fading acan, pics

BigHammer · #1 02-05-2011, 07:36 AM

getting some color loss on some polyps of one of my acanthastrea.

what should be my next course of action

Borderjumper · #2 02-05-2011, 07:44 AM

Adjust the light by either raising them or lowering them. Also feed them a little more.

BigHammer · #3 02-05-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper

Adjust the light by either raising them or lowering them. Also feed them a little more.

thanks. i havent been feeding very well ill give that a shot

daniella3d · #4 02-05-2011, 01:47 PM

Mine did the same. Remove them from the light. I put them in the shade and started to feed more. They have too much light.

Mine are now pretty much back to normal color, but I still keep them in the shade and away from the light.

You need to put them in a low flow area or cut the pump to feed them. frozen cyclop is an excellent food. You put the cyclop on them or frozen brine, and wait a bit. They eat like pigs and they need food to survive because they don,t like light, they like food 3 times per weeks min.

fishytime · #5 02-06-2011, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper

Also feed them a little more.

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

Mine did the same. Remove them from the light. I put them in the shade and started to feed more. They have too much light.
You need to put them in a low flow area
They eat like pigs and they need food to survive because they don,t like light, they like food 3 times per weeks min.

Ladies.....hows about we ask the gentleman a little background info before we go offering advice???.....like, what is the lighting in the tank?.... what is the flow like?.....is the coral new to the tank?

I do not target feed any of my acans.....they are out in full light and I have them in a tank with 10000 gph of flow.....

whatcaneyedo · #6 02-06-2011, 05:17 PM

Same here. I keep four in my frag system which gets 60x/hr turnover and is well lit from a 250W MH. I'll also only directly feed them on occation, maybe once a week or less. They've only faded in color once and that was when I tried out a minimal amount of Vertex biopellets.

So tell us more about your system and the coral if you want some informed advice.

naesco · #7 02-06-2011, 09:19 PM

All of the above and buy some Acan plus which is available from Red Coral Aquariums in Edmonton and target feed the Acans and similar coral.

BigHammer · #8 02-06-2011, 09:47 PM

i did grab some acan plus from red coral, they and the rest of the lps loved that stuff.

i just transferred to a new tank, nanocube led. previously they were in a 55g with sundial t5ho lighting. i did notice the color fading slightly in the previous tank. it was position on the tank bottom.