Acanlord Mounting and Growing Questions

[happyface888]

Do acanlords require a flat slat rock to grow on?
Do they require a rock to grow?

Well I am curious since I have never seen these grow and unlike the candy canes, hammers, torches etc. I am curious to how they grow and do they need a rock to expand? Or do they just grow more heads without a rock?

 

[dan10342]

they build their own skeleton. however, with the use of a base, they spread more quickly (can anyone back that up... i really dont know)

 

[happyface888]

I notice that many acans have a flat piece of rock but I do wonder if it requires a rock to grow since, like you mentioned it formes its own skeleton doesn't that mean it doesn't need a rock. This is pretty confusing to me.

 

[All Delight]

Its best to mount your frag on a rock for it to spread. It does grow its own skelton, but from what I've seen, the flesh will spread over the rock and the skelton will grow underneath it.

I wouldn't say they require a rock to grow, but it grows faster when there is a rock for it to spread on.

Below is a picture of a frag that I got. They are micros, which are like acans, just smaller. But you can see how I mounted them onto a flat rock. I used epoxy to make a "ramp" to form the transition to the rock.

I just took this picture to show you the growth. This is 1 1/2 years later.

 

[Reefer07]

This was a acan frag that I got for free at my local reef club meeting. It was cut from a huge chunk right at the meeting on a tile saw.

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They cut it right through the heads and everything. I have it leaning against another rock in a different part of my tank but does anyone think I should do anything special to mount/place this one?
In just 2 months the heads on the top are fully healed and round and on each side of the frag there is 4 heads starting to grow and a few already have color and are almost completely developed.

 

[All Delight]

Well as I explained, mounting it and using epoxy is what I do.

If you just leave it the way it is, it'll continue growing down the side until it looks like a ball.

 

[happyface888]

Hmm so having a rock helps it grow faster? So if I did not mount it to a rock would it still be able to grow like a dome shape kind of thing?

 

[dan10342]

yea it would. it would just take a loooong time to actually expand outward.

 

[happyface888]

I see one more question about acan, are they puffy like pillows are are they flat? I got some and they seem flat but I have seen some others who have em and they are fluffly like pillows.

Eh scratch that one more question
Just how many kinds of names are there for acans? I see micros and lordhowinesS etc. Could someone give me a list?

 

[dan10342]

micros are micros. they are not acans.

there are any different types of acans. i personally favor lords. not because of the crazy. i just like the way they look. the others are just... meh

 

[happyface888]

So what so special about lords vs just acans? sorry for all these questions, new to corals and what not. Been mostly fish for a long period of time.

 

[Aqua-World PITT]

Lords and Acans are the same thing unless your talking about Acans in general. It comes from Acanthastrea lordhowensis (sp?) Lord coming from lordhowensis, and acan from Acathastrea. I call my acans or sometimes acan lords.

BTW: Micros and Acan Lords are somewhat similar not too different. they say a cross between Favia and a Acan. But micros are micros

 

[happyface888]

Ah I see thanks for clearing things up. So in the end acans can grow even without a rock but it'd take longer. So either way they both can grow and grow out and form a dome shaped acan colony.

 

[Reefer07]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12285085#post12285085 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by happyface888
Ah I see thanks for clearing things up. So in the end acans can grow even without a rock but it'd take longer. So either way they both can grow and grow out and form a dome shaped acan colony.

Correct

 

[chillman]

Hey All Delight - nice growth on your micros. Do you spot feed them? If so, how often?