Just got my lord in!

[Riona]

I acclimated it to my tank, and am going to use superglue gel to glue the rock the frag is on to my rock, was just making sure though: Do I want to start it off closer to the top of the tank, with a bit more flow, or do I want to start it closer to the bottom of my rock(the rock is pretty long) where it will be getting a bit less flow? The current spot is that the rock is basically under/a few inches in front of my powerhead, and I've got 65 watt PCs on there(will be doubled in size within a week most likely)

 

[highquality]

any picks?

 

[Riona]

No. My camera won't take a picture of something so small. I've tried before. Nothing smaller than my clowns has ever come out.

 

[slojmn]

Most acans prefer lower light areas of the tank, like off to the side or the lower half of the tank under Metal Halide lights. They also prefer lower flow areas as well...not no flow just lower flow. right near a powerhead is not a good idea.

 

[Riona]

Hm. Okay. So I'll stick them towards the bottom. The lights I have now are 65 watt pcs over a 20 gal. But I'm doubling them shortly after the retro I just bought gets here. There's a spot on the rock where it is pointed upwards and somewhat caved in, would that work?

 

[Riona]

I glued it to the rock tonight, and since the frag got broken into a few pieces in shipping, I put them all at different levels on the rock(all near the bottom, one is slightly shaded, one is on the flat part facing up, one is sorta in between light-wise) to see how they do. The best looking one took food for me, so I'm assuming it isn't too unhappy in its new digs

 

[slojmn]

That sounds good. One feeding is a good sign. I usually wait a day or two to feed acans or micros when they first come in. They get a little hungry but I like to let them settle in. I usually feed my acans and micros direct feedings 2-3 times per week.

 

[Justin74]

65w over a 20, light acclimation wont be an issue and can pretty much place it anywhere in the tank, but actually might have better coloration in the top 2/3 of the tank.

-Justin

 

[Riona]

I'm also putting another 65 watts on there soon though, so I didn't want to stick them way up in the tank.

 

[Riona]

*shrugs* can't edit the last, but got a slightly bad pic of the acan.

I love the colour! Can't wait until it starts growing(and yeah, I know I need to move the mushie)