Montipora Growth

[Fizzball]

Hi all, I have had my purple Montipora Capricornis for a couple months now and from looking at other monti caps they all seem to plate out or scroll upwards in one way or another. I was just wondering if anyone would know why mine is only just encrusting the rock that its on. The other growth forms look more impressive and since its encrusting quite fast its only a matter of time before it reaches my other sps and starts picking fights, also the growth tip seems to be bending downwards. Any advice or opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Note: There is nothing noticeably wrong with my coral, colour is super bright and it is growing rapidly.

 

[Tweaked]

Typically higher flow and light help the tiered plating look your talking about.

 

[Radioheadx14]

one of my monti caps started growing down in spots and up in others. Weird... in other areas, another monit cap is growing up and cup shaped.

 

[Fizzball]

Typically higher flow and light help the tiered plating look your talking about.

Do you know what type of flow they need to achieve this? Does it need to be strong/random or like a laminar sort?

 

[Bpb]

Once that gets going it will grow over anything and everything. You can see mine is getting nailed by my vortech mp40 on reef crest at about 60% max power. Once acclimated, the more light you hit it with also, the more it will spiral upward

 

[ReefBum]

Yes, flow does matter in terms of growth patterns. This orange monti cap was in a spot with a bit less flow.

 

[Bpb]

That acro on the top right makes me hate you a little bit ha ha

 

[ReefBum]

That acro on the top right makes me hate you a little bit ha ha

That tank was cookin.....on the upper right it was an Oregon Blue Tort colony in front of a giant Purple Monster colony!

 

[Bpb]

Man that Oregon tort looks as big around as a baseball bat!