Acan food

[Buffcole]

What is the best food that you guys use for you cans? Mine is shrinking, I feed mysis but I can't do it on a regular basis.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I feed mine a mix. I use Kent Microvert, Coral Frenzy and a frozen mix like LRS. I target feed once or twice a month but broadcast feed 2 or 3 times a week. I've got several acan and micromusa frags and they are all doing well and adding heads.

 

[Scorpius]

Rods food, cyclopeeze, reef roids, lrs reef frenzy, and selcon all mixed together. All my corals love this from sps to lps.

I have quite a few fish so fish poo as well. :lol:

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yep, can't forget the fish poo :thumbsup:

 

[Scorpius]

Yep, can't forget the fish poo :thumbsup:

My corals are healthier when I have a high bio-load on my system.

 

[Buffcole]

Anyone have any experience with Reef-roids?

 

[Scorpius]

Anyone have any experience with Reef-roids?

I use it. It's good for any coral that requires very small particle sized food. SPS, clams, filter feeders etc. I occasionally add some to the tank to broadcast feed.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

My corals are healthier when I have a high bio-load on my system.

I agree with you and I have a VERY heavy bio-load in my tank. My corals are amazingly healthy too :dance:

 

[acesfull44]

Anyone have any experience with Reef-roids?

I have a LPS/Zoa tank and use it 2/3 times per week. Polyps love it for sure!

 

[Buffcole]

My acans are not dead they still have flesh, how do I bring them back. They got turned over by my Wrasse digging in for the night and I didn't notice for a couple days.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

As long as you have good water parameters and it's in a low light and low flow area it should come back. You could do an iodine dip to help it avoid bacteria infection.

Do you have any pictures of it now?

 

[Buffcole]

 

[Buffcole]

Can you see it? Using tapatalk to send pic

 

[Reef Frog]

Feeding or what you feed isn't the problem in your (OP's) situation. But they should be fed meaty sea foods on a regular basis.

Yours looks quite capable of bouncing back. Get it mounted on a rock as soon as it recovers after testing the location, and keep it face up!

 

[Buffcole]

I guess I will have to mount it, my blue hippo keeps tossing it around as a toy and it keeps landing upside down. A couple other fish have joined in to play, it's their new fav thing. Ugh.

 

[Reef Frog]

Interesting what the fish are doing - It sounds like play behavior. Never heard about that from fish before besides surfing a powerhead or something. You should get a video of that.

I would test your acan frag at its proposed permanent location before committing to epoxy & glue if you can. Mild broad flow, lower light. GL.

 

[acesfull44]

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[Buffcole]

Thanks, I came home from work and my lights were already off. I will try tomorrow morning but my lights aren't on. It so funny! They just toss it around like a toy.

 

[lxn9901]

fish poo +1