Had these Acans for 1 year. No growth.

[acropora4u]

Metal halide and led lighting ( or3) orphek. No3 at 8.0 po4 at 0.04 temp 78 steady salinity at 1.026 calcium 440 mag 1325 alk at 8.5 Any ideas.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

That does seem strange.. most of mine will pop a new head out a month.

Do you have other LPS in the tank that are doing well?

 

[HuduVudu]

 

[jmichaelh7]

Spot feed reef roids see if those babies don’t swell up … otherwise it must be something else

 

[acropora4u]

That does seem strange.. most of mine will pop a new head out a month.

Do you have other LPS in the tank that are doing well?

no, its an sps tank. this was a high end acan someone traded me

 

[acropora4u]

what do you feed? i try coral frenzy on them

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

no, its an sps tank. this was a high end acan someone traded me

You're dissolved nutrients are on the low end of what LPS prefer. I would also venture to guess that the flow may be a little bit too high in there for it to be comfortable. Direct feeding with refloids and oyster feast may help it.

 

[HuduVudu]

what do you feed? i try coral frenzy on them

Currently use:
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/coralific-delite-coral-food-hikari.html
But I will be switching to:
https://reefchasers.com/products/reef-candy-dry-reef-food-40g?_pos=7&_sid=c313b7884&_ss=r
Hope that helps

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I feed a cocktail of reef frenzy and frozen shrimps mixed with reef roids once or twice a week.... feed them, they will grow very fast.

 

[G Santana]

I've had these two heads for 7 months, they seem happy, well fed twice a week with Reef Roids and no growth, but they are always puffed and happy.

 

[Shirak]

My acans prefer mysis and other things chunky things like LPS pellets.

 

[HuduVudu]

I've had these two heads for 7 months, they seem happy, well fed twice a week with Reef Roids and no growth, but they are always puffed and happy.

Some LPS are slow growers. My wild caught is like that.