Is this acan dead

[kvanorsdale]

 

[Joshua Hurst]

doesn't look completely gone. Set him lower down, and with some direct light, and feeeeeeeeeed

 

[ahiggins]

agree-feed. The "hurt" ones that I get, I feed reef roids 4x a week and within a few weeks all is well.
I dont think hes a for sure goner.

 

[tupes]

I agree. It is still alive. Just do like the others have stated and feed and move to another area.

 

[Joshua Hurst]

agree-feed. The "hurt" ones that I get, I feed reef roids 4x a week and within a few weeks all is well.
I dont think hes a for sure goner.

He's for sure close

 

[ourcoralreef]

No coral is ever a goner unless its covered in algea i have had "dead" corals sit in my tank for months and suddenly come back to life
Agreed change location
Feeding reef frenzy

 

[ahiggins]

He's for sure close

I thought I saw small feeders on it-its not perfect but I think it will be ok as long as it will eat.

 

[Joshua Hurst]

I thought I saw small feeders on it-its not perfect but I think it will be ok as long as it will eat.

Looky there! Better than I thought

 

[kvanorsdale]

If my lfs doesn't have reef roids what do you think I should get

 

[ahiggins]

You can order them on amazon. Mine doesn't carry them either. They say "it's over priced spectrum pellets" which is soooo not true lol

 

[Joshua Hurst]

If my lfs doesn't have reef roids what do you think I should get

You can order them on amazon. Mine doesn't carry them either. They say "it's over priced spectrum pellets" which is soooo not true lol

isn't the added nutrients bad?

 

[ahiggins]

isn't the added nutrients bad?

added nutrients?
if you spot feed, very little will go to waste. Youll want to turn off all powerheads/water movement in the display before you target feed with reef roids. Almost all food will go where you put it.
I make a 5ml tank water to 3 or 4 scoops of reef roid solution in a small container. I have 1 ml pipets that I use to suck up the water/roid mix and place it directly on top of each head.
Even if you had 50% waste from doing it this way, it wouldnt affect the tank that much. Ive done target and broadcast feed this way-never saw any spike in nutrients.

 

[Joshua Hurst]

added nutrients?
if you spot feed, very little will go to waste. Youll want to turn off all powerheads/water movement in the display before you target feed with reef roids. Almost all food will go where you put it.
I make a 5ml tank water to 3 or 4 scoops of reef roid solution in a small container. I have 1 ml pipets that I use to suck up the water/roid mix and place it directly on top of each head.
Even if you had 50% waste from doing it this way, it wouldnt affect the tank that much. Ive done target and broadcast feed this way-never saw any spike in nutrients.

That's typically what I do. Sometimes I just put in reef frenzy and let it stir around though instead of reef roids. Ive just never been a huge fan of reef roids haha I dunno why

 

[ahiggins]

lol I think theyre a great tool for getting hard to feed coral to eat. I dont feed them that all the time, only small heads or ones that wont eat.
I used to feed my fish reef frenzy. Im trying out feeding the acans fish eggs along with fish lol so far everyone is loving them. Especially the scoly haha