HELP!! Dying Acan!

[austin.ras]

So i bought this acan 3 days ago and it hasnt opened up all the which i wasnt worried about because i know corals take little time to adjust but to i came home and it is starting to die off. My water is perfect, my sps corals are growing like crazy. At first i thought it wasnt opening because of the lighting(54w par 38) so i moved the fixture up about 4 inches and aimmed it so it wasnt pointed directly at the acan that didnt help. so ow i have it down in the sand in a bit of shaded area that gets medium to high flow. Any advice would appreciated. thanks

 

[Zoarder]

post your water parameters, mine never opened up since I had a big bio load, once I moved them to my frag tank they started to get a lot better.

 

[janiners305]

Give them a few days mine took a week to fully open try spot feeding it some pellets


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[austin.ras]

water temp 75 degrees, salinity 1.026, nitrates and phosphates undetectable, Ph 8.1 thats all i test for i dont dose anything except red sea nitrate/phosphate buffer

Im not so sure it water quality even some of my most finicky corals are open, i also did a water change when i got it

 

[austin.ras]

Oh and that white patch wasn't there when i bought it i just showed up today

 

[igotcorals]

Feed it some mysis shrimp @ night that should help it recover from stress.

 

[Rocklgnd2b]

Your testing the wrong things. Those aren't bad to test for but the main 3 tests are alk, mag & cal. All the rest are less important. And also acans and lps like a little but dirtier water than sps.


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[Adrock]

So i bought this acan 3 days ago and it hasnt opened up all the which i wasnt worried about because i know corals take little time to adjust but to i came home and it is starting to die off. My water is perfect, my sps corals are growing like crazy. At first i thought it wasnt opening because of the lighting(54w par 38) so i moved the fixture up about 4 inches and aimmed it so it wasnt pointed directly at the acan that didnt help. so ow i have it down in the sand in a bit of shaded area that gets medium to high flow. Any advice would appreciated. thanks




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sps and lps are two different water parameters lps like higher po4 and no3 than sps there probably isn't enough nutrients in the system I have some LPS fauna marin food and I have some samples as well and if you come into the shop I can hook it up with some free samples and give you a demo but having lps and sps in the same system is a challenge and not a easy task I would test ca alk and mag also po4 no3 and try to find a happy medium good luck pm me with any questions you may have

 

[Six2seven]

Hey Austin. How long has your tank been set up. Have any of the Colors changed recently. Has it been next to other corals?

 

[austin.ras]

It was near a small colony off white Pom Pom Xenia but I made sure they weren't with in reach of getting touched by them, and no color changes except that white part in the picture

 

[austin.ras]

Oh And no changes in the other corals if that's what your asking

 

[austin.ras]

Well i fed it at night and it was fully opened today so im thinking that help Thanks!

 

[janiners305]

Feed them once a week and they'll be fine! Glad thier finally open


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[Adrock]

and some time up to three time a week or so let me know I have some free fauna marine lps sample you can pick up if you are in the area glad to hear its doing better

 

[austin.ras]

Yea ill hit you up if im the area thanks!!