Increasing my acans recovery

[rvdbarnes]

Hi Guys

I have an acan that has really receeded over the past week.
I have caught both my cleaner shrimp and my bicolour blenny having a go at the mouths of the coral, trying to get at mysis that it had been fed.

Im just wondering how i would be best helping this coral recover?
At the moment it is at the top of my rock in good light of my T5s
(for info PAR85-95), with moderate flow beneath the main flow of a vortech mp20.

Would i be best moving it to the sand in lower light and flow? or will it benefit from the extra light it is currenty in.
To avoid any more harrassment, i havent fed this coral any more mysis.
It isnt sending many feeder tenticles out, but will feed if mysis is left close to the mouths.

Below are a couple of pics, a week or so ago, and now



Lee

 

[NTSdude]

no help anyone?

 

[njdevilsfan]

check your alk and mag asap

 

[v1...rotate]

I would put it on the sand bed and partially under a ledge/shade for a couple of days. Continue to feed it in the evenings. Feed the fish/shrimp first before you feed the coral. That should increase the chances of the coral eating peace.

 

[rvdbarnes]

Thanks for the advice, I will move the acan down to the sand bed to rest.
For info, a few parameters

35ppt, mag 1400, Alk 8, Cal 390, temp 25c

 

[Calestus]

Make a feeding helmet for it. Just cut a 2l bottle in half, feed the coral and sink the 2l bottle into the sand above it while it takes its sweet time with the food. whala!

 

[LPS_Blasto]

+1 on the feeding helmet.

Fish and inverts picking at a coral while it tries to eat is a sure fire way to make the coral mad and unhealthy. Try to feed LPS corals at night when they are most likely to have feeding tentacles out. I stay up late on Friday night and feed all my LPS corals around midnight.

For sick corals or receded corals, I would feed twice weekly if the tentacles are out. Normal feeding of healthy LPS is once a week.

Whats your water change schedule? I change 10% weekly. Never skip a week. I can see the corals puff up and get better color within just a few hours after a water change.

High nitrates (over 40) can cause corals to recede. Obviously, with higher nitrates they will recede faster than if there was only 20-40ppm. How's the water test out?

 

[quickgray02]

The feeding helmet work great I feed all my acans this way.

 

[irishguy24]

And I would use the helmet idea but don't spot feed more then once every 3 days, i get great growth put of spot feeding 2 times a week, most guys I know would say much more ur trying to get them to big to fast and they will lose color