Acans not doing well

[Gabrielaquatics]

My Acans all 3 of them aren’t fully opening up and I am scared they are going to die. What do my levels are fairly normal and are stable. I bought these around 4 days ago. Alk is 9.3
Calcium 419 mag is 1300 and phosphate and nitrate are normal

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

My Acans all 3 of them aren’t fully opening up and I am scared they are going to die. What do my levels are fairly normal and are stable. I bought these around 4 days ago. Alk is 9.3
Calcium 419 mag is 1300 and phosphate and nitrate are normal

I will retest nitrate and phosphate again just to make sure that isn’t the problem

 

[DDenny]

Have pictures it will help determine what’s happening.

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

Have pictures it will help determine what’s happening.

Alright so right now I am on moonlight but they don’t change and look like this constantly I know it’s kinda hard to see

 

[Swbvegas]

We need your parameters

 

[sharkbait-uhaha]

alk,nitrate,phos,salitnity,mg,calc. flow, light ?

 

[dank.reefer]

The parameters that you listed aren't bad. Whats your nitrate and phosphate look like. It could just be transplant shock. It's only been 3-4 days. I know it can be stressful buying corals for a hundred bucks or more a piece and not having them pop in the first day or so but, sometimes they just take time to settle in. Think how you would feel if someone ripped you out of your home, plopped you down in Bejing, shined a spotlight on your head and said dance sucker. Some corals can take 2 weeks or more to get happy I wouldn't stress. I have had some acans take up to a month to get happy.

How much light are they getting? Usually acans(most corals for that matter) do best after transplant if put in a kind of shaded/low light area for the first couple of weeks. Once they start looking good you can start moving them into the light. A lot of people report good results with Acans when they put them in pretty low light conditions(50-75 PAR). Higher light can cause acans to change color(usually to red/orange) or bleach.

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

alk,nitrate,phos,salitnity,mg,calc. flow, light ?

Flow isn’t extremely strong and all three are at the bottom of my tank I run a radion gen 5 xr30

We need your parameters

The parameters that you listed aren't bad. Whats your nitrate and phosphate look like. It could just be transplant shock. It's only been 3-4 days. I know it can be stressful buying corals for a hundred bucks or more a piece and not having them pop in the first day or so but, sometimes they just take time to settle in. Think how you would feel if someone ripped you out of your home, plopped you down in Bejing, shined a spotlight on your head and said dance sucker. Some corals can take 2 weeks or more to get happy I wouldn't stress. I have had some acans take up to a month to get happy.

How much light are they getting? Usually acans(most corals for that matter) do best after transplant if put in a kind of shaded/low light area for the first couple of weeks. Once they start looking good you can start moving them into the light. A lot of people report good results with Acans when they put them in pretty low light conditions(50-75 PAR). Higher light can cause acans to change color(usually to red/orange) or bleach

Alright nitrate is at 3.5 and phosphate is at 0.02

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

Flow isn’t extremely strong and all three are at the bottom of my tank I run a radion gen 5 xr30


Alright nitrate is at 3.5 and phosphate is at 0.02

Salinity remains at 1.025

 

[DDenny]

Nitrates and phosphates might be a little too low. But like others said if they haven’t been in the take long give them a little time.

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

Nitrates and phosphates might be a little too low. But like others said if they haven’t been in the take long give them a little time.

Thanks bro

 

[crazyfishmom]

Hard to say from the pictures but I have to say that I’ve only seen a and do that when the lighting is way too strong for them. Would you mind moving one of them under a ledge somewhere and see whether it extends a little? Worth a try I think. Also, do you have any angels in the tank? Could also be a reason for an acan being that closed up.

 

[NanoNana]

Hard to say from the pictures but I have to say that I’ve only seen an and do that when the lighting is way too strong for them. Would you mind moving one of them under a ledge somewhere and see whether it extends a little? Worth a try I think. Also, do you have any angels in the tank? Could also be a reason for an acan being that closed up.

+1 for too much light. Mine have done that when the conch tips the over or the rainfordi sifts sand into them as well. Mine seem to like the same flow my hammers like if that’s of any help.

 

[dank.reefer]

Flow isn’t extremely strong and all three are at the bottom of my tank I run a radion gen 5 xr30


Alright nitrate is at 3.5 and phosphate is at 0.02

Nitrates and phosphates are a little low IMO. I like to run around 8-10 nitrates and .08-.15 phosphate. LPS and softies like a little more nutrients in the water.

How strong do you run your light? Have you checked the PAR levels in the tank? I run a Kessil AP9X 12" over a 21" deep tank and at 40%, I can hit over 150 par on the sand in some spots. I'm not positive but, I think the XR30's may actually be a little more powerful. You may want to check your PAR just to be sure. Acans and most LPS are deep water corals and don't require or like too much light.

Many of the LED lights available these days are way too bright for most of the corals we keep and the lighting wave length that is beneficial to the corals isn't in a color spectrum that the human eye can see. I was very surprised to see what the PAR levels were in my tank when I got my PAR meter. When I set the light to a more appropriate setting it actually looked dim to me until I became accustomed to it.

 

[KK's Reef]

They're getting too much light and not enough flow. Move them to a shaded or low light area. If it stays stressed, then bacterial infection takes over and the tissue will slowly thin and waste away. Bump up your PO4 to about 0.10. Try not to go below 0.08. My LPS have been in 0.35 at times with no ill effects.

 

[Dakota_reef]

I'm curious how your Acans have been doing? A few people here said it was too much light, but I have a colony that is under Metal Halides and T5s with PAR over 250. When I had 10K halides it was over 300.

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

I'm curious how your Acans have been doing? A few people here said it was too much light, but I have a colony that is under Metal Halides and T5s with PAR over 250. When I had 10K halides it was over 300.

Not good down to two frags

 

[NanoNana]

Not good down to two frags

I’m going to start an acans hate me club. Lol

 

[Dakota_reef]

Oh no! So sorry to hear that. Are the remaining still closed up?

 

[Gabrielaquatics]

Oh no! So sorry to hear that. Are the remaining still closed up?

Yes don’t know what to do anymore