Oregonic Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I purchased 2 acan frags, a single frogspawn head, and a Jason Fox lepto frag last Friday and all are doing well with the exception of one of the acan frags. The frag thats not doing well had 4 full sized polyps and 2 smaller polyups and they are all shrinking back into the skeleton. 2 of the larger polyups are partially opening in the evening but only half of the polyup. I acclimated them on the sandbed on the side of the tank for 3 days then moved each up a little higher. The day i moved them up slightly higher the one fell facedown onto the sandbed for a short period of time, less then 2 hours. I cant think of anything else that would have upset it. I have since moved the frag to a lower flow shaded area and it just continues to whither away. At this point the exposed skeleton is white with no flesh over it. The other acan frag has been fully extending since day one and looks plump and happy with the tentacles extended the majority of the time. I had the same issue with a pair of acan frags I purchased a few months ago, one did great and the other withered away to almost nothing. Thought it was dead but under low attinic light i could see just a spec of color in the center of the skeleton where mouth would be. I spot fed the dead looking acan and over a few weeks it started to slowy grow. It has been a few months and it has grown flesh quite a ways up the skeleton but still not all the way out of the skeleton. Any thoughts or suggestions? All my water parameters are inline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 It may be infected from the drop. Google up lugols dip for lps and maybe you will get lucky. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabeaver Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 It may just take a long time to recover..my acan has been super healthy and super sick since I have had it. I thought it was a goner multiple times but slowly has recovered and looks better than ever. I kept having problems because I couldn't find a spot that it liked, and it wasn't secured to something, so it would get moved all the time. Sent from the bottom of the sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Did a dip in Coral Rx tonight, moved it to a shaded lower flow area. Got my fingers crossed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I had an acan get stung by my torch coral. It kept slowly receding from the original dead spot. I took gel superglue and made a barrier between the healthy part and the dying flesh. It died right up to the glue, but everything in the other side was fine. It has since regrown over the glue and the dead skeleton. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Just a quick update, I have dipped them 3 times now over the last few weeks. No change still not extending but they dont look any worse. I will continue to spot feed every 2-3 days and keep my fingers crossed. Acans hate me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 6 hours ago, Oregonic said: Just a quick update, I have dipped them 3 times now over the last few weeks. No change still not extending but they dont look any worse. I will continue to spot feed every 2-3 days and keep my fingers crossed. Acans hate me lol. Well, at least they aren't getting worse! Hopefully they will eventually come around now that they seem stabilized. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stugots Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Any change in the last month or so? I'm learning a lot by looking at these posts. Thanks to all members for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 Of all 4 of my acans i have purchased 1 is doing great. One is very slowly recovering and flesh is beginning to cover the exposed skeleton. Another I believe is dead but late at night under attanic light only i can still see a little color in the center, have my fingers crossed it may spring back but little hope. Then there is one that some days it extends and looks ok and other days it is sunken in the skeleton but still colorful. All other coral and bta's in tank, except for a green slimer on the mend and slowly coloring back up, are doing great. All water parameters have been stable for the last 2 months at alk 8.3 - 8.5, cal. 420 - 430, salinity 1.025 - 1.026, phosphate .02 - .04, nitrates 5 - 10, and no ammonia or nitrites detectable. I have seen the best recovery with the acans with spot feeding gonipower and reef frenzy every 3 - 4 days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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