aninjaatemyshoe
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I received an acan frag of 4 heads back in November. The colony now has about 30 heads and many of them are over an inch wide. Is that normal for acans? It seems very quick, but this is the first colony I've ever had.
Incredible Acan growth
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aninjaatemyshoe
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It's an Aussie Acan lord colony. My calcium tends to run high (around 450ppm), alk is a little low at about 3meq/L, I've never measured magnesium. Other levels are fairly normal, nitrate is a bit high (~20ppm) due to heavy feeding. I do dose iron, silicate and vodka, but I doubt any of those have an effect.
I use a 6x36" T5 Tek light for the lighting, the general spectrum is more in the whiter range (I go for a full spectrum look). The colony sits about 18" below the light.
As far as feeding, that might be where I am getting ahead. The tank is primarily set up to support non-photosynthetic corals such as dendronephthya, tubastrea, scleronephthya, and an assortment of sea fans. As such it gets a lot of continuous feeding of phyto, rotifers, nutrimar prawn ova, cyclopeeze, and other misc frozen food. I do not target feed, however.
I can take a picture if anyone is interested. I don't think I have a pic of it when I got it, however.
I use a 6x36" T5 Tek light for the lighting, the general spectrum is more in the whiter range (I go for a full spectrum look). The colony sits about 18" below the light.
As far as feeding, that might be where I am getting ahead. The tank is primarily set up to support non-photosynthetic corals such as dendronephthya, tubastrea, scleronephthya, and an assortment of sea fans. As such it gets a lot of continuous feeding of phyto, rotifers, nutrimar prawn ova, cyclopeeze, and other misc frozen food. I do not target feed, however.
I can take a picture if anyone is interested. I don't think I have a pic of it when I got it, however.
aninjaatemyshoe
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I'll post pics in the morning.
All Delight
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Aussie lords grow pretty fast from my experience.
definately, I wish all of my acans can get food even when I spot feed. The ones that get food more often are near 2inches and now overcrowd the other heads!
I got it as a rectangular peice of rock, with babies on the 3 sides, so the ones on top win out at meal times.
Good luck with yours and happy feeding!
I got it as a rectangular peice of rock, with babies on the 3 sides, so the ones on top win out at meal times.
Good luck with yours and happy feeding!
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