Acan Propagation

[200mfromocean]

How long does it take for acans to give more polyps? I have been target feeding with Dt's live phytoplankton and PE Mysis about every 4 days.

I also tried cutting one up into 3 pieces and supergluing them to live rock. So far only one has survived since 2 months ago. Anyone have any words of wisdom?

[spinoleo]

how high are they in the tank and do you feed it mysis

[200mfromocean]

The larger acan colonies are about 10-14" deep in under a 12K reeflux 250 DE. Just started feeding it mysis every 2 to 4 days. The remaining frag is in indirect light about 16" deep.

[TIMMYE]

What kind of flow does it have? I find that mine & all my LPS for that matter seem to dothe best in somewhat nutrient rich water, low flow, indirect light and spot feed daily. HTH

[200mfromocean]

My 54 corner Bow tank is aquascaped in a moon shape with rocks slightly away from glass, with a koralia 600 and 850 behind the rocks. I have my acans positioned inside the cup of the moon. In addition there is maybe 300-500 GPH coming from sump return, and 110 GPH coming from fluvel running carbon into display as well.


This totals 1610 GPH/ 54 = roughly 30 + times per hour

I have koralia's toned down were they are hitting rocks so I would gander my flow rate is more like 22-25 times per hour.