Acans Feeders Always Out?

[jackson6745]

My acans have their 24/7. They get fed a few times per week with ROE and Reef Roids, and they get indirect feedings from frozen fish foods daily. They still look cool but you don't see the colors as much when they're extended.

Anyone else experience this? Any info is appreciated.


Here's a pic of some of them

IMG_8443 by rich.colombo, on Flickr

 

[duke62]

Try spreading them out a little. They may be in defense mode

 

[jerl77]

Feed them they are Hungry

 

[jackson6745]

Duke, that actually makes sense I'll try spacing them more.

jerl, I feed a lot. I'm talking 3 cubes of mysis, a portion of about a cube size or reef frenzy, spriulina flakes, and algae pellets daily (and corals foods at night). I have spot fed the acans daily for a while thinking they were underfed, but the feeders came out just after the food was consumed. I have seen quite a few reefs not feed nearly as much as me with normal looking acans. I'm kind of thinking feeding is not the issue here. Too bad I wasn't running LED, I would just blame them LOL

 

[BioMan]

I have 6 different variations of acans and they do that when I leave the lights on too long AND are feeding off of the smallest possible amount of nutrients in the water. I bought 4 different types back in November and glued them to the same rock and now I've got total 20+ heads on that rock.

 

[BioMan]

In the wild they're average patch is 4 feet wide so they constantly grow and should outlive us

 

[jackson6745]

Interesting tidbit of info bioman, thanks. Ok so you and jerl think I need to feed them more. I'm going to space them and start target feeding again. Any food in particular that you guys suggest?

 

[BioMan]

I don't agree on spacing them out since I'm trying to fill a rock with 4 different color types I do recommend target feeding them 1 piece of PE Mysis each every few days. For those reading this column that don't know PE Mysis contains around 90%+/- protein and all the rest is less than 10% do you have a Julians Thing?

 

[Moneymaks24]

Mine love Lps pellets

 

[BuGG]

If you're going to place them next to each other, make sure they are the same acan type. Don't put acan echinatas to acan lords, for example.

 

[Rob&Gab]

keep them there. i dont see a need to space them out ive seen people with rocks covered in them all different colors. People try to graft them by putting 2 colors near each other. its a good thing your feeders are out. Dont dirty up your water allot just cause there feeders are out. Dont forget its just like a fish they will eat and eat and eat. at least from what people have told me. I would target feed them with your regular feeding schedule.

 

[Rob&Gab]

also those red with yellow eyes are really nice. How long have you had those beauty's.?

 

[jackson6745]

Bioman, I only feed PE mysis, 3 sometimes 4 cubes per day I don't have julians think but I do have a long turkey baster. I'll make sure they get some daily. I've done this before but I'll try it again.

Moneymaks, I never tried those pellets before. Maybe in desperation i'll give them a shot.

Thanks Bugg, i'll keep that in mind

Rob, I bought one head from Coral Theory last year. They have grown quite a bit since then.

 

[Rob&Gab]

also the coral frenzy coral food .05mm pellets they go Crazy for.

 

[oh207]

Thats cool how their feeders are out all the time. But I can see how it could be unwanted because their colors aren't showing.
Maybe this is like a greedy strain? lol
Seriously now, with the continuous feeding are you experiencing rapid growth or growth that is above average?

 

[jackson6745]

The acans that you see picture were all started with 1 or 2 polyps last winter. I'm not sure if that is fast or average growth, but they grow .

 

[BioMan]

The acans that you see picture were all started with 1 or 2 polyps last winter. I'm not sure if that is fast or average growth, but they grow .

they look great, if they grow exponentially you'll have one hell of a nice landscape 3 or 4 years from now