• Name:

    Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

  • Family: Pectiniidae
  • Species: Mycedium
  • Scientific Name: Mycedium sp
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General info about Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

n general, corals coming from the genus Mycedium takes the flat, laminar plane or plate type of coral growth. Their colonies have several plates that may originate from different points or planes. One distinct characteristics for a Mycedium coral is that their corallites are raised, tubular and has angular outward growth that forms a shape resembling like a nose.

 

As for the Mindbender Chalice Mycedium, they are predominantly colored blue with brown margin and white mouth. This are the water parameters for cultivating Mindbender Chalice Mycedium:

  • Calcium: 380 - 430 ppm
  • Alkalinity: 3.2 - 4.8 MEQ/L
  • Phosphates: 0
  • Magnesium: 1200 - 1350
  • Strontium: 8 - 10
  • Temperature: 74° - 82° F (23° - 27° C)
  • Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.023 - 1.025

Mindbender Chalice Mycedium Diet & Nutrition

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium gets much of its nutrition from the symbiotic zooxanthellae living within their tissues. However, we still recommend you do supplemental feeding by adding mysis and brine shrimp.

Fragging / Propagating Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

A mature tank is recommended in cultivating Mindbender Chalice Mycedium. They are highly adaptive that it can grow and encrust any surface, including the glass component of your tank.

Flow / Lighting Requirements for Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium requires moderate lighting and low to moderate waterflow. If they are exposed to strong waterflow, their tentacles wiill not go out, which in turn, will deprive them from feeding.

Parasites & Diseases that Affect Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium are prone to brown jelly infection, especially if water conditions are not met and maintained.

Mindbender Chalice Mycedium Origin

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium can be found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Caution Should be Taken with Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium has an aggressive behavior. Therefore, proper spacing must be maintained with regards to nearby corals.

How to Acclimate Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

The Mindbender Chalice Mycedium are purely marine, therefore, salinity must be maintained thoroughly at 1.023 to 1.025 specific gravity.

Stinging Tentacles on Mindbender Chalice Mycedium

The tentacles of the Mindbender Chalice Mycedium are classfied as sweeper tentacles where it can extend, invade and sting nearby corals.

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Mindbender Chalice Mycedium Mycedium Pectiniidae Mycedium sp

n general, corals coming from the genus Mycedium takes the flat, laminar plane or plate type of coral growth. Their colonies have several plates that may originate from different points or planes. One distinct characteristics for a Mycedium coral is that their corallites are raised, tubular and has angular outward growth that forms a shape resembling like a nose.

 

As for the Mindbender Chalice Mycedium, they are predominantly colored blue with brown margin and white mouth. This are the water parameters for cultivating Mindbender Chalice Mycedium:

  • Calcium: 380 - 430 ppm
  • Alkalinity: 3.2 - 4.8 MEQ/L
  • Phosphates: 0
  • Magnesium: 1200 - 1350
  • Strontium: 8 - 10
  • Temperature: 74° - 82° F (23° - 27° C)
  • Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.023 - 1.025
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