LOOSE acan head

[Zuska]

So my friend gave me this sweet sexy acan im trying to save! its Detached its skeleton and is hanging loose. what should i do? Never had any experience with acans behaving this way. I tried glueing it back to the skeleton but wouldn't work. what are my options?

 

[thirty5]

maybe just put on the sand in a low flow area so that it does not float around, and maybe it will attach like a ricordia? put piece of netting over it so it does not float around?

No idea if that will work, just a thought.

 

[Zuska]

maybe just put on the sand in a low flow area so that it does not float around, and maybe it will attach like a ricordia? put piece of netting over it so it does not float around?

No idea if that will work, just a thought.

sounds like a good idea but yumas and rics have foots and acans dont lol so i think that idea might not work. any other thoughts? :flower::flower::flower::flower::flower::flower:

 

[thirty5]

Here ya go!!!

Polyp Bailout!

 

[rideit6578]

i would not glue it. i've seen corals die because of glue being used incorrectly. id say the low flow like thrity5 said and maybe place it on a piece of rubble rock gently, giving it something to hopefully grow on. good luck

 

[Josh]

It will die.

 

[Mattl22]

+ 1 death

 

[skene]

I've had a modern coral bail off the skeleton and it stayed alive for over 5 months in my sump... till it got buried underneath chaeto.
I was holding out to see if it would ever grow a skeleton again, however I am sure that it started to before it ended. Is it possible that a polyp would survive provided that you can recover and allow for skeletal growth, sure it may be possible. But it could also be possible that it would never grow enough that you would see it... and by that time I would be sure that you would have grown too impatient and given up.

 

[Zuska]

ight i will try the sand in a cup on my sand bed, maybe acans have a foot after all thanks for the advice guys!

 

[thirty5]

From what I read it may be able to recreate the skeleton with the right amount of calcium in the tank

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