I added a pajama cardinal and nitrifying bacteria, with coraline spores, for three weeks for cycle, then added a acan to my tank with a torch and a hammer within 3 weeks of having the tank up and runing, no fuge, sump, or reactors, just 2 hob filters with built in protein skimmers on a 20 gallon bow, with a 20% water change every single saturday religiously, and they are all thriving!! I lost the hammer tho due to placing a galexia too close and the hammer lost the war.. Hard lesson learned about coral space, but other wise i now have 4 color morphs of acans, a torch (the same one) the galexia, a mushroom, a 7 head duncan, clownfish, diamond goby, 6 line wrasse, fire shrimp, and a pajama cardinal all living happily, i test weekly i have consistant good parameters, and everything is beautiful! Tank is now about 6 or 7 months old! (Yes im going to move the pajama cardinal once he gets too big for the tank i know he gets a little above 3 inches). Now im getting ready to set up a fully automatic, besides water changes, 75 gallon!
Agree. My acans in my nano tank which normally are my best looking coral in the tank, recently became very shriveled up and was like this for 2 weeks and they began to lose tissue. I checked my phosphates and it was 0.1 but all of my other parameters were fine. I stopped feeding the corals for a weeks and changed the water and now they are finally starting to open back up gradually.
A hammer will attack anything, even other hammers depending on the situation and species, they have much longer sweepers than acans, acans are usualy nothing to worry about because their sweepers only average a inch or so and they are not very agressive, zoas however do not sting other corals but will try to over grow other corals if possible. As far as recordea, i honestly do not know, so i wont give advice on something i do not know, i would just do some research on it.
Be careful on the differentiation between 'acans' and lords, here you are talking about lords which are very peaceful while acans are very aggressive and will kill lords, great video and tank though! Keep up with the great content
Are acans clownfish friendly? I have a tiny clownfish and I wanna buy 2 acans but I’m scared this coral could hurt him. I’m a newbie on the whole coral stuff.
See I kind of disagree about acans being a beginner Coral. In a real established tank a cans do okay without feeding but in an established tank you can feed them with no problems it doesn't really affect your nutrients too much. In a new tank there's not enough organic particulates in the water for them to feed themselves at all and feeding them manually adds to the nutrient issues that most new tanks already have. also a cans tend to be as you said phosphate sensitive which new tanks typically have issues with phosphate already and they are sensitive to higher temperatures typically if your tank starts to bump up over 80 degrees they are the first to go.
Not saying you're wrong, but i added a pajama cardinal for three weeks for cycle, then added a acan to my tank with a torch and a hammer within 3 weeks of having the tank up and runing, no fuge, sump, or reactors, just 2 hob filters with built in protein skimmers on a 20 gallon bow, and they are all thriving!! I lost the hammer tho due to placing a galexia too close and the hammer lost the war.. Hard lesson learned about coral space, but other wise i now have 4 color morphs of acans, a torch (the same one) the galexia, a mushroom, a 7 head duncan, clownfish, diamond goby, 6 line wrasse, fire shrimp, and a pajama cardinal all living happily, i test weekly i have consistant good parameters, and everything is beautiful! Tank is now about 6 or 7 months old! (Yes im going to move the pajama cardinal once he gets too big for the tank i know he gets a little above 3 inches).
Hey Antonio just wanted to say great video man the colors and growth is amazing I’m feeling kinda jealous man sure miss my reef man but soon man soon I’ll set it up when is your big build coming?
If acans are sensitive to higher PO4 then won’t feeding them more also increase PO4? Seems counterintuitive and contradictory? Maybe feeding advantages offsets PO4 disadvantages?
That depends on biological filtration. I’m sure you are aware on who WOLD WIDE CORALS is. If you seen their video with BRS, they feed EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR! Which is crazy right? Yet are able to keep phosphates at 0.02-0.03. This all comes down with allowing tank to mature property to handle its own bio load. Of coarse if your tank bio load isn’t setup right then yes you would have huge phosphate spikes.
I've had tons of Acans and they pretty much take care of themselves. The only mishap I've had was a 5 day power outage last winter and since I live in a 2nd floor apartment with no balcony wasn't much I could do about it but every acan I've had has been VERY healthy and reproduced like wildfire. All I do is regular water changes and use RO/DI water. No reactors and a simple Eshopps Axiom 120 Protein Skimmer. I do spot feed about 1x a month using a mix of 'reef riods mixed with Reef Chili.
