Goby Angyl Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 No sweeper tentacles. Their tentacles don't extend past their body. Pretty short. You can feed them and they will grab the food. Nothing long like candy canes or galaxia. Thank You!! Now more tempted than ever! If I choose to get one I'll probably get hung up on picking a color! For some people, sometimes there really can be too much variety... Looked over the tank and there's 2, maybe 3 spots right under the lights where I could put a small frag. Quote Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Acans prefer med/med-low lighting. I usually start on the sand bed(most stay there, ive got a 10 gallon with 4 t5ho over it) and sometimes even then I have to find them some shade. Check out NR sponsor cultivated reef for some nice ones and at a nice price, he's never disappointed me in the 8+ orders I've placed and even picked up in person. 1 Quote Link to comment
GalaThoun Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Acans prefer med/med-low lighting. I usually start on the sand bed(most stay there, ive got a 10 gallon with 4 t5ho over it) and sometimes even then I have to find them some shade. Check out NR sponsor cultivated reef for some nice ones and at a nice price, he's never disappointed me in the 8+ orders I've placed and even picked up in person. any pics of the tank? Quote Link to comment
Jordangil Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Can I join ? The rainbox are insane in person they are j fox .. Edited July 17, 2012 by Jordangil Quote Link to comment
Jneighbors Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 What is the best website to buy acans from? I have always wanted a acan collection. Quote Link to comment
Jordangil Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) What is the best website to buy acans from? I have always wanted a acan collection. Check worldwide corals often 99% of everything in my tank is from them ( everything nice haha) . http://www.worldwidecorals.com/ out of any fish store they get the rarest stuff for sure ... Give them a call tell them Jordan Gilbert sent you ( probably get a better deal ) ask for victor he's got the goods ....... There pics are really what the corals look like under a 50/50 setting .... Now there display tanks on the other hand could take a brown piece of xenia and it would like gold underneath them haha . Edited July 17, 2012 by Jordangil Quote Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) What is the best website to buy acans from? I have always wanted a acan collection. I got most of mine from our sponsor cultivated reef, great service and prices. Here's a shot of my tanks, taken with iPhone 3 so sorry for not so great pics. first the ten gallon when the acans were in it But now almost all the acans are in my 12" cube that is now my frag/grow out display tank. Edited July 18, 2012 by Seamonkey84 Quote Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 U gotta pretty nice collection going Just switched my light (unplanned) from 3 RLED's and one LEDTRiC TriColor to three of their TruPop's The difference is that the RL's have no Red/Pink while the Tri Color has 2 Red bulbs, While the TruPop's have 2 Violet bulbs making them the only one with UV. Anywya the added UV has helped my acans in under a week. It is well known that LED's will generally change Red/Pink into orange, and this applied to my acans. However with the UV i noticed a immediate improvement, the damage was reversed and now my acans are almost the same color as when i got them. Also my blue's and purples look better I highly reccommend trying some UV if you do not already have it. Happy reefing and welcome to the team Jordangil! Quote Link to comment
flyfshrmn98 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Just picked up my first acan! Its orange and only has one head, but I love the way it looks. Will get a pic of it soon. How fast do acans grow and do they split or shoot off new heads? Quote Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm using LEDtric full spectrum over this tank, and I love it as it also has the true violet (not UV btw) and the red and turquoise. The coloration is excelent and the corals "pop" wonderfully. Just wondering how it would look with neutral white instead of cool white, as think my rbta could be a little deeper colored still. Quote Link to comment
gena Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Cool...an Acan Club!!!! I'm going to enjoy going through this thread. I don't think I've looked at it before. I plan to add acans to my new tank in a few months, can't wait Quote Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Months? Why wait, I find acans just about as hardy as zoanthids. If your tank is cycled, and your using a decent salt mix (so no need to dose unless your tank is full of stoney corals) you can jump right in! Acan lord was one of the first corals I got, besides zoas and rics. Eta: just realized what you already had going for tanks (like your totm lol, beautiful btw) and said to myself, "why am I trying to give suggestions to you?" Edited July 25, 2012 by Seamonkey84 Quote Link to comment
chrssprngs Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Black Cherry Acan R. Quote Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Looking good That second one looks like a echinata but im prob wrong ): Quote Link to comment
chrssprngs Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Pretty sure its an A. Rotundaflora sp? Quote Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 I won't admit im wrong Quote Link to comment
Enigma Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 The photo of this one isn't very good: Quote Link to comment
ptboy6 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hey. Anyone has CC Highlighters and Neptune's Crown Acans? I wantz wantz wantz... Please PM me. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
ajayjack Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) Here's a couple of my acans. I happened to have this on my phone already from earlier today. It's lights out right now in the tank so I will edit and add pics of my others tomorrow. The one on the left is a lot more purple in person. iPhone doesn't take good pics :-( Any recommendations for a good camera for taking tank pics? Edited August 7, 2012 by ajayjack Quote Link to comment
redhawk45 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I guess I'm a club member now! Just got myself an Acan and it'll be coming tomorrow for me. It's a beauty, too. See my newest post about my new coral:D But, here's a photo from the place I got it from - probably the best photo I'll ever get of the coral. The piece is about 5 inches across according to LiveAquaria. Quote Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Echinata I will update my acan pics, everyone is growing! Quote Link to comment
SoCalJake Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 New Acan Member!!!. Picked up these awesome frags today. (the pics are not mine) They name these pretty strangely, so if you are able to maybe ID them with their actual name I would appreciate it. Quote Link to comment
Singlefin Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 The bottom one looks like their Jamaican sunrise. I just picked one up. And a whammin Rambo and a couple other green ones. Quote Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Acan and Zoa names are so funny and downright ridiculous 1 Quote Link to comment
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