Normal growth for Anacropora?

[Necrodaemus]

I have a colony of Anacropora “The Thing” that has been growing in a tight, round, “ball”. A lot of photos I’ve seen of this coral shows more branching. Is this normal? Colony is about the size of a softball.

 

[JGT]

Yes, as it gets larger it will grow perfectly spherical. Mine is about the size of a cantaloupe. Started as 1” frag.

 

[Pemert]

Yes, as it gets larger it will grow perfectly spherical. Mine is about the size of a cantaloupe. Started as 1” frag.

Just curious but how long did it take to grow to softball size from a 1” frag?

 

[JGT]

Just curious but how long did it take to grow to softball size from a 1” frag?

Not long… maybe a year. I chopped it down to about the size of a baseball and within 4 months it’s almost cantaloupe size again.

 

[Science/G]

My Anacropora have different growth patterns

 

[thamnasteroid]

Compare with a wild specimen:
Anacropora sp. | Komodo, Indonesia | Credit: me!!

 

[Jimbo]

Golden Rod small frag grew into this

 

[bobnicaragua]

Here’s my splice of Green Goblin and Golden Rod. I glued them to the same rock and they just grew together.