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by luremaster
Wed Apr 09, 2025 12:51 am
Forum: Corals
Topic: Lord howensis coral care and questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1316

Re: Lord howensis coral care and questions

I really appreciate the advice. After reading through your responses, I decided to glue and putty three frag plugs together and then placed the original one on top. This setup seems to be working out well and the coral looks more spread out now, which is exactly what I was hoping for. I still wanted ...
by luremaster
Tue Apr 08, 2025 10:22 pm
Forum: Corals
Topic: Lord howensis coral care and questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1316

Lord howensis coral care and questions

I've got an Acan Lordhowensis on a frag plug at the bottom of my tank, just sitting on the substrate. It's getting bigger and adding more heads, which is great, but I'm wondering if I should glue the frag plug to a rock to help it spread out more. Would it just keep growing and spreading on its own ...
by luremaster
Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:07 am
Forum: Corals
Topic: Optimizing acan growth
Replies: 13
Views: 5241

Re: Optimizing acan growth

I've noticed that direct feeding seems to boost their growth rate. On the other hand, if you don't feed them directly, growth appears to be slower.
by luremaster
Sun Jun 23, 2024 3:52 am
Forum: Corals
Topic: Hammer coral issues: what's your experience?
Replies: 6
Views: 1699

Re: Hammer coral issues: what's your experience?

luremaster wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2024 2:41 am Hammers typically aren't fans of strong flow. I'm wondering if this particular one's sitting directly in the path of your current, or if the water's just circulating around it a lot.
In my opinion, I think it's worth trying to move it to a spot with less flow, see if that helps it perk back up.
by luremaster
Sun Jun 23, 2024 2:41 am
Forum: Corals
Topic: Hammer coral issues: what's your experience?
Replies: 6
Views: 1699

Re: Hammer coral issues: what's your experience?

Hammers typically aren't fans of strong flow. I'm wondering if this particular one's sitting directly in the path of your current, or if the water's just circulating around it a lot.
by luremaster
Tue May 17, 2022 9:11 pm
Forum: Corals
Topic: Acan bleaching issues and solutions
Replies: 8
Views: 2064

Re: Acan bleaching issues and solutions

My Acan's in a corner spot, bottom front of the tank, all by its lonesome. It's doing awesome there, no coral drama to speak of.