Help with Acan

[poseidon33]

got a Acan 5 days ago looked great and open 1st day next 4 days looks deflated and multi colored was all orange when I first got it don't know what to expect its my first one. the pic is what it looks like now I tried to upload a pic of it when I first got it but it wont upload. any thoughts?

 

[Tigerdragon]

I found my acans did better in more indirect light like off to edge of the high light and low to med flow

 

[Scorpius]

Too much light. Put in on the sand in indirect lighting asap.

 

[Mark9]

too much light. Put in on the sand in indirect lighting asap.

+1

 

[poseidon33]

Too much light. Put in on the sand in indirect lighting asap.

Thanks I will put it on the bottom today. I have crushed coral not sand is that ok?

 

[Scorpius]

Thanks I will put it on the bottom today. I have crushed coral not sand is that ok?

As long as the coral itself is not touching the sand you're golden.

 

[poseidon33]

As long as the coral itself is not touching the sand you're golden.

I decided to pull it from my DT and put it on my frag rack in my sump under T5's for now I think part of the problem was I did not have a full spectrum light bin running orbit marine in my DT. I got a galaxyhydro 55x3 led full spectrum coming on Monday going to swap out the t5's in my sump for the new light and see how it goes.

 

[scooter31707]

Start acclimating your corals to your tank light. Move them week by week until their final destination.

 

[Rubasu]

How is that galaxyhydro 55x3 working for you? Did it help? I'm thinking about getting one for my 40B.

 

[poseidon33]

How is that galaxyhydro 55x3 working for you? Did it help? I'm thinking about getting one for my 40B.

It definitely made big difference in my corals I moved my acan's and some zoas colonies under the galaxyhydro in my sump and placed the light the same distance from the orbit marine leds in my display tank and my acan's opened right up and have bin looking great. My zoas colonies that were closed for weeks opened right up! loving the light and has 24 timers so you can adjust 3 channels on each timer. The whites, red, green on channel 1. the blue on channel 2 and royal blue on channel 3 and can all be done on your smart phone.