Acans dying off

[martin1121]

Thanks guys for ur knowledge

 

[GRFMotorsports]

How old are your lights? +1 on target feeding

 

[Mael]

Just to chime in on this....I got a small red acan as one of my first coral and over two nights 2/3 of it dissappeared, I thought it was melting due to something in my tank but all parameters were normal.

Got a rainbow acan at a frag swap and it seemed to be doing fine the first day, then Im sitting infront of my tank just watching things and the bigger fo my 2 peppermint shrimp just walks out and starts going crazy at the mouth section of the acan....never expected a peppermint to do that....and they have tons of other stuff to eat in the tank. Scared him away with a spoon and move the acan up one level of rock and it has been left alone since but I am not sure if it is too late or not.

Setting up a QT this week in case I need to move them somewhere away from the shrimp for a while. Or I may fry up the shrimp and feed it to my dogs if he keeps picking on things.

 

[Marcsreef]

Ha ha I vote to fry him, I had a peppermint eat a beautiful large orange blue and red acan colony. In my opinion they are not reef safe but eat aptasia very well.

 

[AdamSabina]

I was told that peppermint shrimp can eat them I dipped them in coral rx they are receding

+1

That might have been me. SOME peppermints eat them. I had 2 tanks and both had peppermints (bought at same time at same store). One shrimp went rough and ate acans. The other didn't. I got rid of the problem shrimp and still have that colony today.

 

[AdamSabina]

other corals doing great i only have those little small starfish i have to picasso clown, a yellow watchman goby a blue hippo tang, and 2 damsels i feed them oyster feast

Asterina star fish have been reported to eat acan... Not bleach them though. Mike Paletta explains on his how to start a frag tank episode with American reef. Its worth a view.