impur Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 My acan has been retracted for about a week. All other corals are fine although i did lose my cleaner shrimp the other day for an unknown reason. Params are as follows temp 80.0 pH 8.2 morning 8.3 evening SG 35ppt alk 8dKH calcium 440ppm trates 0ppm trites 0ppm ammonia 0ppm It looked great for a couple weeks then just seemed to crash. I'm assuming lighting has something to do with it as i'm still not sure how to acclimate corals to T5s i guess. At this point i have eggcrate over the tank, overlapped with another sheet of eggcrate, with a large screen of mesh over that. I have a small bit of cyano popping up on the sand only around where i had the acan placed. This showed up about the time the acan stopped inflating. I added a phospate remover on wednesday and i have upgraded my skimmer to a reef octopus nw200. It hasn't started skimming yet, but we are on day 4 or 5 so it should kick in anytime. i'm hoping that wipes out the cyano, if not i'll hit it with chemiclean next weekend. Anyway, i got home friday night to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 The right side was really inflated, like the flesh was coming off the skeleton or something. I moved the acan onto a rock in the back of the tank with lower flow and the inflated section smoothed out. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 still maybe adjusting to captive life looks like a wild colony just like my lords they have about a 3-4 week adjustment period if there wild meaning they may or maynot makeit during that period if they do they there usally good to go but i wouldnt be fragging it just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 Nah i won't be fragging it until it looks good. I just hope it makes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 there very hardy should be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Well it hasn't inflated like that, but it still isn't really attached that i can see. When some flow goes over it it just looks like a water bed. Some parts are attached. We'll see :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanz Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 dude, it's the tank I tell ya. Time to upgrade to a 500 gallon tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 lol ya right! The acan still have half its polyps closed up tight, while the half that was inflated is lying flat. I haven't seen any feeders extended for a sold 2 weeks :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palani Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 what kind of salt are you using? Ocean Pure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 No, oceanic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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