as you can see in the first picture thats from june, and the other one is from october. you can tell the one branch is the only branch that is really growing. and its grown pretty tall. any science behind the fact that only the one branch is growing? i also have a purple slimmer that is doing the same thing. should i cut it?
weird growth pattern?
- Thread starter Jarrett
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- Location
- Bronx/Westchester
I don't think there's a reason behind this. From which direction is the flow hitting those frags?
its not that far from the light, so its not like its getting insufficent lighting. and the flow is all around that coral even the bottom polyps move without an issue? and no new branches off of it, for atleast 3 months. but i guess will see.
- Location
- 11756
I've seen this happen with some of my frags and frags in friends tanks. Not sure why it happens, but one easy way to get growth else is to mess up the growing tip on the branch that is growing. Most, if not all of the time, this will force the rest of it to start growing.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
yes... but if its happy and growing leave it alone :biggrin:
yea i want to leave it alone, i mean it looks awesome i just want the other branches to branch out more. its not a big deal to me i was just curious if there was any reason or science behind a coral doing that. because i have one akwardly long branch on my purple slimmer as well.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
its what it feels comfortable doing depending on flow, lighting and position in tank.
- Location
- Miami
if it not broke dont fix it..lol
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Oh the things I have ruined by not subscribing to this. Listen to kenconnect lol.
- Location
- Union Square, NY
It is conserving energy while moving up to a higher spot in the tank. Once it gets high enough it will start to branch out a little bit more.
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