Flow Impinging on SSC

[CastAway]

This morning I moved an MP40 up a few inches because I thought years of direct flow onto a Strawberry Shortcake table was causing it to grow funny. Actually, it looks like the flow was causing the coral to stop growing and tabling normally - it is sort of bunching up and not reaching out.

Anyone have issues similar to this?
Is a change in flow after so long advisable?

 

[favites]

its hard for me to tell from the picture, just curious how far from the MP40? My SSC is within 12 inches at flow of 100% and continue to table. In the past, I have a some large colonies die and I'm convinced that it was because I changed the flow pattern mainly by placing other corals on rocks in between, so I have some 'superstition' about messing with flow and the 'laws of unintended consequences' .. either way looks like you getting good growth in your tank!

 

[CastAway]

Yeah, I'm a little skeptical of this change myself. It's about 18" from the MP40, but, I run them all out, and it was dead on taking it all.

This top-down shows the stunted edge, and the "normal" edges that are parallel with the flow.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I recently saw a VERY dense SSC in a friend's tank due to having too much direct flow.