Acan sweepers

[ianparky]

Anynoe had any experience with acans extending sweeper tentacles at night? Had mine 6 months now and only just saw it..it had them stuck to my green star polyp colony

 

[steve&mari]

Warfare in action the gsp is getting to close to it. It's not uncommon it's amazing what they can do to defend or gain real estate.

 

[The Kahnasaur]

I've only had 1 of my many Acan Lords do it. It beat up a Blasto pretty quickly. Both of my Acan Enchinatas will kill anything that I put close enough to them. It seemed like the Lord did it more out of self defense as the two had been nudging each other for a while. The Enchinatas actively wanted to attack.

 

[Tab28]

I've only had 1 of my many Acan Lords do it. It beat up a Blasto pretty quickly. Both of my Acan Enchinatas will kill anything that I put close enough to them. It seemed like the Lord did it more out of self defense as the two had been nudging each other for a while. The Enchinatas actively wanted to attack.

I will have to keep an eye on my layout. I have blasto and lords next to each other. When the blasto extends it often brushes the lords. Guess they can only take so much before they lash out. I have learned echinata hates and will attack everything. It generally wins. The only thing it backed down from was pandora palys.

 

[g6gang]

I had an Acan frag fall on top of a trumpet colony as I was cleaning the tank. It was only there for a few minutes but destroyed anything it touched.

 

[steve&mari]

Lords usually can grow together into a mixed colony

 

[ianparky]

I havent seen if its done any damage as yet i will check when i get home from work saw it early this morning while lights were off

 

[Tab28]

I havent seen if its done any damage as yet i will check when i get home from work saw it early this morning while lights were off

For green star polyps any damage will be replaced in a short period of time. Star polyps are almost indestructible.

 

[steve&mari]

Gsp are weeds you can't kill em. We'll never have them again

 

[Shep]

I had an Acan frag fall on top of a trumpet colony as I was cleaning the tank. It was only there for a few minutes but destroyed anything it touched.

Same thing happened to me, had a birdsnest fall on an acan and didn't see it right away. By the time I got to it, it was already dead.

 

[cloak]

Anynoe had any experience with acans extending sweeper tentacles at night? Had mine 6 months now and only just saw it..it had them stuck to my green star polyp colony

Those look more like Mesenterial Filaments as opposed to sweeper tentacles IMO. Both of which can keep a coral at bay, but he sweepers usually sting a coral while the Mesenterial Filaments have the ability to eat the flesh right off of certain corals. I'm not sure how those GSP will hold up.

 

[ianparky]

They were still attatched when i came home! Ive moved the gsp away now didnt seem to be too much damage

 

[CrashTestBennie]

Anynoe had any experience with acans extending sweeper tentacles at night? Had mine 6 months now and only just saw it..it had them stuck to my green star polyp colony

Holy macroalgae Batman! That's some wild stuff there...