Different growth rates and an I'd please

HB AL · May 23, 2017

I was just wondering about the different growth rates comparing these acroporas. They where all bought around 12 months ago as small 1 to 2 inch frags from one of my lfs. I wasn't really concerned about names so never really asked, i know one is a strawberry shortcake. The real question I have is about the neon green one it seems to be healthy but has grown very little compared to the other 3. It obviously is a really slow grower I guess, maybe if some expert know what it is they can confirm that it's just a slow grower. The other 3 have grown into nice little colonies. The little on is about 2 inches tall, the other are around 3 to 5 inches tall and 3 to 4 inches across with lots of encrusting. Pics were taken with my cell phone and Kessils were set to 100% white light.

HB AL · May 27, 2017

Guess the mystery continues

Ocelaris · May 28, 2017

Looks like a green tenius, so might be a slow grower? Kinda hard to see what the green one is. I definitely have slow growing ones, others took a long time to settle in, and about the one year mark have colored up and taken off. My Oregon tort grew vigorously for a few months and then slowed down now where as the others sped up. As long as conditions are stable and doing well, that's about all I can suggest?

Is everything colored up well? The strawberry shortcake looks good, how's everything else?

BlueCursor · May 28, 2017

I'll offer you a bread crumb on the green coral growth issue. Green corals tend to require/tolerate more light than other color corals. If that one is getting lower light than the others, you definitely can expect slower growth.

HB AL · May 28, 2017

Alright thanks for the ideas. Everything from acro's to shrooms and everything in between is colored up and thriving. I do have that little neon green sucker getting blasted by light, but I'm just gonna chalk it up to a extremely slow grower, maybe one year it takes off.