Coral Growth

[Dez]

Originally Posted by kien

I believe there is a category for this under Murphy's Law.

What frustrates me is when I buy a frag (or even a colony) of something that I think looks cool at the LFS (or someone's tank), I bring it home and within a few weeks it turns into an exact replica of a colony that I already had.. WTF!

Totally, my bird of many colours is now a bird of one colour - pink birdsnest. Argh!!!!!

I have about 3 tricolor colonies now!!!!!

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Dez

Totally, my bird of many colours is now a bird of one colour - pink birdsnest. Argh!!!!!

I have about 3 tricolor colonies now!!!!!

Don't feel to bad Dez, most of the pretty sps I got from you are turning brown in my tank Good PE but brown. Me thinks I need better lights!

[Zoaelite]

This is my "Out there" theory as I'm not 100% about it nor have a read anything to completely support this.

Maybe brown coral grows faster because its healthier? If you look at the majority of coral in the wild it appears to have more brown hues (possibly because of lighting) but growth rates in the ocean we can agree are usually better than our tanks. Maybe this is because the coral is packed with extra zooxanthellae supporting more cellular photosynthesis resulting in faster growth? Just my 2 cents, any advance SPS keepers please feel free to rip it apart .