Could the position of new heads mean something?

[Mattyice008]

So I'm trying to sleep at 2am and I start having these reef thoughts( that's only normal, right?). Anyway, I've been messing with my kessil over my nuvo 16 more times than I could remember, and I noticed an acan sprouting off a new head. As I looked closer, I could see that the new head was forming on the spot of the acan that got the least light, going towards a shaded spot. It is the first new head on the mother head to grow. Could it mean that the Coral itself is getting a bit too much light?(the mother head looks healthy and fat) or am I just imagining things? Because I feel like when corals are out in the open( I'll use acans for example) the new heads come from all around random spots around the mother. But for this specific frag, the only and first new head to grow is heading straight for shade.

Any thoughts?

 

[Joeganja]

Photo?

 

[jasonandsarah]

So I'm trying to sleep at 2am and I start having these reef thoughts( that's only normal, right?). Anyway, I've been messing with my kessil over my nuvo 16 more times than I could remember.

Yes that's perfectly normal! Lol [emoji4] I think the second sentence says it all and is most important. Messing with leds constantly is one of the biggest mistakes people make. The one coral could be getting to much light but I'd say if the mother looks happy then I doubt it.
Set your kessil however you want it and then leave it alone and I bet you start seeing more positive results.

 

[Mattyice008]

I run a 360we over my nuvo 16, exactly 2ft from sandbed. Ran it with controller and ramped all the way to 100% for a few hours..had great results... Then everyone told me to take it down a lot, and since then I've had worse results. So its safe to say that I'm going back to high intensity. I might try to get a pic later..but the mother head is so dang fat I'd have to close her up

 

[jasonandsarah]

A360we's is a pretty strong light for a 16g. Every tank is different but I'd say 100% is pretty high. I'd stink to 50-60% if it was me.
If you do want to turn it up just go slowly. 5-10% a week at the most

 

[Mattyice008]

And that's what I've heard from a lot of people, but at the store I work at, we have some acans 12inches directly below a kessil 360we, straight down, and they grow great. We have some chalices even closer. I'll start saving some progression pics of my tank running it at max.