Have you ever struggle feeding Acans when there’s cleaner shrimps inside the tank? I hear cleaner shrimps sometimes get the food out of the mouth of the Acan.
Man all my acans are literally completely closed up. Extremely frustrating. They all look like their dying and i am just so sick of it i feel like taking a bat a destroying my tank to pieces
@@eatsleepreef9565 would you be able to ship it? Ill pay shipping and extra for inconvenience. I understand if you are to busy. Im going to start up a youtube channel and it would be cool to say i got it from ya. You were the first person i found thats knowledgeable and produces quality content.
How do you do waterchanges with corals so high up? This tank is what got me into reefing 5 years ago! It gorgeous and so packed full! I dont see how you do it! How do you vacum in all the nooks and crannies. I must put to much emphases into vacuuming! I move rocks and go crazy! lol I would love to see you rockwork before you decorated! Is there a youtube of that?
Great video and info 👍 I notice your window blinds are closed, do you ever have them open ? The reason for asking is I have a real problem with algae on my rocks despite zero phosphates and nitrates and I have kept my lights low which my Acans are not happy about, any suggestions ?
Hey! What do you use to spot feed your corals? I had a turkey baster but found it was difficult to keep clean and I was weary of using soaps or putting it in the dish washer because of fear of transferring that to tank? Thanks!
DESPERADO PHARAOH I had the same problem with my diamond gobby just move it up a little bit if you have it on the sand bed put it on the rocks like I did
Another great video, might be a stupid question, but I spot feed mine vitalis pls pellets with an acrylic tube, not all polyps get a pellet all the time. So my question is, are they all seperate, like if I never fed one polyp would it get nutrition from the others? And I need your light schedule haha I have an Xr 30 gen 3 pro on my aquaone 120, only at 20% but 🤷♂️
I added a pajama cardinal and nitrifying bacteria, with coraline spores, for three weeks for cycle, then added a acan to my tank with a torch and a hammer within 3 weeks of having the tank up and runing, no fuge, sump, or reactors, just 2 hob filters with built in protein skimmers on a 20 gallon bow, with a 20% water change every single saturday religiously, and they are all thriving!! I lost the hammer tho due to placing a galexia too close and the hammer lost the war.. Hard lesson learned about coral space, but other wise i now have 4 color morphs of acans, a torch (the same one) the galexia, a mushroom, a 7 head duncan, clownfish, diamond goby, 6 line wrasse, fire shrimp, and a pajama cardinal all living happily, i test weekly i have consistant good parameters, and everything is beautiful! Tank is now about 6 or 7 months old! (Yes im going to move the pajama cardinal once he gets too big for the tank i know he gets a little above 3 inches). Now im getting ready to set up a fully automatic, besides water changes, 75 gallon!
Great to know about their relation with phosphate levels.
Agree. My acans in my nano tank which normally are my best looking coral in the tank, recently became very shriveled up and was like this for 2 weeks and they began to lose tissue. I checked my phosphates and it was 0.1 but all of my other parameters were fine. I stopped feeding the corals for a weeks and changed the water and now they are finally starting to open back up gradually.
Great review on Acans. I also spot feed mine 2x/week however my phosphates have been higher with no ill effects with retracting.
Will a Recordea or a Hammer coral attack Zoas and Acans?
A hammer will attack anything, even other hammers depending on the situation and species, they have much longer sweepers than acans, acans are usualy nothing to worry about because their sweepers only average a inch or so and they are not very agressive, zoas however do not sting other corals but will try to over grow other corals if possible. As far as recordea, i honestly do not know, so i wont give advice on something i do not know, i would just do some research on it.
Good video. I have none as of yet but waiting for tank to mature before I even get into those.
amazing colors, what lamp is this?
What if my light sucks 20-33 par max
What are blues set at. No whites. Right. I use no nitrates. Benepets
Hi just wondering what are you running your lights at? 50%. Thanks
Could you put them on the sand bed
Be careful on the differentiation between 'acans' and lords, here you are talking about lords which are very peaceful while acans are very aggressive and will kill lords, great video and tank though! Keep up with the great content
Are acans clownfish friendly? I have a tiny clownfish and I wanna buy 2 acans but I’m scared this coral could hurt him. I’m a newbie on the whole coral stuff.
