On Saturday, December 29, 2007 I purchased a Coral Frag of Acanthastrea Lordhowensis from NaCl-H20 of the Manhattan Reefs Forum. It was dripped acclimated over a period of 2 hours and allowed 1 week before being photographed. It is my first every LPS Coral from Australia and I have been providing it with extra attention and some tender loving care since it was the smallest piece left from the fragging of the colony.
Photograph - Completed mounting the Coral Specimen: Acanthastrea Lordhowensis to a Boston AquaFarms Reef Disc. Photograph taken Saturday December 22, 2007.
Photograph - Coral Specimen: Acanthastrea Lordhowensis after a little over one week in my Nano Reef Aquarium.
Coral Family: Mussidea Coral Genus: Acanthastrea Common Name: Acanthastrea Lordhowensis Common Morphologies: Encrusting Origin: Pacific Ocean Acquired: Saturday, December 22, 2007 Lighting Requirements: Moderate to high. Metal Halide Lighting is suggested. These are Shallow Reef Corals so their tolerance to light will vary. Flow Requirements: Moderate flow. Australian Acans do best under medium flow. Medium flow is considered flow that will not disturb the coral or cause the flesh to peel off. Availability: Low. Growth: Growth rate increases when feeding, light and flow requirements are met. If you allow this coral to be exclusively photosynthetic then growth will be slower. Difficulty: Moderate.
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Will it be staying on the sand bed? I'm picking up my HQI fixture today and I'm starting to think about how I'm going to have to rearrange some of the stuff in the tank.
Will it be staying on the sand bed? I'm picking up my HQI fixture today and I'm starting to think about how I'm going to have to rearrange some of the stuff in the tank.
Phurst, currently it will remain on the sandbed until it starts encrusting and reaching the end of the Boston AquaFarms Reef Disc. After that I will mount the Reef Disc on a piece of Live Rock to allow it to grow accordingly.
__________________ My marriage is perfect! My job is great! But why are my tank parameters all out of whack???
So this is your mussid ozzy eddition, nice bud.
Some can fetch a nice price tag along with it though, i definately wouldn't call them rare, but export can add to the weight quite easy. Not bad for a rock hugger lol
Food for thought from closer to home... check the hunger factor... Link me
So this is your mussid ozzy eddition, nice bud.
Some can fetch a nice price tag along with it though, i definately wouldn't call them rare, but export can add to the weight quite easy. Not bad for a rock hugger lol
Food for thought from closer to home... check the hunger factor... Link me
Brother V, well that's easy for you not to consider them rare since you live in Australia. Cheater! LOL "Just Kidding" When are you shipping me some then. LOL
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Oie, good question, I'll leave the average growth rate for someone else, cause honestly without locking down a species i couldn't tell you.
There's plenty in the family & especially when your talking an enclosed environment a great many factors matter, some will require great light & love being high, some will love great light & happy to be shaded, others prefer low light & high flow, others prefer high light with low flow, plus couple that with the type & regularity in which you gross feed them & the space in which they have to colonize will dictate your question, or someone can tell you about 3inchs a year..lol
Nice to look at those pictures since it's 15 degrees F here today in Ohio.
Jason
Nice acan. I've had an acan frag on a peg for a couple of months that hasn't grown much. Still looks healthy though.
Thank you for the compliments on the Acan. I have no previous experience with them so unfortunately this is a learning experience for me and could not provide you much information on speeding up their growth.
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Raises a good question. How fast can Acans be expected to grow when thriving?
Nice specimen. They are definitely on my list...
roselavy, well I will be taking weekly photographs so we can document their growth visually and I'm sure that we can come to some sort of conclusion but as Brother V stated it honestly is dependant on the particular species and environment.
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