yoshiod9 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 sweet stuff dennis! i just set up the 29l that i was gonna use as a sump cuz i ran outta cash. lol. i'll post pics as soon as i get two seios and get rid of the three or four powerheads i've got going right now...also i've got to get a few pendants of the same color bulb(i'm using a 70w 14k and a 70w 20k right now and it's realllllly obvious which is which.) Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 MWUAHAHAHAHAHAH.... i bought some acans!!! i can finally officially join this thread. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 welcome to the dark side. : Link to comment
FishFreak Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I am on the dark side also now... Link to comment
FishFreak Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I have only had them for a week and they have sprouted two new babies :woot: Link to comment
FishFreak Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 And a two polyp frag of Lime Twist Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 MINE!!! allll mine...mwuhahahahah i shall name it "hippy rock" Link to comment
Sushi Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 wow! that is a nice frag Janie did you ever get my FedEx e-mail? Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 yeah dan the denro man. i got it i'm so excited! i'll email you when i get it Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 i got these from roe's marine world. i thought they were a good deal, 6 polyps for $150 and 1.5 for $40...good deal..right? is the last one bleached? seems light but they listed it as orange streaked. i'm still trying to refine my skills in determining whether a coral is healthy or not and if it's a good or rare deal Link to comment
Sushi Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 on average, acan lords from indonesia are ranging from around ~$20 per polyp to ~$50 per polyp for the original red/grey/teal morphs. (compared to 1/2 a year ago they were ~$100 per polyp) the prices you paid for above are about right, i'd consider the mini-colony that you got a good deal since there are quite a few heads on that rock. to determine health, you basically look at the fleshiness, if it's poofy, 10/10 times it means it's a healthy coral. bleached or not, acans WILL regain their original coloration in due time. they may look pale but will most likely regain colors throughout the next few months. the more you feed them, the faster they grow... in 4-5 months, that 1.5 polyp frag should start sprouting multiple babies and possibly even mature into full polyps within half a year. this is the beauty of these corals i consider them to be LPS with "zoanthid-like" growth... definitely one of my favorites since they are both hardy, and versatile if kept under proper conditions. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 how do some people make acan balls? like the polyps stand out like they're covering a baseball? do you put it on a round rock and have it encrust or does it just for that on it's own? i'm still confused about the growth of acans.. Link to comment
Cesar Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I just got my first acan lord from Tigahboy. Im waiting for it to settle. Im excited, hehehe. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 i'd be excited too it was from tigahboy! take pics soon! lol..i should be studying up for french. i'm trying to figure out where to put a blasto, echinata, and lord so that they don't kill each other. i'm running out of real estate..which i never thought would actually happen. Link to comment
Cesar Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I have ran out of real estate a while back but that is not stoping me, hehehe. I refuse...Haha. Yeah he sold me some very cool color morph that I was looking for a while now. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 can blastos and acans be next to each other..or at least 3" away from each other? what was the color morphy and ya wanna tell me how much? Link to comment
Cesar Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Color morph? Hmm that's interesting. Im not sure if I can explain it, hahaha. It's like uhhh, redish with grayish stripes. It's close to the one that you posted, hehehe. About 6 posts up. Price? Hmm not sure if I should say. Tigahboy is a real generous person with me and I dont think I can put him out like that. But I guess it's about the same that he sells to everyone else. Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 okay..someone tell me if that looks good and worth $100 blaaaaaaah. wasting my money on things smaller than a pack of chewing gum. anyways i bought it. i couldn't help myself. maybe the picture is tricking me but it looks like lavendar, purple ring, green center. Link to comment
Platinum Reefs Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Originally posted by Babycakes how do some people make acan balls? like the polyps stand out like they're covering a baseball? do you put it on a round rock and have it encrust or does it just for that on it's own? i'm still confused about the growth of acans.. If you mount them to a spherical shaped rock, then when they encrust and grow over it, they will form a "ball." If you place it on a flat rock, then it will grow flat. it just follows the countours of the rock piece. Link to comment
Web Guy Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Still digging the piece of Lord Acan we found for $79.99 with 19 polyps. Link to comment
FishFreak Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 LOL...you will never get over it will you Link to comment
Web Guy Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 NOPE!! Going back every week to see if more came in! Link to comment
Babycakes Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 19 polyps is like 500 bucks or something..what a score! this is in dallas?!? crazy... tigahboy, could i use epoxy to mold it into a ball and put the frag on that? i'm a noob acan ownder Link to comment
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