SPS encrusting with no branching

[auto_loader]

I got an SPS frag of Purple nana one year ago and it has been encrusting over the rock I mounted it on for the full year now. No branching growth at all. Only encrusting on the rock. Anyone else have this happen with any of their SPS. Ive got a few others that are similar.

I also had a frag of orange staghorn that I mounted on its side and it was encrusting for about 10 months and finally all at once started shooting up like 5 or six branches.

I know you have to have paitents in this hobby, but gee whiz, a whole year of encrusting seems like an awful long time.

[Bomber]

Mike, that usually means they are very happy and they are setting down a really big base so they can support a really big coral.
At least that's what it means when our's do that down here.

[AlgaeMan]

Mike, that usually means they are very happy and they are setting down a really big base so they can support a really big coral.

Hope there is plenty of growing space

[auto_loader]

Maybe I should wish for another year of encrusting.

[Bayliner]

I have found that the frags in my tank that are in a higher flow area seem to branch out more. The ones that are in the lower flow area seem to encrust over the rock first.

However I prefer them to encrust over the rock first. Exactly like Bomber said. It’s just making a nice base for a great show piece. Either way your seeing growth and that means you are doing something right.

Cam

[seminolecpa]

I have observed just the opposite in my tank. The ones in the heavier flow seem to throw down a much larger base. My thought is that the reason they tend to throw off a big base is to protect and stabilize themselves due to the high flow. Seems to be the trend in my tank anyway.

[acroconut]

Have an Aquarium City Red Milli that drove me crazy for over a year doing the same thing in a high flow area. Now it has been "clear a path people"......it's getting very large very quickly.

[biodegraded]

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