acan corals

bonita · 05-10-2009, 11:19 AM

please tell me how the acan corals grow or spread. do they spread over the rocks or do they make their own calcium plate. i have a acan frag that has flled its growing disk will it spread or what

seafansar · 05-10-2009, 01:49 PM

I believe it will make a skeleton on it's own and grow into a ball if left on the sand and grow outward on a rock. I'd assume it's easier for the coral to grow on a rock than sand. But I dunno from experience, cause most of my acans died before growing that much in a recent tank crash.

What kind of growth rate do you get? Mine put out a bunch of new little heads, but not much skeletal growth (easy to see when they're dead

).

funkpolice · 05-10-2009, 03:19 PM

the skeleton grows pretty slow, so as stated above, if you leave them on the sand be they will grow into kind of a ball shape. As the skeleton gets bigger, the pollyps will get bigger and multiply. It's makes for a nice looking colony that is very difficult to frag. If you put them on a rock they will spread quickly without building much skeleton at all.
bill

Wakeskater02 · 05-10-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by funkpolice

the skeleton grows pretty slow, so as stated above, if you leave them on the sand be they will grow into kind of a ball shape. As the skeleton gets bigger, the pollyps will get bigger and multiply. It's makes for a nice looking colony that is very difficult to frag. If you put them on a rock they will spread quickly without building much skeleton at all.
bill

If it is a flatter rock, growth rate even more and they also will look really cool!

Wakeskater02 · 05-10-2009, 03:57 PM

Here are some examples..... I know everyone likes pictures.

Enjoy.

SoccerBum474 · 05-10-2009, 04:27 PM

Wow!!!

twoclowns · 05-10-2009, 05:06 PM

wow, where is that acan tank, that must be worth a small house. Great looking corals.

newreefguy · 05-15-2009, 10:22 PM

They are acan gods!

redsea reefer · 05-15-2009, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wakeskater02

Here are some examples..... I know everyone likes pictures.

Enjoy.

Sapphire · 05-16-2009, 12:08 AM

That is amazing!!! Thankls for posting those photos...

dmyers557 · 08-28-2009, 02:09 PM

Man I love Acans!!!

05-10-2009, 11:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
bonita Tubeworm Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: valrico, florida Posts: 25 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	acan corals please tell me how the acan corals grow or spread. do they spread over the rocks or do they make their own calcium plate. i have a acan frag that has flled its growing disk will it spread or what __________________

05-10-2009, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,195 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: acan corals I believe it will make a skeleton on it's own and grow into a ball if left on the sand and grow outward on a rock. I'd assume it's easier for the coral to grow on a rock than sand. But I dunno from experience, cause most of my acans died before growing that much in a recent tank crash. What kind of growth rate do you get? Mine put out a bunch of new little heads, but not much skeletal growth (easy to see when they're dead ). __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

05-10-2009, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
funkpolice Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orland Park IL Posts: 1,399 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: acan corals the skeleton grows pretty slow, so as stated above, if you leave them on the sand be they will grow into kind of a ball shape. As the skeleton gets bigger, the pollyps will get bigger and multiply. It's makes for a nice looking colony that is very difficult to frag. If you put them on a rock they will spread quickly without building much skeleton at all. bill

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SoccerBum474 Scopas Tang Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Luis Obispo, Ca Posts: 457 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: acan corals Wow!!! __________________ Cole 12g rebuild: -70w 14k sunpod -Rio 600 return pump @ 200 GPH Fish 2 Tank-Raised True Perc's SPS Red/Orange Monti Cap, Green Monti Cap, Green Bottlebrush Acro, Purple Stag Acro, Green Smiler, GARF Bonsai Acro Valida, Purple Encrusing Monti, ORA Hawkins, ORA Red Planet, ORA Purple Plasma, True Leng Sy Cap, Blueish Poccilopora, Purple and Pink Birdsnest, Idaho Grape Cap LPS Green & White Aussie Acan Lord, Green Pagoda Cup, Frogspawn, Neon Green chalice, Neon Green Candy Cane Softies Blue Mushroom, Pink w/ green Spotted Mushroom, Wam'n Watermelon Zoas, Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoas, Pink Palys, Purple Zoas with Yellow skirts, Bam Bam Orange Zoas, Purple People Eater Palys, Orange People Eaters, Creamsicle Zoas, unknown Green Zoas, Camo Palys, Neon Red Mushroom, Greenish polyp toadstool. Inverts 2 Tiger Striped Serpent Starfish, Various Snails, Dwarf Hemits http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...llon-nano.html

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newreefguy Scopas Tang Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: asheville, Nc Posts: 407 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: acan corals They are acan gods!

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Sapphire Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 1,220 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: acan corals That is amazing!!! Thankls for posting those photos... __________________ aka Emma "I know how make a small fortune - start with a large fortune and get a reef tank" My RSM 130

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dmyers557 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pittsburg, California Posts: 612 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: acan corals Man I love Acans!!! __________________ SETUP: 34g RedSea Max with Current Outer Orbit mh lighting, Phoenix 14k mh bulb, 2x65watt 460nm and 420nm actinics, Tunze 9002 skimmer, StevieT's media rack, 40 lbs live rock, 30 lbs live sand, Ecotech MP10. CORAL: Dendro, Torch, XMEN zoo's, Tubb's Blue, Mohawk, Devil's Armor, Nuclear Greens, Plum PE's, Miami Hurricanes, Armor Of God, Wammin Watermelon's, Galileo PE, JC's Pink PE, True Eagle Eyes, Blue Horizon Zoo's, Rainbow Acans, Hollywood Stunner Chalice, Cotton Candy Chalice, Frogspawn, Kryptonite Candy Cane SPS CORAL: Pink Lemonade, Hydnophora, Infamous Frag Farmer's Setosa, ATL Pink Polyp Cap, Tyree Idaho Grape Cap, Green & Purple Birdnest, Jedi Mind Trick Undata, True Undata, ATL Meteor Shower, Rainbow Monti CLAM: Tridacna maxima clam FISH: Midas Blenny, Coral Beauty, 6-line Wrasse, Blue Green Chromis My RedSea Max 130!!!

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