Tank age and growth rate

[seamonster124]

Did you notice increased growth rate when your tank reached a certain age?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I think it has to do with it became more stable which in turn increases growth rate maybe. Good topic!

 

[Wazzel]

It seems like the bigger my corals get the faster they grow. I suspect some combination of stability, acclimation and growth being a percent of existing coral mass. I am not a coral biologist. Those are just my speculations.

 

[xxsevxx]

My tank just hit 1 year almost to the day, and i just got a GHA outbreak. nothing crazy but the timing had me thinking the same thing you are!

 

[wpeterson]

It seems like the bigger my corals get the faster they grow. I suspect some combination of stability, acclimation and growth being a percent of existing coral mass. I am not a coral biologist. Those are just my speculations.

This seems to be the biggest driver of more established tanks having more growth. There's growth in absolute terms and growth in relative terms.

In general, the amount of new coral polyps and growth of the colony seems to be a relative percentage of the size of the colony, so the absolute amount of growth increases though the relative growth remains roughly the same.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

This seems to be the biggest driver of more established tanks having more growth. There's growth in absolute terms and growth in relative terms.

In general, the amount of new coral polyps and growth of the colony seems to be a relative percentage of the size of the colony, so the absolute amount of growth increases though the relative growth remains roughly the same.

So you would be a NO :lolspin:

You must be an attorney or an engineer, love the answer :thumbsup: