Identification

[Brian Treadwell]

Hey everyone , Sorry I am really not sure about how to do this forum thing , can someone help me identify the little guy that is to the right of my Candy Cane coral.

 

[Pg513]

The hermit crab?

 

[Salty1962]

Acan

 

[Brian Treadwell]

No the little coral , below the hermit crab

 

[smh254]

Yes acan

 

[steelheader.262]

Agree

 

[Brian Treadwell]

Thanks , this names get me a little confused , so is it an SPS , LPS , I am not sure I understand the difference , I know small polyp stony and Large polyp stony but is that the only difference.

 

[jsker]

So to narrow it down we have proper id of things right of the candy cane, you have a very nice acan and a hermit crab. How old is you tank?

 

[smh254]

Acans are LPS. LPS have large polyps and you can't see the hard bass structure. SPS have small polyps and you can see the hard base structure.

 

[Brian Treadwell]

The tank is three weeks old on Sunday , but I bought it as an already running tank and moved from clear lake to Conroe , it seems to be doing well , the little Acan I bought last week. I did change the trickle wet/dry sump to the Eshopps R200 with refugium when I set it back up at my house.

 

[jsker]

Very nice, Look at what you are feeding. Try to cut the amino acids and the richness of the food until the bio load get established. Acan like dirty water so find that happy place.

 

[Brian Treadwell]

Thanks , I feed fish once a day there 6 fish in tank , I do feed the corals two times a week with coral frenzy and I also add coral fuel twice a week try and stager the frenzy and fuel by a couple of days. Does this feeding schedule seem ok , I also run lights at 11 hours a day with 30 min. Sunrise and a 30 min. Sunset with 6 hours of moon light.

 

[Brian Treadwell]

it has been a long time for saltwater for me so , help with two more ID's please , I believe this are some type of mushroom corals and leather corals. Some help please. Thanks