feeding acan echinata

[b16drag]

I've got two acan echinata coral pieces and am having the darnest time trying to feed them. Sometimes they will have their lil tentacles out but most of the time they are completely flat and very difficult to feed...

How are you some of you guys feeding them and what are you feeding them? Any tips?

Thanks!

 

[b16drag]

Oh these guys are in my lil 20g frag tank with a PC light.

 

[Justin74]

May be a lil easier at night when the lights on the tank go out for a couple hours. Then most if not all will be fully extended, and will be able to latch on the food a lil easier for ya.

After a couple years though and with more mouths to feed you kinda give up and just start feeding the tank

-Justin

 

[b_vanfossen]

if they are flat during light period- it sounds like they are not to happy to me IMO....

 

[b16drag]

they are definitely flat during light period, but they are also flat during lights out... if anything just a lil extension of fingers...

 

[b_vanfossen]

it doesn't look at least a little puffy? How long have you had it for? have you gone over your water parameters?

 

[redFishblue]

Echinatas tend to be flat compared to other acans imo.
Mine has been relatively flat but has grown well over the past year, even though it doesn't seem to feed much.
I would just keep an eye out for any tissue recession.

 

[b_vanfossen]

here's mine and it is not totally flat. it is One of my original corals.....

 

[b16drag]

thats a crazy looking Echinata. There is no tissue recession... But hard to tell because they came with lots of dead spot on one and the other had dying parts on it... I have an Acanth Lord in the same tank and that sucker has taken off despite it looking like an echinata to begin with... Hm... Maybe I'll try again tonight.

 

[weaselslucks]

mine seem not to eat all that much and when they do it talkes them a very long time