Chalice,scroll,or Candy growth rates ?

[CDKT]

I've been trying to look up growth rates for my corals. I can't really find any info lots of pictures of Corals in various stages of size.

Do chalice corals grow slow? As long as the chalice keeps its bright orange color it's doing good? I'm just trying to figure out what to look for on this one. It's pretty but it just looks like a weird moon rock or something. At least with a frog spawn or nem you can tell if there doing good if there all out and fluffy. No out and fluffy with the chalice or the scroll coral they just look pretty. The scroll coral has what looks like small feeders that come out and night.

Does a candy spread out over rock or if its on a frag plug will it only grow on that? My 7 headed Candy frag is on a round plug that's In a hole on a large rock.

As long as I keep up on my water changes weekly then there is truly no reason to add any supplements? Even as my coral population gets bigger? I do understand about not dosing what you can't test for. I plan on getting calcium and alk test kits but have not yet. I was thinking about dosing Kent purple tech once a week just for the calcium,strontium, and elements.

Any suggestions on a good all in one supplement? I do feed phyto feast a couple times a week. I'm not hell bent on adding supplements but even if I did it once a week or a few times a month wouldn't that be beneficial?

Just looking feedback.

Thanks

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[Stylaster]

Bit of a loaded question cause there are many variables to take into consideration. Such as lighting, water quality, species, water movement, feeding, etc
Chalices really depends on the species some are fast some are slow growers. Will need a picture of your chalice to try and determine species then go from there.

im going to assume candy means candy cane (claustrea sp) They do not encrust on anything. The heads will grow and split into seperate heads.
As for the chemicals levels it really depends on the size of your tank and what you are keeping.

[CDKT]

Bit of a loaded question cause there are many variables to take into consideration. Such as lighting, water quality, species, water movement, feeding, etc
Chalices really depends on the species some are fast some are slow growers. Will need a picture of your chalice to try and determine species then go from there.

im going to assume candy means candy cane (claustrea sp) They do not encrust on anything. The heads will grow and split into seperate heads.
As for the chemicals levels it really depends on the size of your tank and what you are keeping.

There's pictures of them in this thread. See the first post? Thanks for the input.

[amutti]

I can't help you with the chalice, but my candy came has doubled the number of heads in 6 weeks. That said, at times when conditions weren't great (all/cal/mag out of balance and/or high nitrates) I've had little to no growth. My scroll is pretty big now, bursts of growth, a really tight scroll.

[amutti]

I missed the question on supplements. I never supplement my nanos, just regular 10% water changes. Same for tanks less than 75 gallons. My new 120 gallon I use kalk in my top off water. Nothing else. I've had reasonable results with them all. That said, I don't really do SPS, mostly LPS.