Estimated growth rates for young colonies range from two sixteenths to five sixteenths of an inch [4 - 8 mm] per year in length and about one sixteenth of an inch [1.5 mm] per year in diameter.
Jauna polipu kolonija gada laikā izaug aptuveni par 4 līdz 8 milimetriem garumā un 1,5 milimetriem diametrā.