Acan lighting?

[HNR]

I know acans are traditionally a lower light coral, however I've been seeing this trend of blasting them with light in order to increase/retain color. I recently bought a really nice rainbow variety and I was wondering what kind of lighting I should be giving this thing in order to keep its intense colors?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Moderate lighting and water flow and occasional feeding makes them happy.
Mid to lower third of tank seems to be best location

 

[bluprntguy]

IME, they retain color better in lower light, especially the rainbows. When you blast them with light, they typically just turn orange.

 

[Denizzz]

My Acan. I dunno which variety but 2 photos under lights on and off. Moderate-low light place.

 

[EW_Fish]

There is a debate. Most rainbows seem to have the best color under T5s. I had some rainbows and I let a buddy hold them he has led t5 combo. He pulled very nice colors within a few months.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

Mine grew really well under about 250 par and moderate flow.

 

[HNR]

Moderate lighting and water flow and occasional feeding makes them happy.
Mid to lower third of tank seems to be best location

I can vouch for feeding, mine looked the best when I target fed them 3x a week, too bad my fish figured that out quick.

 

[HNR]

There is a debate. Most rainbows seem to have the best color under T5s. I had some rainbows and I let a buddy hold them he has led t5 combo. He pulled very nice colors within a few months.

Thats interesting. Too bad I run LEDs. This is making me want to switch to hybrids even more.

 

[HNR]

IME, they retain color better in lower light, especially the rainbows. When you blast them with light, they typically just turn orange.

Hmm, thats interesting. I any I put in lower lighting end up looking darker red. I see a lot of videos(especially on Instagram) where people seem to keep them under higher par.

 

[ScottR]

I just got an acan the other day. It came from a system with LED only. This is day 1 in my tank.

This is day 2. I run a T5/LED hybrid and keep it at the bottom. So far it seems happier right away.