Need help "spreading" coral

I have a reef tank with a few different types of coral in the tank, but they never seem to "spread" off of the frag I bought them on. Can anybody give me some tips to help them spread and grow across the tank? The best I have had would be with my Mushroom corals, I have probably a little over 20 of them off of maybe a total of 5 Mushrooms, 3 different types. I have also had Kenya Tree Coral drop off some, and now have about 5 from a single "parent".

Anyone have any tips to grow out the rest of my coral?

I have various types of colony polyps and somthing that looks similar to galaxia.

Thanks in advance!

 

A big key is making sure all your parameters are in check and stable. If they are, then just give it time. I had single acan polyp that didn't spread for a few months, then one day I noticed 7-8 new heads growing in at once Now things in my tank seem to grow at a noticeable rate, however I've dialed in my params and never let things get out of whack anymore (for the most part, haha).

Good luck-

 

Thanks for the tip. I have had a couple of these polyps for about half a year now and I think I may have even lost 2-3 on each rock now that I look a bit more closely.

I also noticed that you have Ricordia, I had one that was doing great for about 2 1/2 months and then one day it just shriveled for about 3 days and completely vanished. Have you seen something like that before?

 

Keep your nitrates below 5 and phosphates below .1, when you get them there your corals should start taking off. Ricordias are very sensitive to poor water conditions. Get you calcium at or above 380, your magnesium about 1300 and your alkalinity above 7 dKH.

 

Bionic.

 

I have not personally seen that. I have a few now, and while they don't grow fast my first one has grown to the point of splitting so I know they're doing well.

In agreement w/ veedub, I dose daily with Bionic which has helped keep my levels stable which I believe has led to my current success. Again, just make sure ALL your levels are with the appropriate ranges, keep them stable, and then keep your nutrient excess down and you'll definately see improved results.

Just out of curiousity, what type of lighting are you running? This is also the other very, very important factor with many corals. Upgrading from PCs to T5s was one of the best things I've done yet for my corals!