Feeding technique for acans

[cgarsmokr]

I just bought my first caan lord and was wondering how best to feed it. ie lights on or off? was type of food? thanks

 

[Hogfish77]

Cyclops-eeze, coral frenzy, and spot feed them if you'd like. I tear little pieces of shrimp/scallop and spot feed with my fingers to each of their polyps/mouths. It's awesome! Something sps fans can't brag about lol.

You can feed em' at night or day. If I see their feeding tentacles out, that's when I usually like to feed em'.

 

[zeppelin]

I generally feed mysis. Feeders are normally out when the lights are off.

 

[monkeydude]

mine love the mysis too. Mine are ready to eat anytime

 

[zeppelin]

Same here. They are ready to eat just about every day if you'd want to feed them that much.

 

[Alexpescado]

I feed them a mix of Cyclopeeze and grated fresh oysters and clams. I usually feed them with the lights and the flow off.
Then I sqiurt the food into their polyps with a Turkey baster.
I usually feed them three times a week.

 

[1QuickSubaru]

I feed mine cyclopeeze and mysis

 

[All Delight]

I use mini mysis. Lights off.

 

[Lotus99]

I usually feed mine mysis, or sometimes grated squid/shrimp mix. Mine seem to go for slightly larger particles than cyclops-eeze, which they don't seem to grab as sucessfully, IMO. I usually squirt whatever it is on the coral with a turkey baster.

I usually feed them with the lights on, when I'm feeding my fish, although the tentacles are much more extended at night.

 

[althemean]

nights with lights off with cyclops, sometimes brine if they catch it.

zepplin....what color is you V? ( I gots an 04 too )

 

[Aquarist007]

does everyone rinse the frozen mysis or is that not an issue as far as increasing phosphates.

 

[All Delight]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10915253#post10915253 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capn_hylinur
does everyone rinse the frozen mysis or is that not an issue as far as increasing phosphates.

I rinse. I put the cube in a net under tap water, when its all thawed out, I gently squeeze the remaining water from the mysis and place them in a small container and mix it with some tank water. Then I use my dropler and feed.

 

[cgarsmokr]

Thank you all. You've been very helpful.