Acan Help

[BigH55]

I got some acans a week ago and they are not opening very well. They open some but do not look the way they looked in the store. I put them at the bottom of the tank which is 40 inches deep and it has 2-250w MH and 2 96w actinic lights. I put under an overhang at first and it didnt work. I moved them out farther and they are still not that great. Help please.:frustrat:

 

[yote]

How did you acclimate them?

 

[BigH55]

I did a temp acllimation but nothing else. i treated it as I do any other coral.

 

[yote]

If the PH or salinity in the bag was much different than your tank,it may have shocked them a little.Not saying thats the cause,but its something to look at.
I know that if I dont acclimate my corals the same as inverts,it usually takes them longer to settle in.But if I drip em,they'll usually be fully opened within a few minutes of adding them to the tank.

 

[BigH55]

Good point. Theres no necrosis so i they are not dying. Yet. Ive never kept them before so im not real farmiliar with them. Ive got a buddy with an aestablished SPS tank to put them in if they go south. Ill give it some time and maybe bring the salinity down a little on my tank. Its around 1.026 which is a little high to me.

 

[yote]

1.026 is closer to NSW.Thats where I keep my salinity.

 

[freshreef]

mine took a cupple days to open up large also mine are doing awsome and i only have a t5 with two bulbs so maby thay are getting too much light i would try leaving them lower for a cupple days

 

[ccCapt]

What kind of lighting where they under before?
I would say they are probably not getting enough light if your tank is 40" deep and they are at the bottom. Even 250w MH's can't penetrate that deep.

 

[BigH55]

24 Nano HQI which I believe is a 150 MH

 

[BigH55]

Okay I moved them to about half way up the tank. I see what it does. Hopefully it works out better. The lower light at the bottom is probably why my Frogspawns and torches do well.

 

[dustin_P74]

acans are lower light corals so if they arent opening that would mean too much light, if they were opening up a lot and like reaching the polyps off the rock thatd mean too low light. what kind of flow where they under

 

[BigH55]

Im going to try some different spots and see how it works out.