Plating not branching

[drtrash]

I have a garf bonsai that crashed so no branching, polyps sprouted up on a rock and they are just growing out no nubs or any attempts to branch. Common?

 

[reefmutt]

I have a garf bonsai that crashed so no branching, polyps sprouted up on a rock and they are just growing out no nubs or any attempts to branch. Common?

I would say yes, it is normal for a brand new colony to encrust for some time before branching out.
Each colony in each tank will grow slightly differently.
Give it a few months..

 

[rvareef]

my gbonsai would always base out and encrust a lot before shooting out branches, similar to my red planet

 

[chessmanmark]

How long have you had it? That piece is a notorious slow grower.

 

[Piper27]

That's odd, I always got very good growth out of that coral and never saw anyone else around here struggle with it much. It does put a decent base out before growing upward.

Op, what do you mean it crashed?

 

[drtrash]

Branched arms turned white so I broke it out a few months later I saw the little green polys growing on a rock. It looks like a montipora now size of silver dollar no nubs

 

[Rakie]

Branched arms turned white so I broke it out a few months later I saw the little green polys growing on a rock. It looks like a montipora now size of silver dollar no nubs

Maybe it was bleached and super unhappy but not quite dead. It's going to grow like a tree, "roots" first for a lil while. I wouldn't be worried, sounds very normal for it to encrust from what was probably only a couple polyps.