No coral growth

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Hello all, so I have a 40 breeder that is doing great (so I'm told) I don't know if I really am. I mean everything is alive but I'm not seeing very much growth, I'm coming up on a year and all my corals are the same as they were when I got them. I recently got some candycane corals and at first they seemed great then about a month or so in they closed up and have not reopened, I'm at a loss my parameters are all in tolerance I do water changes every 2 weeks. My buddy says the tank is a freak of nature because when corals in his tank aren't doing well or are not going to make it we've put them in the 40 (which I now call eden) they have come back to life and I don't mean just alive I mean back and thriving, colors bright polyps back just crackin. Any input would be appreciated thank you for taking the time to read.

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Do you have coralline algae growing in the tank?
FLow makes a big difference, especially with sps.
 
When you first get coral it will take a good deal of time for them to adjust to the tank and really start growing. Even then they are all slow growers.

Also, aquaculture vs. wild collecting makes a HUGE difference in my opinion. Corals that have been in the hobby a long time grow miles faster than things that just came out of the ocean.
 
Corals need light, flow and nutrients to grow. If they are not growing after a full year, then one of these is inadequate. What kind of light do you have on the tank and at what intensity? IME its usually light related.
 

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