Pectinia and lobo attack

[Tab28]

I stupidly placed a lobo on a rock ledge. Overnight something knocked it and it well onto my space invaders pectinia. The flesh of the pectinia in the area is gone. It actually turned the skeleton underneath black. What are the chances of it healing and regrow over the bare areas?

 

[Tab28]

After another look. It may be the flesh turned black not the skeleton. The green colored layer appears to be falling off.

 

[shornik]

I really don't know the answer but am wondering if you can frag the "dead" part of the Pectinia and remove it to see if that helps.

 

[macscale]

Pectina is is extremely difficult to frag and it doesn't recover well. It will take lots of time to heal.

 

[Moonlightreef]

same thing happen to my friends pectinia , over time it grew it back and it was pretty bad .

 

[Tab28]

Why i placed a lobo on a rock without putty. It just started to grow faster. 4 new eyes and now this.

 

[nonstopfish]

Pectina is is extremely difficult to frag and it doesn't recover well. It will take lots of time to heal.

Mine heals quite fast. Cut it last week and the cut area is almost completely healed over already.

 

[Tab28]

Mine heals quite fast. Cut it last week and the cut area is almost completely healed over already.

Do you have the spiking type or plating type?

 

[nonstopfish]

Do you have the spiking type or plating type?

Space Invader was the one I was referring to. The cut was on the left side. Follow from the blown out white spot on the photo off the left side of the colony, an inch right of there. There is a skinny dark line, that is the cut. It was made less than a week ago and was at least 4-5 times as wide. Almost fully healed. That was with a bone cutters because my colony has gotten too big to use a band saw safely.

These plating pectinia frags also healed nicely and quite quickly.

Now an attack could cause it to heal more slowly depending on the severity, but I find pectinia's to be quite hardy.

 

[Tab28]

These plating pectinia frags also healed nicely and quite quickly.

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I had that exact plating type too. Looks a lot like a mydedium. Funny its sweepers were more troublesome then my space invader. You must have a knack. Even seasoned aquaculture LFS i know complain about the survival/heal rate of spiking pectinia. Have heard a few fragging tips to help but still poor rates. The platting types seems to be easier.

 

[nonstopfish]

I had that exact plating type too. Looks a lot like a mydedium. Funny its sweepers were more troublesome then my space invader. You must have a knack. Even seasoned aquaculture LFS i know complain about the survival/heal rate of spiking pectinia. Have heard a few fragging tips to help but still poor rates. The platting types seems to be easier.

Sorry, yes I likely messed up the name. It is likely a Mycedium but is often what people(including DD if I remember correctly) have referred to as plating pectinia.

I dunno, maybe I have just been lucky, but it has done very well for me across 4 different systems now as I have moved repeatedly the last few years. Halides, Radions, a few other LED's. Nothing seems to faze it, just keeps on growing.

 

[macscale]

Sorry, yes I likely messed up the name. It is likely a Mycedium but is often what people(including DD if I remember correctly) have referred to as plating pectinia.

I dunno, maybe I have just been lucky, but it has done very well for me across 4 different systems now as I have moved repeatedly the last few years. Halides, Radions, a few other LED's. Nothing seems to faze it, just keeps on growing.

In general Pectinia heals very slowly, so you must have a thing for it in your systems.

 

[Tab28]

Think you are correct it is a plating pectinia. When i bought mine that was its label. It just looks like a mycedium to me. When mine died the skeleton was a sure sign it was not a chalice. Not as intricate as the spiny forms but not a chalice skeleton.