Acro Not Growing Uniformly

[AquaScott]

Hi, One of my larger acroporas seems to grow real well over most of it. However, over part of it, it's not growing quite as well. Is this a lighting issue? I recently added another light so now it has a light basically right over it. Should I expect a full comeback? It's the bigger purple one on the right side of the tank.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

Could be growing in accordance to light or even flow. Is the flow uniform over the acro?

 

[AquaScott]

Could be growing in accordance to light or even flow. Is the flow uniform over the acro?

There's a powerhead closer to the right side where the growth is stunted. Maybe too much flow?

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I would say it’s more likely flow than light. I wouldn’t worry about it - your tank and the corals in it all looks great and healthy. It’s normal for corals to show different growth forms under different conditions and it’s such a large colony that one side is subjected to different conditions than the other. Neither is wrong, just different.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Perhaps corals are like mood slime and need to be yelled at.

Excuse to say your tank looks great :)

 

[AquaScott]

I would say it’s more likely flow than light. I wouldn’t worry about it - your tank and the corals in it all looks great and healthy. It’s normal for corals to show different growth forms under different conditions and it’s such a large colony that one side is subjected to different conditions than the other. Neither is wrong, just different.

That's good to hear. Thanks for the reply. I will do my best to even things out, but won'tchange too much. Love the lobsterofjustice handle. :) hahaha!

 

[AquaScott]

Perhaps corals are like mood slime and need to be yelled at.

Excuse to say your tank looks great :)

Hahaha! And Thank you! I do yell, usually at the live rocks though.