Acan dieing

alex77619 · May 4, 2018

Hi guys I got a 150 gal system with a mix of sps lps. It’s has just pass 5 month and only 7 fish in it.
Parameter is as following :
No3 0
Po4 0
Ph 8.2
Kh 7
Ca 400ppm

Only acan are having this damage. All other lps sps anemone are all normal.

I feed reef roids and frozen copepod and mystic shrimp daily.

Please if someone can give any advice on what I can do to save the acans.

mehaffydr · May 4, 2018

looks like a lot of light on it i would move it to a lower light area in the tank

Larry L · May 4, 2018

Agree, it looks like they are getting a bit too much light. Also, they could be starving if your phosphates and nitrates are really at zero.

alex77619 · May 4, 2018

I’m using Radion gen 3 pro. I’ll try to move them to a lower light area. And feed my fish a little bit more.

Coralfuture · May 5, 2018

+1 to too much light

I keep my acans in the shade and they usually are pretty happy

mehaffydr · May 5, 2018

alex77619 said:
I’m using Radion gen 3 pro. I’ll try to move them to a lower light area. And feed my fish a little bit more.

You may want to turn down the intensity for awhile also and then slowly increase it over time.

Crimsonphoenix · May 5, 2018

I follow the concensus, it looks like it’s getting too much light. I’d put it at the bottom of the tank.

alex77619 · May 5, 2018

I have lower the intensity of the light and moved them to the lower part of the tank. I’ll see if they get better.

lzrlvr · May 8, 2018

Does it get to much flow I had to move the acan in my tank to an area with less flow they do not like to much

alex77619 · May 8, 2018

I put them at low flow place already so I’m guessing it’s the light. I had tune down the light and waiting to see if it recover

Braves Fan · May 9, 2018

I would give them a bit of food also ,, can't hurt with your numbers being at 0 ,,, not much ,, just a little, maybe increase the food a bit when the acans start to recover ,,,

Danh Ngo · May 12, 2018

Your low nutrient is the man problem. Light could be a bit too much but when they have good source of nutrient, I believe they will gain the color and tissue back.
This is a common problem I see in the reefing hobbies, many reefers have problem with keeping softies and lps in an ultra low nutrient system.

alex77619 · May 12, 2018

I removed my Po4 reactor now and start feeding more to try get a bit more nutrient

Danh Ngo · May 12, 2018

alex77619 said:
I removed my Po4 reactor now and start feeding more to try get a bit more nutrient

If you decide to go with ulns, check out some reading about dosing Nitrate. But for me I got into the same situaion before, so I raised my nitrate to 2-3 and po4 to ~0.03.
Both. Lps sps are happy, also another problem you could get into is Dinos with ulns, it worse than any type of problem

Good luck

alex77619 · May 12, 2018

I been dosing Vibrant weekly and almost all algae are gone. Only algae left is these hair algae.

My chaeto are almost die out too since I start dosing.

Should I stop dosing vibrant? Will this be the cause my acan die?

Danh Ngo · May 12, 2018

alex77619 said:
I been dosing Vibrant weekly and almost all algae are gone. Only algae left is these hair algae.

My chaeto are almost die out too since I start dosing.

Should I stop dosing vibrant? Will this be the cause my acan die?

I dont have any experiences with vibrant. But IMO, I prefer chemical free. The more you dose into the tank, the more you have to control them. Keep up with schedule maintenance, could dose some AA to keep coral healthy in a ULnS

alex77619 · May 12, 2018

What is AA? Vibrant seems to be a stream of bacteria that kills algae

It had help me get rid of red slime and bubble algae. But since I only have 8 fish in a 150 gal system I seem to really having a low nutrient in the tank

Danh Ngo · May 12, 2018

alex77619 said:
What is AA? Vibrant seems to be a stream of bacteria that kills algae

It had help me get rid of red slime and bubble algae. But since I only have 8 fish in a 150 gal system I seem to really having a low nutrient in the tank

Amino Acid, I know about vibrant but never use it. Also I dont really know what is in it, so I can make any statement on that. But for sure your coral are starving with that low reading. Try to raise nutrient but dont go too fast you can shock them