Sinularia growth, size, etc....

[Koh23]

So....

I have one big sinularia, when i say big, i mean she covers around 40x40x30 cm of space..... Almost starts to grow above water....

I always had big sinularias in all of tank, but, what puzzles me, this one spread all around, but mostly grow in height. Before they all were shorter and wider, this one is oposite.

It sits directly under light, like i said it grows very fast and very big...

Question is, is it possible that growth in height is simply reaching for more light?

Dont make sense, i know, but...

 

[vetteguy53081]

So....

I have one big sinularia, when i say big, i mean she covers around 40x40x30 cm of space..... Almost starts to grow above water....

I always had big sinularias in all of tank, but, what puzzles me, this one spread all around, but mostly grow in height. Before they all were shorter and wider, this one is oposite.

It sits directly under light, like i said it grows very fast and very big...

Question is, is it possible that growth in height is simply reaching for more light?

Dont make sense, i know, but...

Light makes it happen along with flow

 

[Koh23]

So.....

To weak light, too strong light, too gentle flow, too strong flow.....

Please elaborate...

 

[i cant think]

So....

I have one big sinularia, when i say big, i mean she covers around 40x40x30 cm of space..... Almost starts to grow above water....

I always had big sinularias in all of tank, but, what puzzles me, this one spread all around, but mostly grow in height. Before they all were shorter and wider, this one is oposite.

It sits directly under light, like i said it grows very fast and very big...

Question is, is it possible that growth in height is simply reaching for more light?

Dont make sense, i know, but...

By the sounds of it your previous sinularia may have actually been Lobophytum species.
Here’s both a Lobophytum and a Sinularia from top down. The neon green is a Lobophytum and the purple is a Sinularia

 

[Koh23]

Nope, same thing all of the time....

In fact, this one i got as a frag from friend, is a frag from sinularia that i fraged few years ago and give him one piece...

So, its mine...

Ill take pic tommorow, maybe that help.....

 

[Koh23]

This is early morning, lights are on about an hour....

Later i will post pics when its fully open

 

[i cant think]

This is early morning, lights are on about an hour....

Later i will post pics when its fully open

Thats a normal sinularia IME.
Certain species are more of an encrusting coral but others can grow up (although it’s uncommon to find them doing this - you more so see this in the Sarcophyton leathers).
This is my sinularia side on, it looks very similar to yours. I believe mine is Sinularia brassica. The first photo is the base (showing it’s more of an encrusting leather) and the second is the whole coral.

 

[Koh23]

From first coral, way back, it was always plain sinaria in my book, newer bother to identify exact variant. It look the same, grow the same...

This one look the same, but growth is what puzzles me, why it goes so in height......