Acans receding - looking for suggestions on possible causes

[jorjef]

It is what it is. No one has a perfect record with corals. What does fine in your tank may die in mine. Stop the constant tinkering I'm not sure how you could possibly be enjoying this hobby. Failure is enivitable, it will happen. Toss the acans and move on.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

It is what it is. No one has a perfect record with corals. What does fine in your tank may die in mine. Stop the constant tinkering I'm not sure how you could possibly be enjoying this hobby. Failure is enivitable, it will happen. Toss the acans and move on.

I totally agree with your synopsis ... I am only trying to save these poor critters

Maybe someone close to me reading this would like to trade something ...

And as for the tinkering and enjoying, ya, if this carries on much longer, I'll give the dead lumps away
I've definately got more important things to do right now than worry about these little things

[Din Gior]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I totally agree with your synopsis ... I am only trying to save these poor critters

Maybe someone close to me reading this would like to trade something ...

And as for the tinkering and enjoying, ya, if this carries on much longer, I'll give the dead lumps away
I've definately got more important things to do right now than worry about these little things

I'd like try to trade, what do you looking for your acans?

[gregzz4]

I'll PM you Din

[Tn23]

any updates? what has happened to the Acans?

[Skimmerking]

Greg I had weł over $4500 in colonies ans lost them all to what u had it was like one by one. Receeding some say it was from the intense lighting the same thing happened with my Scollies. It was weird the only thing to go was the scans all SPS were great other then the acans. They talk about acans having in contacta disease from them touching each other.

[Seriak]

I have the same thing happening with my euphyllia. One head takes about a week to fall off and then just when you think no more are going to die, another head falls off. Maybe on the same one maybe on a different one. It is just slowly working its way around my tank. Lost over 50 heads so far.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Salty23

any updates? what has happened to the Acans?

Funny you ask. I just found one of my most fave acans in the clutches of the black longspined urchin, with the Ecotech coral glue busted loose
Could just be a coincedence, but now I'm wondering ...
I didn't find anything on the web about urchins eating acans
Yesterday, this particular colony was fine, now it's missing more heads
The rest of the receding acans are unchanged

Mike, I've cut my lighting way back, so I'm hoping to see a difference

Shelley, I read about someone losing acans and finding a kind of bristleworm in the skeleton. Kinda like being eaten from the inside out maybe ...

Seriak, it seems that none of us can keep all the kinds of corals we want to. Some of us lose 'this one', and some 'another'
I'm just happy to not have lost most of ours

[gregzz4]

I just pulled out the acan that is currently suffering the most as I found it in the clutches of the urchin last night and was preparing to re-glue it

I decided to remove all the old glue first and wouldn't you know it, there are worms inside the underside of the skeleton
It's currently in a dip and I'll post pics once I'm done

Hopefully this is the cause and the recession will end

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by jorjef

It is what it is. No one has a perfect record with corals. What does fine in your tank may die in mine. Stop the constant tinkering I'm not sure how you could possibly be enjoying this hobby. Failure is enivitable, it will happen. Toss the acans and move on.

I've decided to keep feeding my SPS and let the Acan chips fall as they may
Too bad 'cause they were nice critters

The SPS are bouncing back nicely