Acan not looking good

Are they getting too much flow? Try putting them in an almost zero flow area for a day and see if they open back up. If they do, you'll know that was the problem and then you can find them a place accordingly. You got these acans at Frag Fest right?

 

Oh yea, post pics too! This will go a long way to help out...

 

Yea, from the pic it looked like it was right out in the open. I've got mine in a small cave I setup for them and they're doing great. Keep me updated on their progress.

 

A few things: Many people have problems with Acans including me. So I have tried different things that I have read and experimented with.
First flow is very valid, but I have found light intensity is more important, IMO. Some love high light and others hate it and will die and vice versa. What I have read is it depends on where the Acan comes from. If from Australia they like lower light and Indonesia they like higher light. Try reading some threads on RC to see what you can pull out of the conversations.
Another thing I have read but have not tried myself and some people swear by on RC: When an Acan starts going downhill dip it in Revive. They swear it turns them around. I intend to try this on the next downturn.
But I would like to reiterate my experience. If I react slowly or wait it out I almost always lose the acan. I have moved acans to shade and moved others higher to save them and it has worked. In my experience light intensity is key. I have not played with flow much intentionally, but the fact is shaded areas usually have less flow, so maybe that is actually what is saving the coral.
Funny thing is I wrote all of this almost word for word to AJ this morning. So it was fresh in memory to dump again.

 

When you were talking about feeding did you mean the whole tank or are you spot feeding? From my experience acans love being fed so I try to spot feed them as much as I can.

 

Very true! I used to spot feed but now fairly heavily feed the whole system.

 

Bringing this thread to life again...I got a chocolate chip acan that's struggling right now. It's been doing great for quite some time, but the last two days, it's been shriveled. Not sure why. I moved it to a location with more flow and better light. We'll see if that makes a difference.

Ever try that Revive stuff Joel?

--AJ

 

Send it my way AJ..my acans are doing just fine /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/wink.gif I even experimented with a little fragging the other night too. How high is it in the tank AJ? I give mine Med to Low light and Med flow.

 

It's high in the tank, but it's on a frag rack on the side. Maybe I should move it to the bottom. It's done fine there for a long time.

--AJ

 

What kind of lighting?

 

Yes, move it to the bottom. That Cghc Chip is a lower light acan. And yes I use the Revive, can't really say one way or the other though. Some swear by it with Acans.

 

my acans are on the bottom, with moderate flow and do really well. they didn't like very much flow

 

I moved it to the bottom last night...we'll see if that helps.

--AJ