Acans growth

[fali]

Do acans NEED rock to encrust on in order to grow? Or can i leave them on the sand bed and they will grow without attaching to anything.

 

[crox99]

I think they build their own skeleton.

 

[DevIouS]

Acan Echinata can grow on sand, Acan Lordhowensis can not.

 

[fali]

^^ Are you sure its not the other way around? Just wondering.

 

[fluidimagery]

I've definately watched my enchinata growing on my sandbed, it builds a skelaton for itself. My acan lords are pretty slow growers it's hard to tell in my tank.

 

[DevIouS]

^^ Are you sure its not the other way around? Just wondering.

:tired:

 

[masterswimmer]

My echinata's are on the sand and they grow.

 

[Deanos]

Both species mentioned here of Acanthastrea will grow faster if placed on a solid substrate. A. lordhowensis will grow extremely slow (in comparison), if on sand.

 

[fali]

My acan lords grow fast in my tank.

Thanks for the input guys. The reason why i'm asking is because i want to put my frags on the sand but i needed to know if i gotta glue them to some rock in order to grow first. I was hoping i didn't have to glue them to rock in order to grow.

 

[OctaviousMonk]

You can glue it to a larger piece of frag or rubble rock and then put that in the sand. Mine is setup in a similar way and it is growing like wild fire in my sand. When I moved it higher up it started to lighten up and loose color.

 

[BroRage]

:fishhit:thread needs some pics...

 

[OctaviousMonk]

This is my acan when I first got it all beat up and dying. I had it in a 55 under PC's up real high. This was around a year or so ago

The second is when I first upgraded to my 72 with mH about 8 months ago. I had it up high for a while, but it started bleaching out so I moved it down low.

The last was taken today.