Where to place my acans.

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I have 3 nice scan frags I want to glue to rockwork, but i am not sure where. Where would you guys place these? If you need to know flow/light intensity of certain spots i can clarify :)
This is more just looking for suggestions that would look nice

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Depends are you ever going to frag them if yes leave them on sandbed only issue it’s they kinda grow into a ballshape on the sandbed
 
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Depends are you ever going to frag them if yes leave them on sandbed only issue it’s they kinda grow into a ballshape on the sandbed
Right now they are on a frag rack. But they can do well on a sandbed? I was unsure if they got irritated and stunted growth on sand.
 

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then glue them to rock target feed and watch them grow I love them too I usualy keep mine on sandbed I been keeping on frag rack cause my hermits toss them too much
 

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Glue them to that rock directly under the frag rack with some decent spacing in between and watch them grow and multiply. I am not sure what light you have but judging from the photo and how they look now that placement should be good for light/flow, as you don't want them to get too much light. Try giving them reef roids via syringe to get them extra puffy.

Here is how I have mine on my rocks now, near the bottom of the tank (20" tall aquarium)

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Looking good,

Is this your current build thread. I want to keep up on it, sounds like your doing good things.

 
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Looking good,

Is this your current build thread. I want to keep up on it, sounds like your doing good things.

That is my build thread for my biocube :) going to post an update this week when I get a cuc. This tank pictured is my main 20g.
 
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Glue them to that rock directly under the frag rack with some decent spacing in between and watch them grow and multiply. I am not sure what light you have but judging from the photo and how they look now that placement should be good for light/flow, as you don't want them to get too much light. Try giving them reef roids via syringe to get them extra puffy.

Here is how I have mine on my rocks now, near the bottom of the tank (20" tall aquarium)

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I was thinking of doing that rock but I already have a zoa frag established there and a nem decided to hop on that rock as well. If the zoas can get along with the acans I'll for sure put them there! I could try and move the zoas.
Light is ai prime hd david saxby settings
 

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Mine extend their feeders at night I target feed reef roids I love watching them respond
 

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Great placement; the beauty of Acans is once they grow and start to get close to one another they don't sting and kill one another. I like to feed mine reef roids slurry and copepods. Good luck! Watch out for that nem :)
 
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Great placement; the beauty of Acans is once they grow and start to get close to one another they don't sting and kill one another. I like to feed mine reef roids slurry and copepods. Good luck! Watch out for that nem :)
I do reef roids when the lights are winding down every monday and thursday. And yeah that nem is a pain. I added it to my tank and it put its self on top of my red and blue acan so I moved it to the rack with the rest. I removed them from the plug and that's where they will stay. The nem gives me problems I'll blast it with a powerhead
 
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Mine extend their feeders at night I target feed reef roids I love watching them respond
I'm not sure why but all mine are open during the day all big and beautiful then close for the night. (They probably have become accustom to my feeding schedule)
 

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Low and flow, and feed the heck out of them. Best corals in our tanks and hugely over looked for SPS and Zoas.
 
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