SPS Growth patterns

[Brianemone]

Buon Giorno.

Just wondering what observations the experiances sps keepers have noticed regarding growth patterns and sps.

i note two different styles of growth in tanks, some tanks seem to have round colonies, sort of like lots of big grape fruit spread around the tank.

others i have noticed tend to get more linear growth like youd expect from a stag type colony, more branches and spread out more.

from what i can see this could be due to two things, light and flow.

the question is what type of lighting and flow will promote each growth pattern??? (i remember steveA being a fan of less flow than is common saying that the growth is thinner and more delicate)

[reef]

here is some info

http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/oz/papers/markzon.html

[Brianemone]

looks interesting, i'll give it a read when ive got some time to concentrate

[ghostface]

i have a BBC documentary [blue planet, coral episode] that has amongst other thinks, time lapse of acro growth. worth downloading

*will swap copies for frags* heheh

[lduncan]

i have a BBC documentary [blue planet, coral episode] that has amongst other thinks, time lapse of acro growth. worth downloading

*will swap copies for frags* heheh

I DL'd that the other day. The time lapse in there is awesome. The whole documentary is extremely well shot and edited.