Where to put acans

[aslmx]

I got to looking at the frag rack and I have a couple of nice acan frags. Where do you usually put them in the tank
and I was thinking of just mounting them to a piece of rock and putting them on the bottom. Give me some ideas or maybe even a pic or two.

 

[KoleTang]

I have them on my sandbed, but they'll eventually need more flat rock to grow across. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. I have them set up in a little garden kinda thing.

What kinda lighting do you have. I have 3 T5's and 2 Stunner strips stuffed into my biocube hood :bigsmile:. If you don't have much light then I'd say put them higher in the tank.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Definitely plan for the lighting with these guys. Too much can cause them to recede and die.

 

[dmatt88]

Most of my acans are midway up the tanks. I've not found lighting that they don't like (except when they fall behind rocks) that light they don't like.

I'm Matt n I sometimes water my carpet.

 

[mtk]

I have found the less light you give them the more they color up. I try and hide mine under ledges or at the bottom 3rd of my tank. I run 6 t5's over a red sea max 250. I also try and spot feed them once a week or so.

 

[Spaceman Spliff]

I have found the less light you give them the more they color up. I try and hide mine under ledges or at the bottom 3rd of my tank. I run 6 t5's over a red sea max 250. I also try and spot feed them once a week or so.

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I have the same setup and all my rainbow acans turn orange unless I hide them in shadows. Out in the open on the sandbed and they lose colors.

 

[luke33]

^^ Ditto, i give mine very little light and they do well. If i give them what i would consider low light they turn pale. And they do like to feed!

 

[aslmx]

250 watt radiums. guess i'll keep them on the bottom

 

[Dave3112]

With those lights I would keep them on the bottom 1/3 of the tank for sure. I have kept some about mid way up under 250w Radiums and they lost their rainbow colors. They were still beautiful colors but not anything like they were when I first got them. Now I have them on the bottom of my T5 system and the rainbow colors are coming back. Also I have found that they like low to medium flow but not a "turbulent" flow pattern. I think that has a lot to do with their overall health and coloring. BTW I never feed my acans and they look great. They don't grow as fast as I have seen other peoples do, but I'm ok with that.

 

[EyeCandyCoral]

Keep them off the sand as well it can cause them to reced

 

[hermesfansf]

i have 25 different kinds of acan frags. I find most of them like medium light. I have them under 250W at mid tank, though few of them do prefer at the bottom. They all like low flow that is for sure. I used to feed them fauna pellets 3 times a week, however, i have been lazy lately so i only target feed them once a week.