They will not harm your clownfish buddy.
monti cap grows like weed in my tank as well. I am so sick and tired of the cap growing instead of my acros :(
I’ll take the frags from you lol 😂
See I kind of disagree about acans being a beginner Coral. In a real established tank a cans do okay without feeding but in an established tank you can feed them with no problems it doesn't really affect your nutrients too much. In a new tank there's not enough organic particulates in the water for them to feed themselves at all and feeding them manually adds to the nutrient issues that most new tanks already have. also a cans tend to be as you said phosphate sensitive which new tanks typically have issues with phosphate already and they are sensitive to higher temperatures typically if your tank starts to bump up over 80 degrees they are the first to go.
Not saying you're wrong, but i added a pajama cardinal for three weeks for cycle, then added a acan to my tank with a torch and a hammer within 3 weeks of having the tank up and runing, no fuge, sump, or reactors, just 2 hob filters with built in protein skimmers on a 20 gallon bow, and they are all thriving!! I lost the hammer tho due to placing a galexia too close and the hammer lost the war.. Hard lesson learned about coral space, but other wise i now have 4 color morphs of acans, a torch (the same one) the galexia, a mushroom, a 7 head duncan, clownfish, diamond goby, 6 line wrasse, fire shrimp, and a pajama cardinal all living happily, i test weekly i have consistant good parameters, and everything is beautiful! Tank is now about 6 or 7 months old! (Yes im going to move the pajama cardinal once he gets too big for the tank i know he gets a little above 3 inches).
What size cube is this
45g JBJ
@@eatsleepreef9565 I just got the 28g jbj !!! I'm down sizing any tips brother for this reef set up..have a good one
@@eatsleepreef9565 I have the same one yours is making me jealous maybe in a year or 2 I'll be happy
Great video! Looking forward to setting you a calcium reactor myself.
Hehe he said dodo
5:44 haha
I have an acan that grew too much It is on a rock. Anything I can do? Can I cut it off?
Yes you can frag it. They sell a special saw for this
EAT SLEEP Reef bro you sound like Ryan Reynolds lol... I’m like damn Deadpool got coral...hell yea
4:53 💩
4:20. Acan is not a soft coral! 🤦🏻
this guy disappeared lol
I cant keep acans for the life of me so hopefully this helps lol👍
Hey Antonio just wanted to say great video man the colors and growth is amazing I’m feeling kinda jealous man sure miss my reef man but soon man soon I’ll set it up when is your big build coming?
Hey brother! Thanks much, I’d say in another year. I’m using this as my test tank
You have amazing advice and such a jaw-dropping display, thank you very much for your knowledge! Liked and sub'd
If acans are sensitive to higher PO4 then won’t feeding them more also increase PO4? Seems counterintuitive and contradictory? Maybe feeding advantages offsets PO4 disadvantages?
That depends on biological filtration. I’m sure you are aware on who WOLD WIDE CORALS is. If you seen their video with BRS, they feed EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR! Which is crazy right? Yet are able to keep phosphates at 0.02-0.03. This all comes down with allowing tank to mature property to handle its own bio load. Of coarse if your tank bio load isn’t setup right then yes you would have huge phosphate spikes.
I've had tons of Acans and they pretty much take care of themselves. The only mishap I've had was a 5 day power outage last winter and since I live in a 2nd floor apartment with no balcony wasn't much I could do about it but every acan I've had has been VERY healthy and reproduced like wildfire. All I do is regular water changes and use RO/DI water. No reactors and a simple Eshopps Axiom 120 Protein Skimmer. I do spot feed about 1x a month using a mix of 'reef riods mixed with Reef Chili.
Have you ever struggle feeding Acans when there’s cleaner shrimps inside the tank? I hear cleaner shrimps sometimes get the food out of the mouth of the Acan.
I watch over my corals when I'm feeding and chase the shrimp away with long tweezers. After I turn the flow back on I don't worry about it.
Craig Bartley thank you for the info.
your tank is my dream tank
Man all my acans are literally completely closed up. Extremely frustrating. They all look like their dying and i am just so sick of it i feel like taking a bat a destroying my tank to pieces
Toujours aussi beau !!!
Mais svp, votre aquarium en lumière normal et sans filtre PLEASE !!! 👍👍👍
Sale me a peace of your GSP!! It would be cool to say I got it from ya and I love the color of yours.
Come get some whenever you want
@@eatsleepreef9565 would you be able to ship it? Ill pay shipping and extra for inconvenience. I understand if you are to busy. Im going to start up a youtube channel and it would be cool to say i got it from ya. You were the first person i found thats knowledgeable and produces quality content.
