Is my Acan dying?

Dw79 · Jan 20, 2020

Picked up an Acan about a month ago and all was going well. About 2 weeks ago it closed up, but still had feeders out at night. Last week it started looking rough so I moved it to the bottom thinking it was an issue with light and flow. Now the centers are turning a greeny brown color and looking worse.
Salinity 1.025
Cal 430
Alk 9
Mag 1275
Nitrate 5
Phos .25
Sorry for the poor picture

Retro Reefer · Jan 20, 2020

IMO it’s going to do better on the bottom so you may just need to give it some time, I would suggest you drop your Alk down a little to around 8 or even a little less.

Dw79 · Jan 20, 2020

Ok, will give that a try.
Thank you

Is my Acan dying?

Dw79

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Retro Reefer

Slow and steady wins the race!

Dw79

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