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Gatsu77: gorgeous what are the names? Got to get some!

Can u feed acans krill?

 

To be honest, I have no idea what to call the purple/green acans, I got them as a 3 head frag from an LFS I trust/respect around here, easily 20+ heads now. I've had it for probably 7-8 months.

 

The echinata, as best I can guess based on names I've seen online of similar colors, is rainbow sherbet. I picked up that frag on Sunday at the Inland Empire Coral Farmer's Market. Really fun event.. got a few cool things while I was there, as did my girlfriend. Both of us are excited for Reefapalooza in October.

 

I do feed my acans krill, I tend to tear whole krill into small pieces w/ a long pair of tongs, and feed several polyps on the colony as I feed everything else. Heck of a lot easier than trying to feed mysis shrimp with tongs. :x

 

 

Edit: Forgot I had these couple photos from when I first got my red/white acans about 9 months ago. I need to frag up this colony soon, it is running out of places to grow new polyps.

 

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Actinic shot of some acans my girlfriend has

 

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One of mine eating some Hikari Marine S pellets

 

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The Echinata I posted the other day, from the front. (sorry some of these turned out so crummy... I really need to clean my glass down by the sand. :x)

 

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Actinic shot of some acans my girlfriend has

 

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One of mine eating some Hikari Marine S pellets

 

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The Echinata I posted the other day, from the front. (sorry some of these turned out so crummy... I really need to clean my glass down by the sand. :x)

 

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what lens and camera?

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Tamron 180mm 3.5 Macro on a Canon 40D. Once I clean up the glass I'll take some more to show off the difference.

damn thats a PRETTY big Macro, I was thinking about getting the 100mm Canon Macro

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damn thats a PRETTY big Macro, I was thinking about getting the 100mm Canon Macro

 

You talking about size, cost, or actual appearance of the lens? I've heard good things about the Canon 100mm macro.. I just like the working distance of the 180. When I initially bought it, it was a dual-purpose lens, it was my macro and telephoto lens. I now just use it for macro work, as I have my 70-200 2.8L IS. The 100mm Canon will cost you less than the 180mm Tamron, (on the order of $120ish) but if you are interested, check out Tamron's 90mm 2.8 macro.

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3306...m_f_2_8_Di.html

 

Also a phenomenal lens - my best friend has it, and lent it to me a couple times. You'll need to be closer to your subject than with the 180mm to get true 1:1 macro, but it produces beautiful results. (and is cheaper than the Canon 100, by ~$110 if you factor the mail in rebate that is currently available)

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You talking about size, cost, or actual appearance of the lens? I've heard good things about the Canon 100mm macro.. I just like the working distance of the 180. When I initially bought it, it was a dual-purpose lens, it was my macro and telephoto lens. I now just use it for macro work, as I have my 70-200 2.8L IS. The 100mm Canon will cost you less than the 180mm Tamron, (on the order of $120ish) but if you are interested, check out Tamron's 90mm 2.8 macro.

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3306...m_f_2_8_Di.html

 

Also a phenomenal lens - my best friend has it, and lent it to me a couple times. You'll need to be closer to your subject than with the 180mm to get true 1:1 macro, but it produces beautiful results. (and is cheaper than the Canon 100, by ~$110 if you factor the mail in rebate that is currently available)

 

Thanks for the info! ill definitely look into that Tammy.

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Just got last night....

 

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These as well...

 

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Small ones are still mad! they were fragged off the mother colony when I bougth them so they were still pissed off about the wet saw!

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Very nice i espically like the top one!^

Hey guys i got and acan about a month or two ago and when i fist got it on 1/4 of a head died and now their are about 2 and 1/4 head on it but they don't puff out like my other acan their sweepers are out everynight thought and their on the sand bed.

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"goby wan kenobi" peeking out over the first acan i got in my 2.5 pico. i just moved everything over into my new 20 gallon setup and have several more acans now! These are by far my favorite coral w/their low maintenance and endless variety of interesting patterns.

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Do Acans sting eachother if they are too close? I just had one mess up a chalice that tipped over on top of one of the Acan polyps in a frag rack. Wanted to make sure they don't hurt eachother if I put them on the same rock.

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