Acan, too much flow or light?

[SomeHappyFish]

 

[Evil1]

They look ok to me. Do you feed them shrimp once or twice a week?

 

[SomeHappyFish]

They look ok to me. Do you feed them shrimp once or twice a week?

ReefRoid once a week.

 

[Evil1]

ReefRoid once a week.

Ok get some mysis shrimp frozen cubes and once a week feed them a few shrimp each using a coral feeding tube. It’s a smaller thinner turkey baster. Amazon has them. It will fatten them up and it’s amazing watching them eat it.

 

[PotatoPig]

Ok get some mysis shrimp frozen cubes and once a week feed them a few shrimp each using a coral feeding tube. It’s a smaller thinner turkey baster. Amazon has them. It will fatten them up and it’s amazing watching them eat it.

What sort of shrimp do these things eat?

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Ok get some mysis shrimp frozen cubes and once a week feed them a few shrimp each using a coral feeding tube. It’s a smaller thinner turkey baster. Amazon has them. It will fatten them up and it’s amazing watching them eat it.

Okay will do.

Looks like it shrinked

 

[Evil1]

What sort of shrimp do these things eat?

Mysis shrimp are best. Frozen cubes you can get at petco or petsmart.

 

[Evil1]

Okay will do.

Looks like it shrinked

They do that. If they seem unhappy then you can move them to the sand bed. Look up on line how to spot feed acan corals. It will give you an idea on the procedure.

 

[PotatoPig]

Mysis shrimp are best. Frozen cubes you can get at petco or petsmart.

Nice, I have a bunch of these I use already to feed the fish

 

[Evil1]

Defrost 1 cube in a little tank water in a plastic cup. Suck a few shrimp and gently squeeze a few shrimp out into each head. Save the rest in refrigerator for next feeding. I feed my lords 2 to 3 times a week

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Defrost 1 cube in a little tank water in a plastic cup. Suck a few shrimp and gently squeeze a few shrimp out into each head. Save the rest in refrigerator for next feeding. I feed my lords 2 to 3 times a week

Good to know I will feed more.
Par is 50-150 is this area and flow is low so I guess I didn't feed enough since I bought it.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Defrost 1 cube in a little tank water in a plastic cup. Suck a few shrimp and gently squeeze a few shrimp out into each head. Save the rest in refrigerator for next feeding. I feed my lords 2 to 3 times a week

Did a mag test it it went from a stable 1400 to a 1290 ppm.. I know Acan's love mag and from what I understand mag causes them to be puffy...

 

[Evil1]

Did a mag test it it went from a stable 1400 to a 1290 ppm.. I know Acan's love mag and from what I understand mag causes them to be puffy...

Not necessary. Stable parameters keep coral happy and healthy. Don’t chase numbers. As long as your within safe parameter zones corals will be happy. If anything needs to be raised do it slowly.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Not necessary. Stable parameters keep coral happy and healthy. Don’t chase numbers. As long as your within safe parameter zones corals will be happy. If anything needs to be raised do it slowly.

Calcium dropped about 30ppm also.. from 380-390 down to 350.

I did a 10% waterchange.

 

[The_Paradox]

Calcium dropped about 30ppm also.. from 380-390 down to 350.

I did a 10$ waterchange.

Time to start dosing or you will be doing those every day.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

Time to start dosing or you will be doing those every day.

I was thinking of dosing 2 part Ionic.

But to those these 2 I have to match my Alk daily consumption right?

 

[codenfx]

My Acans are in low light/flow, they're growing nicely with new heads. Every time I feed my corals mysis, my fishes picks on it even when I feed them first. Drives me nuts lol.

 

[SomeHappyFish]

My Acans are in low light/flow, they're growing nicely with new heads. Every time I feed my corals mysis, my fishes picks on it even when I feed them first. Drives me nuts lol.

What is your opinion on mine, does it look okay?

 

[codenfx]

What is your opinion on mine, does it look okay?

I’d probably move it lower. I have two acans one on the sandbed and another about 3 inches above the sandbed on a rock both are in low light low flow in about 50 par. I find that when they were in higher light they start shrinking and loses their colors turning mostly red/orange. My calcium is at 460, alk 8.8 and mag 1450. Here’s mine on the sandbed. It was unhappy when I had it higher on the rock until I moved it down, there’s couple new baby heads underneath it now.