help need some advice

[Dino23]

hey guys i am having trouble keeping acans in my tank. i have all types of lps and scolys, brains, meat corals, zoas i cannot not figure out what is the reason why i cant keep acans. Can someone let me know whether its My perimeters that are not good.
>ammonia 0 ppm
>phosphate 0 ppm
>nitrate 0 ppm
>nitrite 0 ppm
>alk 7.3 dkh
>mag 1340
>cal 400 ppm

 

[E.intheC]

What lighting are you running? I've found acans to be tough to keep with T5 and LEDs, but only when they're too strong. Moving acans to a shaded spot has helped.

However, if your scolies and brains are doing well, it might not be light-related.

 

[ducati335i]

Hh

 

[ducati335i]

I was going to ask about lighting as well.. There could be chemical warfare going on (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but some acans are finicky. Some of mine are constantly open and plump, then I have one frag that never seems to blow up.. I'm not too sure as of why... I kno that they like moderate flow to low in my tank..

 

[Dino23]

my lights are ai sol blue am running them at like 40%

 

[Dino23]

i have blastoids and hammers torches and they all seem to be doing phenomenal they are branching splitting

 

[E.intheC]

Can you try to post a picture of your tank? This might help us figure out what's going on. Most of my acans are unhappy right now but I'm pretty sure I bleached them with my Radion.

Do you feed the acans?

 

[Dino23]

pics

here's some pics of my tank guys.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Dude they are a bit difficult to keep at times , I gave up on em entirely

 

[Dino23]

i know ed but this is really bothering me lol

 

[Dino23]

trying to find someone on mr that could possibly help me

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Lol let's see what happens , I know many people that have had them over the years , i will ask around for you , also ask john from pop coral

 

[Waleedwale1]

I've heard that acans like dirty water. For about a month I had a goniopora that I kept in 0 nitrates in my nano, never opened, traded it to another guy this morning, his water had 40+ nitrates and it was opening in a hour.

 

[E.intheC]

You're not going to find an answer like "acans xyznh, so you need to do cvbm," then you do take that action and it works right away. It can be very difficult to find one cause of a corals poor health.

That said, the pictures you provided make it tough to see what's going on, but most of the corals look like they're getting too much light. I would first try to reduce the light (turn them down and or raise the fixtures up) and also try spot feeding. If acans are bleached, they need to be shaded, and can take a few weeks/months to color back up (if they do at all).

In the meantime, keep the water parameters on point and observe your tank. Good luck.

 

[lnevo]

From what I've been told, acans like dirtier water and also need to be fed. Target feed some mysis to each head. Personally i gave up on them too. I might try again someday.

 

[Dino23]

thanks guys i will try

 

[thirty6]

Try reaching out to straightjiggy here, his are very nice looking. Maybe he can offer you something.... I gave up on them too, very nice looking but I'm 0-4 now

 

[Dino23]

i know thirty6 its crazy dude i try every month like 1 head to see if it would blow up but never does

 

[d5332]

Are you carbon dosing?

All my acans died at zero nitrates

Now with nitrates, the new acans are alive and well

The process by which you are keeping your phos and nitrate at zero could also be killing your acans

 

[Dino23]

I have a carbon bag in my sump and I do water changes every 2 weeks like 25 gallons and I change my carbon. Bag once a month