Acan receding

bheld1 · 06-11-2009, 12:23 AM

This is the only acan I am having problems with and I was wondering what I could do to keep it from receding anymore. I'm sure its not water parameters as all other coral in the tank is fine. Maybe dipping it? With what? Thanks guys!

tpdpercula · 06-15-2009, 05:15 PM

I have been having problems with my acans. I have lost 4 large colonies and been reading up about a problem alot of people had about a year ago with aussie acans coming in with something that caused them to melt away. I treated mine with Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure prior to putting them in my display, it did not help. I have read about people treating there tanks with Interceptor (red bugs meds), then dipping in Revive/Iodine dip. I just got done doing an Interceptor treatment and will have to wait and see. Make sure that you feed them at least once a week as well.

Nate82 · 06-15-2009, 05:41 PM

+1 on the interceptor there appears to be a bug that only eats acans

Znut Reefer · 06-15-2009, 07:03 PM

What temp is your tank?

nayrgaijin · 07-01-2009, 03:08 AM

At a LFS I work at, we had one and a half colonies go from this, I tried dipping and fragging the dipped colony, still low survival rate even after fragged ! Haven't tried interceptor yet, but we are going to !

RalphsReef · 07-01-2009, 02:34 PM

I was forced to treat my entire system with Interceptor. It has worked so far. This is definitely a reminder to quarantine. I lost numerous acans, and even more chalice.

JuniorMC8704 · 07-01-2009, 02:39 PM

Here is a REALLY close up pic of a spider that was found at one of my local LFS's a while back. They seems to only bother the acans...they are virtually clear, and when hiding, are balled up no larger than 1/16"....very hard to spot.

RalphsReef · 07-02-2009, 02:52 PM

Is that different from the mini bristle starfish that are found in aquariums? They are a little smaller than a dime, with black and white bands. They look like a shrunken starfish. Thanks for posting the photo.

impur · 07-02-2009, 08:10 PM

I have a micromussa that keeps receding. Its the only micro and/or acan that is having the problem.

I've dipped it in Furan2 along with a frag i got that had zoapox and it seems to have stopped. It then reoccured on 1 polyp about 3 weeks ago so i did another furan2 dip and the receding again stopped and the coral looks to be healing and still growing new polyps today.

Frag Express · 07-02-2009, 09:48 PM

interesting read.... never heard of using interceptor for acans...

RalphsReef · 07-03-2009, 01:35 PM

All of my incoming corals (almost all are Aussie LPS) are now treated for a minimum of 6 hours in Interceptor. They actually seem to like it. I had the receding/dying problem with acans and chalice a few months back. Knock on wood, I seem to have stopped it with Interceptor.

jason · 07-05-2009, 06:27 PM

I swear there an article in regards to this but it delt with water parameters. Especially looking at magnesium. Just wondering if everyone checked what the magnesium levels are at. I know alot LFS do the regular Alk/CAl/salinity testing and thats about it but no mag tests.