Acanthastrea Coral Care and Propagation
- Aug 28, 2022
- Anshika Mishra
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Actions have quickly become one of those popular stony corals in the past few years. They come in a fantastic array of colors and can be propagated easily. So, in this article, we'll discuss the propagation and care tips for this beauty.
Feeding & Care
This thing about Acans is that they are less sensitive to flow or light. They can do well in calm flow or strong flow. They can also be kept under a wide variety of light conditions, though they tend to do a little bit better when it is not too bright.
Once you begin feeding diligently, your success rate will go up. So, feed them as much as you provide your non-photosynthetic corals.
When feeding these corals, you want to initially spray them with a trace amount of food to initiate their feeding response. Once they have their feeding tentacles out, you can feed large quantities of meaty foods such as krill or Mysis shrimps.
You may be surprised by how much food they can consume.
Once they get fed regularly, they have their feeding tentacles out for most of the day. This may be anecdotal, but it is also a sign of good health because these colonies tend to have the fewest health problems.
Propagation
Propagating Acans is very easy because they tend to heal well from cutting. You can cut them with a bone-cutter, but if you want to propagate coral regularly, a saw cutter can be a real-time saver and quickly make up their cost.
If anything, the most time-consuming part of having a saw is cleaning it once you are done so that it doesn't rust.
Once the cuts are made, the corals quickly dip in a disinfectant like Iodine; acans are also susceptible to nasty bacterial infections. So, a brief iodine bath goes a long way toward preventing die-offs from cutting.
If you see an Acan receding from an infection, try giving it a dip in iodine for a few minutes a day and see if it helps.
After the soak in Iodine, you can pat the corals dry and glue them to a substrate. Finally, you are all done, and now you can reintroduce the Acan frags that have been mounted back into the aquariums.
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