Acan growth pattern

[Bjohn]

Just a quick question. When acan lords grow, does the skeleton grow with it? Or does it more just encrust the surface. I am asking as I have an acan frag on my sand bed that has covered the plug, and I am wondering if I need to move it onto a rock for when I grows.

 

[jservedio]

You can leave it where it is - their flesh can "encrust" a little but it will always build a skeleton under their flesh. If you leave it on the sand it will form a perfect ball shape. If you put it on the rocks, it'll conform to the shape of the rocks.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

+1
I'm growing 2 of the same acan lord, one on a plug and one on a thumb shaped rock. The plug has grown the frag into a mound while the thumb rock is becoming encrusted.
I also have a blasto (same type of growth) on a square tile and it is slowly building up as it grows new heads. The original head is tall, then the side heads slant down and lay on the tile, so I imagine it will look like a blasto nipple or something strange.

 

[mainereefer]

both, but it will encrust faster than building a full skeleton on the sand bed