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fading acan, pics
getting some color loss on some polyps of one of my acanthastrea.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...f/P1030173.jpg http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...f/P1030172.jpg what should be my next course of action :sad: |
Adjust the light by either raising them or lowering them. Also feed them a little more.
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Mine did the same. Remove them from the light. I put them in the shade and started to feed more. They have too much light.
Mine are now pretty much back to normal color, but I still keep them in the shade and away from the light. You need to put them in a low flow area or cut the pump to feed them. frozen cyclop is an excellent food. You put the cyclop on them or frozen brine, and wait a bit. They eat like pigs and they need food to survive because they don,t like light, they like food 3 times per weeks min. |
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I do not target feed any of my acans.....they are out in full light and I have them in a tank with 10000 gph of flow..... |
Same here. I keep four in my frag system which gets 60x/hr turnover and is well lit from a 250W MH. I'll also only directly feed them on occation, maybe once a week or less. They've only faded in color once and that was when I tried out a minimal amount of Vertex biopellets.
So tell us more about your system and the coral if you want some informed advice. |
All of the above and buy some Acan plus which is available from Red Coral Aquariums in Edmonton and target feed the Acans and similar coral.
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i did grab some acan plus from red coral, they and the rest of the lps loved that stuff.
i just transferred to a new tank, nanocube led. previously they were in a 55g with sundial t5ho lighting. i did notice the color fading slightly in the previous tank. it was position on the tank bottom. |
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