I regularly take photos of my tank just to help with my quasi-ADHD brain and keeping track of the health and growth of my corals over time.
A couple recent photos that I took and overlapped led me to question: what is considered a healthy growth rate for montipora? I know that slow growth may be due to a variety of water quality/lighting/stress issues, just general not quite the right happiness level in the coral, but really fast growth can lead to really thin plates that are brittle and unable to support a large colony.
The two corals below are just a few months apart and are of different variants of monti caps I believe.
Jul - Oct 23 About 1 1/2" perimeter/edge growth plus encrusting since added to tank: (overlayed with photoshop)
Jun - Oct 23 About 3/4 - 1" perimeter/edge growth plus encrusting: (overlayed with photoshop)
A couple recent photos that I took and overlapped led me to question: what is considered a healthy growth rate for montipora? I know that slow growth may be due to a variety of water quality/lighting/stress issues, just general not quite the right happiness level in the coral, but really fast growth can lead to really thin plates that are brittle and unable to support a large colony.
The two corals below are just a few months apart and are of different variants of monti caps I believe.
Jul - Oct 23 About 1 1/2" perimeter/edge growth plus encrusting since added to tank: (overlayed with photoshop)
Jun - Oct 23 About 3/4 - 1" perimeter/edge growth plus encrusting: (overlayed with photoshop)