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10/05/2009, 07:17 PM
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Big Time Reefer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: P-RINE
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Acan growth rates?
Wondering how often your Acans spit out a new head. Lemme know!
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10/05/2009, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mississauga, ON
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5 new heads in 2 months.
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10/05/2009, 07:36 PM
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Big Time Reefer
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Nice, how often are you feeding? What's your lighting and water params like?
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10/05/2009, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mississauga, ON
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5ppm Nitrates, 10.5 dKH and 440ppm Calcium according to API.
The colony sits about 20" under 2X150W 14k Phoenix, and 2X96W CFL, in the corner. I feed the tank lightly 5-7 times per week and it's not unusual for the acan to catch a pellet, piece of shrimp, or whatever I happen to be feeding. The tank gets a few squirts of Cyclops every couple of days as well. I don't bother with target feeding - the shrimp just steal the food from the corals anyway. |
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10/05/2009, 08:00 PM
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Location: So Cal
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80 gallon Jebo 48x18x21 Bubble Magus BM-180 Cone 110lbs Live Rock 1-2" Sandbed Mag 12 Return Pump 2 MP10s, One Left Rear, One Right front Opposite each Other 2x65w pc 03 Actinic 2 250W Lumatek w/ SE Phoenix MH about 4" above water Livestock: 10 yr. old Purple Tang, Orchid Dottyback, Melanurus Wrasse, Pink Margin Wrasse, Pair of Clowns, Bartlett Anthias, Diamond Goby, 18 yr. old Lemon Peel Angel, Blue Flasher Wrasse Mixed Reef, mostly Zoanthids |
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10/05/2009, 08:00 PM
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Wrasse-a-holic
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Location: So Cal
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oh, yeah, I have had mine 1 month tomorrow and went from one head to 3...
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80 gallon Jebo 48x18x21 Bubble Magus BM-180 Cone 110lbs Live Rock 1-2" Sandbed Mag 12 Return Pump 2 MP10s, One Left Rear, One Right front Opposite each Other 2x65w pc 03 Actinic 2 250W Lumatek w/ SE Phoenix MH about 4" above water Livestock: 10 yr. old Purple Tang, Orchid Dottyback, Melanurus Wrasse, Pink Margin Wrasse, Pair of Clowns, Bartlett Anthias, Diamond Goby, 18 yr. old Lemon Peel Angel, Blue Flasher Wrasse Mixed Reef, mostly Zoanthids |
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10/05/2009, 10:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: hampton roads, va
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at first one head every couple of weeks with no target feeding (which is suppose to accelerate growth pretty well) but now that its like 5x the size it was in the beginning and completely engulfed the rock it was on its stayed at the same size
it started like this  but after it got this size it has not gotten any bigger 
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10/06/2009, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Texas formally Michigan
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I started with 1 head in August 2008 and in August 2009 had 12 heads. I don't target feed.
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10/06/2009, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: San Gabriel, California
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2-4 heads a month with 3 x week target feeding with Salifert pellets. Had to stop due to too much growth on some colonies.
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10/06/2009, 12:04 PM
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One reef to rule them all
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Leominster, MA
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Wow that is some pretty decent growth you all are getting.
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10/06/2009, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Georgia
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Mine went from 2 heads to about 10 heads in a year.
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