You have a GSP background - cool! 👌 I've been planning a similar one.
You are welcome on the calcium reactor😁👊👍
Best thing I hve added to the tank hands down
How do you do waterchanges with corals so high up? This tank is what got me into reefing 5 years ago! It gorgeous and so packed full! I dont see how you do it! How do you vacum in all the nooks and crannies. I must put to much emphases into vacuuming! I move rocks and go crazy! lol I would love to see you rockwork before you decorated! Is there a youtube of that?
Believe it or not... okok i believe you
sorry my childish mind, at 4:53 you said Doo-Doo, xD it made the video more funny, great job by the way!
Dude you sound exactly like Ryan reynold
Hey is it ok if my acans are on a tilt?
My biggest issue with acans has been that the tissue in between the heads is receding. Thoughts?
👌💪💪💪💪💪👍 super tank. Master Sample.
Very beautiful
You always have it in blue tone?
Yes most of my schedule is all blues
@@eatsleepreef9565 how do you tinker the lights?
Great video.
Screwed up my dosing adding kalk and the acans were the first to go😫
This is a stunning reef! Looking for Acan care as I just purchased one today and don't know much about them. What phosphate test do you use?
I use Hanna ULR for phosphate testing.
Great video and info 👍 I notice your window blinds are closed, do you ever have them open ? The reason for asking is I have a real problem with algae on my rocks despite zero phosphates and nitrates and I have kept my lights low which my Acans are not happy about, any suggestions ?
Ordered a poster 👍👍👍
Thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks for the support!!!!!
Soy el primer comentario!!! 🤓🤓🤓🤓
Y el primer like!
Just starting my acan garden , yours look great ! And great content as always bro 👌🏽
What’s the really colourful acans you have called on your acan garden in the right side of the tank?
Is there any calcium reactor for a nano 15g tank ? I would love to do this instead of dosing 2 part
With there feeding tentacles out of a night time what would you spot feed in the daytime mate??
Just one question maybe the 100th time asked. But how do you pop the colours like that?
I love your zoanthid garden. Thanks for posting and the info. Great video.
How do get water so crystal clear ? Cause if bacteria? Or Cycling?
Are you the nitro planes guy ? Your hobby vids are top notch. Thanks
I can back that info that acans are indicator corals for certain perams
Another awesome video! This is my favorite reef channel. Keep it up and thank you for all the knowledge.
What PAR range do you keep them in?
Have never ran a par meter to be honest. I would says from 70-150
@@eatsleepreef9565 there's a good idea for your next video then! ;) Nothing like the scientific method :)
U need a better microphone. Ur voice is very low on all ur videos.
I am jealous of your tank , simply GORGEOUS!!!!!
Hey man I was wondering where do you get some of your acan from ?
Beautiful tank, the colors are beautiful, 👏 👏
most beautiful aquarium i ever sow !!!!!
Enough of this channel,now he has commercials.
You still out there? We miss your content. 🍻
Love these vids wish u could do more
How high are you lights off the water?
Those are beautiful acan 👍🏻
I love your acans and Zoas.
Hey! What do you use to spot feed your corals? I had a turkey baster but found it was difficult to keep clean and I was weary of using soaps or putting it in the dish washer because of fear of transferring that to tank? Thanks!
Reefroids is what I spit feed
Jeff Maglione You can use a baby bottle brush with rodi water to clean it that’s what I use to clean mine or use tank water after doing a water change
So what range do you like to keep Po4?
0.02-0.05 is the best.
@@eatsleepreef9565 How do you manage that? I dose Nopox and get 0ppm on PO4 and 1 ppm NO3
Wow you dropped this a week to late🤦🏾♂️ lol I think mine is dying my sandsifting goby keeps dumping sand on mines
Try moving it a little higher and spot feed it
DESPERADO PHARAOH I had the same problem with my diamond gobby just move it up a little bit if you have it on the sand bed put it on the rocks like I did
Another great video, might be a stupid question, but I spot feed mine vitalis pls pellets with an acrylic tube, not all polyps get a pellet all the time. So my question is, are they all seperate, like if I never fed one polyp would it get nutrition from the others? And I need your light schedule haha I have an Xr 30 gen 3 pro on my aquaone 120, only at 20% but 🤷♂️
It‘s fine as it‘s one colony. But technically, each mouth is each head. You can try coral food, the powder types.