Different growth rates and an I'd please

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I was just wondering about the different growth rates comparing these acroporas. They where all bought around 12 months ago as small 1 to 2 inch frags from one of my lfs. I wasn't really concerned about names so never really asked, i know one is a strawberry shortcake. The real question I have is about the neon green one it seems to be healthy but has grown very little compared to the other 3. It obviously is a really slow grower I guess, maybe if some expert know what it is they can confirm that it's just a slow grower. The other 3 have grown into nice little colonies. The little on is about 2 inches tall, the other are around 3 to 5 inches tall and 3 to 4 inches across with lots of encrusting. Pics were taken with my cell phone and Kessils were set to 100% white light.
 
Looks like a green tenius, so might be a slow grower? Kinda hard to see what the green one is. I definitely have slow growing ones, others took a long time to settle in, and about the one year mark have colored up and taken off. My Oregon tort grew vigorously for a few months and then slowed down now where as the others sped up. As long as conditions are stable and doing well, that's about all I can suggest?

Is everything colored up well? The strawberry shortcake looks good, how's everything else?
 
I'll offer you a bread crumb on the green coral growth issue. Green corals tend to require/tolerate more light than other color corals. If that one is getting lower light than the others, you definitely can expect slower growth.
 
Alright thanks for the ideas. Everything from acro's to shrooms and everything in between is colored up and thriving. I do have that little neon green sucker getting blasted by light, but I'm just gonna chalk it up to a extremely slow grower, maybe one year it takes off.
 

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