Acan Care

[Cibo]

How does a Acan grow do I need to place the frag on a peace of rock and it will encrust or it will it just get bigger adding to it self

 

[tosiek]

there's a bunch of topics on this Cibo, one recently. =0) do a search.

 

[Josh]

It's all about light and flow, but...

My opinion is that they grow a LOT faster when encrusting than when growing radially. If you want to maximize this growth you need to frag them fairly regularly, removing as much of the calcium base as you can without touching the living tissue. This will help them grow horizontally onto discs. If you look at frags that came from a farm you will see that a lot of people are growing them on tiles rather than discs now.

If you get them to grow on tiles you can frag them very easily.

 

[Cibo]

should I glue it to a rock that cotours the frag then it will encrust I am looking to grow it out not to frag it up, should I keep in in the sand It is about 10 heads I was playing with it so it is closed up I post a pic when it opens...

 

[Deanos]

Sorry, Tosiek Your post must be invisible. :hug:

 

[DevIouS]

Gotta be specific...
Acan Lords or Acan Echinata.

Either way most will encrust faster rather than growing a new skeleton.

 

[DevIouS]

Sorry, Tosiek Your post must be invisible. :hug:

Yea....this guy did this to me a few times already too.:grumpy:

 

[knockout]

let me revive this thread....

what is the best way to frag an acan?

 

[blackbeard]

fine hacksaw or dremmel with rotary diamond bit. Cut on the lines of the skeleton and not tissue . Wingo is a surgeon with a dremmel he would be the best person to ask for technique .

 

[emmanuel]

I dremmeled a hole in a piece of live rock so that my acan fits in nicely then glued it in place now the acan is encrusting the rock without that ugly looking bump you get when you just glue the piece onto a rock
-thanks louis -

 

[knockout]

It's all about light and flow, but...

My opinion is that they grow a LOT faster when encrusting than when growing radially. If you want to maximize this growth you need to frag them fairly regularly, removing as much of the calcium base as you can without touching the living tissue. This will help them grow horizontally onto discs. If you look at frags that came from a farm you will see that a lot of people are growing them on tiles rather than discs now.

If you get them to grow on tiles you can frag them very easily.

one more question.... what type of tiles is Josh referring to? where to get them?