Acans Acans Acans the collection journey - Page 5

sponger0 · 01/18/2013, 11:11 AM

Nice!!! What lights are you using again?

All Delight · 01/18/2013, 11:17 AM

ATI Powermodule 4 ati blue plus 1 ati purple plus

All Delight · 01/18/2013, 11:26 AM

I have a 6 bulb unit, but typically run only 4 bulbs. I ordered new bulbs and I'd to try all 6 bulbs going with 4 ati blub plus 1 purple plus and 1 coral plus.

M007 · 01/18/2013, 06:16 PM

Delightful!

akitareefer · 01/20/2013, 06:34 PM

Can we see a FTS? Your acans are gorgeous!

Magical Reef · 01/24/2013, 09:57 AM

Not the greatest pic since it's with my phone, but here's a pick of a pretty cool bowerbanki acan that I have. Looks just like a bleeding apple scolymia

http://reefcentral.com/forums/attach...5&d=1359042960

Magical Reef · 01/25/2013, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by All Delight

Oh yeah and these are incredibly bright

That's awesome!!

scubakid3 · 01/25/2013, 11:14 AM

I am starting an acan collection myself. I currently have a light blue/yellow jupiter acan and a red tomato acan in a nano. The LEDs seem to be doing the job for them but based on experience, what is the best lighting for acans? I ordered a Ultra Rainbow Acan from Live Aquaria but that died during shipment. My local LFS generally has some good ones though.

alan.reef · 01/27/2013, 11:25 AM

Incredible Acan collection you All Delight..Plz share your fts..

All Delight · 01/27/2013, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by scubakid3

I am starting an acan collection myself. I currently have a light blue/yellow jupiter acan and a red tomato acan in a nano. The LEDs seem to be doing the job for them but based on experience, what is the best lighting for acans? I ordered a Ultra Rainbow Acan from Live Aquaria but that died during shipment. My local LFS generally has some good ones though.

The jupiter acan sounds very nice! LED and T5's color up acans nicely.

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Originally Posted by alan.reef

Incredible Acan collection you All Delight..Plz share your fts..

Thanks a lot!

All Delight · 01/27/2013, 11:44 AM

I took a FTS w/ my cell yesterday so it's a pretty lame one. All my acans are usually on the sand, but I took them out for cleaning. When I first setup my tank, I had envisioned my tank to look like this, no corals or only a couple on the sand. Now it's full of acans. LOL

akitareefer · 01/27/2013, 06:12 PM

sweet fts! Great aquascaping, makes a lot of nice places for your acans. apparently you also have an addiction to sps

alan.reef · 01/27/2013, 07:42 PM

thank you AllDelight. floating rock!!!! do you glue/epoxy the rock to make it looks like baseless.

TULSATYE · 01/28/2013, 02:40 PM

I am an acanaholic also! This is my favorite of my collection!

6lilfish · 01/28/2013, 06:01 PM

Wow great collection Any recomendations on places to buy Acans

bizz · 01/30/2013, 07:45 PM

I got this Acan from reefapalooza, I think it bite be LSD but I'm not sure i forgot what the guy told me. I know he had LSD Acans so i think it might be them ?

sorry for the crappy pic

longtran68 · 01/31/2013, 12:46 PM

Very nice acan collection and rock layout. I love the simplicty. I am surprise you can keep all those SPS with just T5s. Do you have any fish?

sponger0 · 01/31/2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by longtran68

Very nice acan collection and rock layout. I love the simplicty. I am surprise you can keep all those SPS with just T5s. Do you have any fish?

Why do people think you cant grow SPS under T5s? I dont understand that

All Delight · 01/31/2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by akitareefer

sweet fts! Great aquascaping, makes a lot of nice places for your acans. apparently you also have an addiction to sps

oh yeah, I got the sps bug!

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Originally Posted by alan.reef

thank you AllDelight. floating rock!!!! do you glue/epoxy the rock to make it looks like baseless.

Yes, I used both glue and epoxy. It's actually 2 seperate bases, it's just the top part is so close together that it looks like all one. My initial vision was to have two islands so to speak, but as my coral collection grew, I had to re-do the left side to make it larger to hold all the sps.

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Originally Posted by 6lilfish

Wow great collection Any recomendations on places to buy Acans

Man honestly the best place is either your LFS or keep your eyes peeled daily in the selling section. Hobbyist sell nice stuff all the time due to space constraints, or they need money to buy other stuff, or they get out the hobby, or change directions of their tanks. I've purchased a lot of nice coral from fellow reefers.

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Originally Posted by bizzladin

I got this Acan from reefapalooza, I think it bite be LSD but I'm not sure i forgot what the guy told me. I know he had LSD Acans so i think it might be them ?

sorry for the crappy pic

Looks nice!

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Originally Posted by longtran68

Very nice acan collection and rock layout. I love the simplicty. I am surprise you can keep all those SPS with just T5s. Do you have any fish?

Thanks for the compliments. T5's do a nice job coloring and growing sps. Sometimes the misconception is that it's not strong enough because t5's don't seem as bright, but my ati powermodule is very strong.

I do have a couple of fish, a helfrichi and a ventralis anthia. Once I get my upgrade in action, I plan to get more fish. I'm hoping to get my hands on a candy basslet. That would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by TULSATYE

I am an acanaholic also! This is my favorite of my collection!

hahaa yah man acans are so addicting. you got a nice one there.

cnguyenl · 01/31/2013, 05:54 PM

Amazing acans! So colorful!

SPSpirate · 02/03/2013, 11:28 PM

trueblackpercula · 02/05/2013, 09:01 PM

Very nice collection. I have a few questions if you don't mind.

