Acan in Trouble?

bruindave · 08/30/2015, 08:47 PM

I bought this rainbow acan 5 days ago and placed it at the bottom of my tank. Is the skeleton starting to show on the heads on the left (red arrows)? Is it deflating since it seems more jagged? The heads on the right seem fine. The other acan I got seems to be the same from when I bought it and is also on the sand bed.

Here are all the specs.
28 gallon nano cube
89 watt LEDs
Ammonia - 0
Alkalinity - 9.6
Mg - 1420

I need to test nitrates and my Ca test kit hasn't arrived yet.

Is this fine or any ideas? Just want to make sure

Auston · 08/30/2015, 10:07 PM

What are you using to measure salinity?

bruindave · 08/30/2015, 10:20 PM

whoops forgot that number. It is exactly 1.025

reef_aholic · 08/30/2015, 10:29 PM

How are you measuring it? Hydrometer or refactometor?

bruindave · 08/30/2015, 10:36 PM

oh i'm totally not here today. with a refractometer from BRS. I checked it with a LFS a month ago and it was accurate.

stravo71 · 08/31/2015, 12:55 PM

Give him a good dipping and let it go. Keep an eye on it. If the recession doesn't stop than frag away death. I had this happen to my ultra rainbow acan. Managed to save it with a coral rx bath. Hope it helps

bruindave · 08/31/2015, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by stravo71

Give him a good dipping and let it go. Keep an eye on it. If the recession doesn't stop than frag away death. I had this happen to my ultra rainbow acan. Managed to save it with a coral rx bath. Hope it helps

what else should i dip it in? I dipped it in two little fishes coral revive cleaner when I first got it and that was about it. the other acan seems fine with the same dip.

stravo71 · 08/31/2015, 01:40 PM

Coral rx. Or Lugels I use regular iodine from your local pharmacy. About two cups water and sixteenth cup iodine. Use your tank water. Yoshould barely see a red tint to your water. DO NOt USE A LOT OF IODINE. Will kill the coral. I learned by trial and error. Now this ia all I dip with. Works wonders. The iodine will kill all dying tissue and clean it out. Plus kills any bugs that shouldn't be there and it is a lot cheapet to use. But more dangerous if screwed up

Reef Frog · 08/31/2015, 09:23 PM

I really didn't see any tissue recession, but it's hard to tell for sure with these photos. Keep it out of bright light while acclimating.

The sand bed is the right place for it for now, but I like to hike the frags up a little bit with a ceramic disk or similar so polyp tissue isn't direct touching the sand.

bruindave · 09/01/2015, 11:27 AM

i'm beginning to wonder if i'm just freaking out over nothing. this is my first LPS coral

Here's a pic from the top. Does it look fine to you? Just looked spikier to me than when I picked it up. If you do acclimate it in shade for how many days do you do that for?

stravo71 · 09/01/2015, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruindave

i'm beginning to wonder if i'm just freaking out over nothing. this is my first LPS coral

Here's a pic from the top. Does it look fine to you? Just looked spikier to me than when I picked it up. If you do acclimate it in shade for how many days do you do that for?

In this picture everything looks GREAT.

I have 7 differant kinds of acans and all are happy and healthy. Look like yours. Acans are my absolute favorite coral

bruindave · 09/01/2015, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stravo71

In this picture everything looks GREAT.

I have 7 differant kinds of acans and all are happy and healthy. Look like yours. Acans are my absolute favorite coral

thanks for the confirmation! yea when I looked at it again it seemed fine to me, especially from the top.

appreciate the help everyone. just trying not to kill things b/c of my ignorance.

stravo71 · 09/01/2015, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruindave

thanks for the confirmation! yea when I looked at it again it seemed fine to me, especially from the top.

appreciate the help everyone. just trying not to kill things b/c of my ignorance.

Oh believe me something will perish due to ignorance in this hobby. Happens to the best of us. Especially me In the earlier days. Happy reefing

Reef Frog · 09/01/2015, 12:47 PM

I think most get nervous introducing new corals for the first time. Especially really nice expensive ones! I don't see anything wrong in the top down pic either.

08/30/2015, 08:47 PM	#1
bruindave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 242	Acan in Trouble? I bought this rainbow acan 5 days ago and placed it at the bottom of my tank. Is the skeleton starting to show on the heads on the left (red arrows)? Is it deflating since it seems more jagged? The heads on the right seem fine. The other acan I got seems to be the same from when I bought it and is also on the sand bed. Here are all the specs. 28 gallon nano cube 89 watt LEDs Ammonia - 0 Alkalinity - 9.6 Mg - 1420 I need to test nitrates and my Ca test kit hasn't arrived yet. Is this fine or any ideas? Just want to make sure

08/30/2015, 10:29 PM	#4
reef_aholic Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 130	How are you measuring it? Hydrometer or refactometor? __________________ Happy Reefing!!! Current Tank Info: 120 Gal, 30 Gal Sump, Bubble Magus Curve 7, Kamoer 3 stage dosing system, AI Hydra x2.

08/30/2015, 10:07 PM	#2
Auston Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Ontario Posts: 338	What are you using to measure salinity?

08/30/2015, 10:20 PM	#3
bruindave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 242	whoops forgot that number. It is exactly 1.025

08/30/2015, 10:36 PM	#5
bruindave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 242	oh i'm totally not here today. with a refractometer from BRS. I checked it with a LFS a month ago and it was accurate.

08/31/2015, 12:55 PM	#6
stravo71 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 141	Give him a good dipping and let it go. Keep an eye on it. If the recession doesn't stop than frag away death. I had this happen to my ultra rainbow acan. Managed to save it with a coral rx bath. Hope it helps

08/31/2015, 01:40 PM	#8
stravo71 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 141	Coral rx. Or Lugels I use regular iodine from your local pharmacy. About two cups water and sixteenth cup iodine. Use your tank water. Yoshould barely see a red tint to your water. DO NOt USE A LOT OF IODINE. Will kill the coral. I learned by trial and error. Now this ia all I dip with. Works wonders. The iodine will kill all dying tissue and clean it out. Plus kills any bugs that shouldn't be there and it is a lot cheapet to use. But more dangerous if screwed up

08/31/2015, 09:23 PM	#9
Reef Frog Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,121	I really didn't see any tissue recession, but it's hard to tell for sure with these photos. Keep it out of bright light while acclimating. The sand bed is the right place for it for now, but I like to hike the frags up a little bit with a ceramic disk or similar so polyp tissue isn't direct touching the sand.

09/01/2015, 11:27 AM	#10
bruindave Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 242	i'm beginning to wonder if i'm just freaking out over nothing. this is my first LPS coral Here's a pic from the top. Does it look fine to you? Just looked spikier to me than when I picked it up. If you do acclimate it in shade for how many days do you do that for?

09/01/2015, 12:47 PM	#14
Reef Frog Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,121	I think most get nervous introducing new corals for the first time. Especially really nice expensive ones! I don't see anything wrong in the top down pic either.