Will this color up?

mrcoffee2 · Jun 10, 2014

Pete polyp said:
I think its just a little bleached. With time the zooax will thicken and you will get more vibrant coloration.

Ok I don't doubt this. I will let you guys know how it looks in a couple weeks if you are interested.

Daniel@R2R · Jun 10, 2014

I do know that LEDs are often not kind to acans and they can morph colors (read lose colors). This is true of most LEDs (a buddy of mine has this issue even with radions) and is why I'm looking to supplement my LEDs with t5s. HTH Good luck!

PaulKreider · Jun 10, 2014

I bet it will!

I got this acan completely pale from a LFS, after a few weeks of feeding it began to color up, took about 2-3 months to fully color into this.

DSCN8387 by paulkreider60, on Flickr

mrcoffee2 · Jun 10, 2014

PaulKreider said:
I bet it will!

I got this acan completely pale from a LFS, after a few weeks of feeding it began to color up, took about 2-3 months to fully color into this.
DSCN8387 by paulkreider60, on Flickr

Awesome

Jonreefer · Jun 10, 2014

mdbannister said:
I do know that LEDs are often not kind to acans and they can morph colors (read lose colors). This is true of most LEDs (a buddy of mine has this issue even with radions) and is why I'm looking to supplement my LEDs with t5s. HTH Good luck!

thats exactly what happen to mine..posted pics earlier..when I got the frag it was the vibrant rainbow. I am running a radion g2 with G3 cluster upgrade and it morphed into that no green muddy looking color in a little over week

Pete polyp · Jun 10, 2014

I'm thinking it will eventually come to look very close to the one Paul posted a picture of.

mrcoffee2 · Sep 25, 2014

I just wanted to give an update to this thread. It has been about 3 months since I have had it. Since then the Acan has grown from 2-3 heads to about 6. The colors did come in and they are stunning, the new heads have deep rich greens, reds, yellows, whites, oranges and other beautiful colors. I think in time this will end up being one of my favorite pieces. I can try for a pic but the heads are just so small I cant really get a good one with a Cell phone. If you look at the pic I posted of what they are suppose to look like then it will give you a good idea because the colors are just as vibrant. I was worried at $100 a head

, now I am very happy!

Thanks REEFGEN!

kfd · Sep 25, 2014

look at the utter chaos next to it... it's more of a lighting problem....

mrcoffee2 · Sep 26, 2014

kfd said:
look at the utter chaos next to it... it's more of a lighting problem....

That was just for the picture, I blasted it with cool whites cause I had a crappy cell that could not handle the blues. The colors started coming in about a month later. It looks great now.

kfd · Sep 26, 2014

mrcoffee2 said:
That was just for the picture, I blasted it with cool whites cause I had a crappy cell that could not handle the blues. The colors started coming in about a month later. It looks great now.

Good to know. Keep it up bring up the colors.

mrcoffee2 · Nov 8, 2014

Here is what it looks like now.

Dustyboots · Dec 18, 2014

Just out of curiosity, are you going to glue it in? I'm excited to see it as part of your reef.

WindeyD · Dec 19, 2014

All of my Acans look drab for about four-six weeks after purchase but Then have colored up really nicely; I think it's easy to get a new coral and if it doesn't look awesome right away we move it and tinker with it and stress it out all the more. Just be patient and as it acclimates it should color up for you! Good luck with it!