Acan Lovers - What Lights Are You Using?

[debdp]

When I switched to LEDs they started changing colors and lost their orange and pink, almost became just one color, like a weird green brown. After putting the T5's back up they are now almost completely back to the colors they used to be.

 

[reeffirstaid]

I'm running two AI Hydra fixtures over my acans, which are in my frag tank, a 60 gallon Deep Blue professional reef ready frag tank.

 

[vlangel]

My acans are primarily under 4 T5 bulbs, actinic, coral daylight, purple, and 14k supplemented with a true blue LED strip. They are on the sand bed and have kept pretty good color.

 

[dcmartinpc]

I was keeping my acans under a GHL Mitras, and then a 250w radium. Under the Mitras they faded significantly and went to more monochromatic colors... Radium everything went orange. I then setup a tank dedicated to LPS. It is lit by 4-24w T5s. All ATI bulbs. 2 x Blue+, Purple+, and Coral+. Love the color combo and my acans are all starting to get their rainbow back after only 2 weeks!!!

Don

 

[reefstc]

anyone experienced acan color change with the t5+led combo?

 

[Jcap74]

I have mine under ai hydra and have been producing heads like crazy.

 

[dcmartinpc]

Mine definitely grew under led, but never held their rainbow colors. I was running 4 t5 with my Mitras.

 

[Eckolancer]

Growing really fast lately.

 

[reefstc]

Mine definitely grew under led, but never held their rainbow colors. I was running 4 t5 with my Mitras.

Maybe t5 only is still the way to go.

 

[Eckolancer]

Maybe t5 only is still the way to go.

Mine are 100% leds

 

[dcmartinpc]

Eckolancer, do you have any rainbow acans? I was able to keep some greens and blues, but my rainbows all oranged out.

 

[nitro'sreef]

t5 / led hybrid

 

[Eckolancer]

Eckolancer, do you have any rainbow acans? I was able to keep some greens and blues, but my rainbows all oranged out.

I have a lot of acans coming next week from me coral. I will keep updating this post and my build log.

 

[pecman347]

I run LED's, and I noticed that the acans tend to change color at first, and then will either slowly return to their original coloring or stay that different shade.

 

[pecman347]

That said, they fared a lot better in the shadows in my LED lit tank.

 

[Acanholic]

Any true rainbow acan in your collection?

I guess no one wants to answer this question. Green and purple acans seems to love leds
Rainbow acans don't.

 

[mfief]

New to acans myself but I am always looking for more acans and chalices. I have mine under a maxspect razor 30th 20k

 

[Eckolancer]

Here is a pic of the new acans I just placed under my DIY leds including a couple rainbows.

 

[Eckolancer]

 

[Lokipsl]

I guess no one wants to answer this question. Green and purple acans seems to love leds
Rainbow acans don't.

I moved one of my rainbow acan colonies over to my led lit tank. It looked like a ball of red poo for a couple of months, but it is now starting to gain beautiful colors back to it. I will try to post pica in a littl