Acan species ID

[The_Taz_Devil]

Hi,
Recenlty acquired this Acan, just wondered if anybody could provide correst name for it please.

Cheers

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=178611

 

[mermin]

acanthastrea lordhowensis. my rother has a very similar colony

 

[Bcollins111900]

I second the Acan Lord ID. Nice purple mouths

 

[The_Taz_Devil]

Cheers guys, any special requirements ?
I havn't got it yet, its due today so I will acclimatise as normal. Understand they can be quite aggresive and require low flow and medium lighting. Got a triple 250W MH 14K pendant with 58W actinics so will place on substrate initially out of direct light.

 

[gflat65]

They can handle a wide range of conditinos. many go with subdued lighting and low to medium flow (for best polyp extension, IMO). I'd start it at the bottom of the tank for a few weeks to let it adjust. You then try moing it up if you want, but ti would also be fine down low. I have some that are sensitive to light and some that don't mind alot of light...

 

[The_Taz_Devil]

Its in the tank now after a 5 hour acclimatisation, MH were off but the blue actinics were on for about an hour or so. Will see how it does on the bottom, will be about 25" from the center of one of the outer MH's but 18 of that is under water. Cheers for the response, do you feed them anything (I guess chopped up meaty foods is fine, mysis, prawn etc...) ?