10 that i can see. It has several on underside of spikes. Thought i lost it during a tank leak. Again when a lobo fell on it.

 

[Lonely reefer's]

just picked this guy up today at California Reef Co.

This one called A mycedium,it grow like chalice

 

[Joeganja]

This is different from a pectinia, it's a mycedium version. These are harder to find.

 

[Tab28]

Sorry thought it was the pectinia. Do not have that mycedium but have about 6 different named ones. If it is like other mycediums it will grow very fast. Have great color and are more hardy than most other chalices.

 

[Joeganja]

It's the slowest growing lol. And these are usually $100 for 1x1"

 

[Tab28]

That's not a bad price at all for a neon green mycedium. I will have to keep my eyes on that one.

 

[Joeganja]

Okay.

 

[Lonely reefer's]

That's not a bad price at all for a neon green mycedium. I will have to keep my eyes on that one.

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[Joeganja]

Yea

 

[fishnchip]

world wide corals has one if anyone is still looking haha

 

[Tyreef2016]

So can someone explain the difference between the Pectina and Mycedium?

Does the Mycedium not get finger like growth and only plate out like a chalice? I’m not sure if I have a Space Invader Pectina or Mycedium.

 

[DSC reef]

Space invader is pectinia. Mycedium will typically keep a disk shape with large pronounced mouths

 

[Tyreef2016]

Space invader is pectinia. Mycedium will typically keep a disk shape with large pronounced mouths

Any way to tell as frags though? This picture for instance?

 

[DSC reef]

That looks like pectinia, have to wait to see if it gets vertical growth. There's plating pectinia as well. Here's an image I found on the difference of plating pectinia and mycedium.