Acan tenticles always out

[CenlaReefer]

I have 3 different colonies of acans. One is a blue and red acan that I got from a group buy from Aqua SD years ago. I purchased the other 2 from a store called Epic Aquaria in Shreveport, LA: a kaleidoscope acan and a Mardi Gras acan. I love their colors yet all 3 seem to always have tenticles extended even when the lights are on in the tank. All 3 colonies continue to grow well. This does not happen with the wide variety of other LPS corals I keep. I like looking at the colorful flesh of the corals and not a mass of tenticles.

My guess is that I should feed at night more. I heard that feeding them during daylight hours can promote this "behavior." What are some other strategies that I can use to help with this situation?

Below are pics of how the corals typically look vs how they look after I give them a gentle blast with a turkey baster.

 

[Matt L]

Looks like a normal feeding response. I’m not sure how much you can control that, but if you do figure it out, please let me know!

 

[IceNein]

My acans almost always have their tentacles out, and they are growing like weeds, so I assume it's nothing to worry about.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Hey those are beautiful acans. Don’t get caught up on “ I see tentacles therefore I must feed”. Corals are hunters, they are hunting it’s what they do. As long as your tests show nutrient in the water they are fine.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Normal for aquarium specimens

 

[CenlaReefer]

A friend from our Louisiana forum (LA Reef Club) recommended that I put the acans under brighter, more natural light. This advice has helped a good bit! I put the acans under an older, 3rd gen Radion with lots of white spectrum. The fixture's circuits must be fried. I can no longer hook it up to the computer to set the fixture's spectrum. Over about a month, I used the buttons on the Radion to ramp up the light's brightness almost as high as it will go. Here is the result at the middle of the day: