Acan

[Mike24]

Do i really need to feed my acan coral or any other corals?, im running 8 ati t5 lights ( 3 actinic, 3 aquablue plus 15k, 2 purple plus) in a 40 gallon breeder.. And dosing phytoplankton 3x a week. Thanks

 

[Mrc8858]

Only NPS corals need fed. Yes, it can speed up growth slightly but its definitely not a must. That's also a lot of lighting for acans. I would make sure to keep them on the sand bed and even in some slightly shadowed areas.

 

[Mike24]

Its on sand bed right now... Thats is nice to know thats its not a must to feed it... Im thinking to feed it anyway maybe once a week..

 

[Jmkb02]

Don't need to feed, acans get 90 % of their food through photosynthesis and the other 10% from trace elements. Calcium will help it with the photo process but target feeding will pretty much only cause phosphates to rise, which will hurt its photosynthesis and slow or stop it from growing.

 

[Mike24]

Thanks for the info guys..