Is this good growth

[Brandon3152134]

I got this frag about a month ago and took a pic on Oct 26 after It was in the tank for a week. I took another picture today making this 3 weeks worth of growth. Do you think this is fast or slow just wondering if this is the normal growth rate for this species.

 

[JGT]

I got this frag about a month ago and took a pic on Oct 26 after It was in the tank for a week. I took another picture today making this 3 weeks worth of growth. Do you think this is fast or slow just wondering if this is the normal growth rate for this species.

Don’t see much of a change, sorry.

 

[MERKEY]

The base has grown a bit but it also looks to have algea covering the front corner.

What are your parameters?

 

[SliceGolfer]

Leptoseris - slowish grower. I have a 24k gold Lepto and it grows 2x to my Jack o lantern Lepto.

 

[Brandon3152134]

The base has grown a bit but it also looks to have algea covering the front corner.

What are your parameters?

A paly was bothering it and killed off some but I cut it yesterday so I'm hoping it comes back. This is a relatively new coral so i dont expect much. My alk sits around 10 and my calcium sits around 420 I've been using kalk and they dont change much so I dont really stress it.

 

[Brandon3152134]

Leptoseris - slowish grower. I have a 24k gold Lepto and it grows 2x to my Jack o lantern Lepto.

So how much would you say it grows in a 3 week period because I'm seeing mabye a mm or 2

 

[SliceGolfer]

Looking back at some photos, that sounds about right. Here is my Jack o Lantern, two months apart:

Sept 2019

Nov 2019

 

[Brandon3152134]

Wow I like the colors on that one. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how fast mine goes.

 

[Turnage]

It can take a month or 2 for some Coral to become "acclimated" to it's new home before growth starts.

 

[Brandon3152134]

It can take a month or 2 for some Coral to become "acclimated" to it's new home before growth starts.

Very true I've had sps not grow at all for a couple months and then boom off they go. That's y I said it's new so I didnt expect much. This has been about a month now so it may just be getting acclimated. I've never had experience with this species tho so I wanna see how it does in other reefers tanks.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Any growth is good on this type of coral

 

[Brandon3152134]

Any growth is good on this type of coral

Can you further explain?

 

[Brandon3152134]

Is this a hard coral to keep I was told it's a beginner sps

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

So how much would you say it grows in a 3 week period because I'm seeing mabye a mm or 2

I wouldn't expect much after 3 weeks. Looks healthy and it seemed to have grown back from being disturbed by the palys.

Keep taking monthly pictures and in 6 months you'll see a difference between the pictures you posted in the 1st post.