Do they need to be treat for pest before you put them in the main display tank. I also treat my sps for AEFW red bugs ETC. and if so what do you treat them with?

I see you keep them close to each other do you see them competing for space?

Thanks

AdamDeMamp · 02/05/2013, 09:26 PM

Where are all the fishes?

cracker642 · 02/06/2013, 07:06 PM

Wow what amazing pieces what do you all feed and tank perameters mingh don't look like that

Dale Cooper · 02/07/2013, 06:47 PM

I'm blown away. I'm really wanting to get into Acans. Can you tell us, All Delight, what are you water parameters? I've read every post in this thread but didn't see it.

And you say you only feed your favorites. I assume you mean target feed. What food do you use in the tank for overall feeding purposes? Is that a silversides in the one's mouth toward the beginning of this thread?

01/18/2013, 11:17 AM	#102
All Delight Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 4,662	ATI Powermodule 4 ati blue plus 1 ati purple plus __________________ Life's simple, you make choices and you don't look back. Current Tank Info: too small

01/18/2013, 11:26 AM	#103
All Delight Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 4,662	I have a 6 bulb unit, but typically run only 4 bulbs. I ordered new bulbs and I'd to try all 6 bulbs going with 4 ati blub plus 1 purple plus and 1 coral plus. __________________ Life's simple, you make choices and you don't look back. Current Tank Info: too small

01/18/2013, 06:16 PM	#104
M007 Acro Whore Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,631	Delightful! __________________ Mixed reef emphasis on SPS. Tangs, Triggers, Bartlets, CBB, Goldflake Angel, and a Pigmy or two. Current Tank Info: 250G SPS Mixed Reef. ATLAS 84x28x24. SuperMarin 250. Cebu Sun 3 x 250WMH Radiums 4 x 80W T5. Profilux 3 w/GHL dosing CA-ALK-MG. Moved by Tunze and Vertex. Reef Octopus 5K return.

01/27/2013, 11:44 AM	#111
All Delight Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 4,662	I took a FTS w/ my cell yesterday so it's a pretty lame one. All my acans are usually on the sand, but I took them out for cleaning. When I first setup my tank, I had envisioned my tank to look like this, no corals or only a couple on the sand. Now it's full of acans. LOL __________________ Life's simple, you make choices and you don't look back. Current Tank Info: too small

02/03/2013, 11:28 PM	#121
SPSpirate 2 PART BABY!!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Richmond,Virginia Posts: 2,874	__________________ Andy "I have never known something to appear so simple but known to be so adaptive and complex than reef building corals." Current Tank Info: 70 acrylic DD,AP701(DELTEC USA),Giesmann Bilux,2x250 20k Radium, Galaxy 250 dual ballast,closed loop on a reeflo dart 4 returns, vodka doser and 2 part

01/18/2013, 11:11 AM	#101
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Nice!!! What lights are you using again?

01/20/2013, 06:34 PM	#105
akitareefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 627	Can we see a FTS? Your acans are gorgeous!

01/25/2013, 11:14 AM	#108
scubakid3 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: CT Posts: 324	I am starting an acan collection myself. I currently have a light blue/yellow jupiter acan and a red tomato acan in a nano. The LEDs seem to be doing the job for them but based on experience, what is the best lighting for acans? I ordered a Ultra Rainbow Acan from Live Aquaria but that died during shipment. My local LFS generally has some good ones though.

01/27/2013, 11:25 AM	#109
alan.reef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 114	Incredible Acan collection you All Delight..Plz share your fts..

01/27/2013, 06:12 PM	#112
akitareefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 627	sweet fts! Great aquascaping, makes a lot of nice places for your acans. apparently you also have an addiction to sps

01/27/2013, 07:42 PM	#113
alan.reef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 114	thank you AllDelight. floating rock!!!! do you glue/epoxy the rock to make it looks like baseless.

01/28/2013, 02:40 PM	#114
TULSATYE Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 77	I am an acanaholic also! This is my favorite of my collection!

01/28/2013, 06:01 PM	#115
6lilfish Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 61	Wow great collection Any recomendations on places to buy Acans

01/31/2013, 12:46 PM	#117
longtran68 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 8	Very nice acan collection and rock layout. I love the simplicty. I am surprise you can keep all those SPS with just T5s. Do you have any fish?

01/31/2013, 05:54 PM	#120
cnguyenl Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 50	Amazing acans! So colorful!

02/05/2013, 09:01 PM	#122
trueblackpercula Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: STATEN ISLAND Posts: 7,517	Very nice collection. I have a few questions if you don't mind. Do they need to be treat for pest before you put them in the main display tank. I also treat my sps for AEFW red bugs ETC. and if so what do you treat them with? I see you keep them close to each other do you see them competing for space? Thanks __________________ Life is to short to buy frags ! But for FREE I'LL take them ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> LIVE SAND ITS THE CURE........® Current Tank Info: 120 CUBE Live sand Mitras lx6100hv MRC MR 2 single becket MP40 power head Aquamedic dosing pump using B-ionic

02/05/2013, 09:26 PM	#123
AdamDeMamp Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 153	Where are all the fishes?

02/06/2013, 07:06 PM	#124
cracker642 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: florida Posts: 77	Wow what amazing pieces what do you all feed and tank perameters mingh don't look like that

02/07/2013, 06:47 PM	#125
Dale Cooper Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 43	I'm blown away. I'm really wanting to get into Acans. Can you tell us, All Delight, what are you water parameters? I've read every post in this thread but didn't see it. And you say you only feed your favorites. I assume you mean target feed. What food do you use in the tank for overall feeding purposes? Is that a silversides in the one's mouth toward the beginning of this thread?