coral won't branch and grow....just spreads

[cryotek74]

S0 i have had these coral in my tank for over a year(i dont know their actual names). I have moved the green frag twice thinking it wasnt getting the right light or flow. Every place I out the frag it spreads across the rock but never graws branches. I feed all my coral reef roids twice a week. 10.2 dkh, 320 calc(adjusting dosing to get to 420), 1340 mag.

any ideas why they won't branch up and grow???

 

[joshua rivera]

For the looks of it they seem to be cyphastrea corals which encrust on to what ever surface it grows on. Unless you have branching cyphastrea you won't see these branch off. They are awesome to cover custom made rock domes!

 

[Joel Franco]

Most sps corals grow based on the flow patterns in your tank.

 

[TX_Punisher]

Mine do the same. As posted above, perhaps change the flow a bit in their area.

 

[ZIGGY63]

2nd pic looks like a garf ? then can build out a base and then start upwards

 

[erky]

2nd pic has 2 little heads about to sprout up, take a better look it is about to start branching, first pic is an encrusting coral!

 

[Kmsutows]

1st is a cyphastria which as others stated don't grow branches. The 2nd is likely very annoyed by the zoas and grew away from them as well as towards the light they were blocking

 

[77railer]

#1 is Meteor Shower Cyphastria (I believe) which as said will not branch. Second looks like Garf Bonsai which will most definitely branch...nice pieces