What7 do Acan eat?

[Ace1]

Does anyone know how or what to feed Acans, just got a Purple/Pink

[circusordie16]

i feed mine krill

[chrisstie]

If the polyps are on the smaller side mysis will do too. You will probably see their feeders come out at night an hour or so after lights out.

[water hazzard]

mine love mysis anytime

[FateX8]

yeah some of mine have their feeders out so i start feeding those and then the other acans open up and theyre all hungry
just fed mine mysis with tweezers so i could get as many of the polyps as possible

[Ace1]

thanx guys, will cyclopeez work also, and do you get each polyp or just spot the who colony?

[FateX8]

i try to do each colony because i leave my pumps on...i guess i should turn them off and do the whole colony but im not that bright...lol
i odnt see why cyclopeeze wouldnt work

[sufunk]

cyclopeeze will definitely work. I take a decent chunk and thaw it in an ounce of tankwater. I then feed the acans with a syringe. I also give them PE mysis from time to time.

I usually try to feed all heads but it seems like if i just feed the biggest head, it grows and is just as happy.

[Hypertek99]

They eat just about anything. I feed mine mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, cyclopeeze.

[jjmcat]

I feed mine masago and they love it.

[Ace1]

masago.... that sounds like a great idea ;)

[sufunk]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10165328#post10165328 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hypertek99
They eat just about anything. I feed mine mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, cyclopeeze.

Just to prove how right he is about eating ANYTHING. This just happened in my tank. My coco worm popped his crown and apparently the current blew it to my echinata. I can almost hear him saying"mmmmm, tastes like chicken!!!" as he tries to figure out how to swallow it!:smokin:
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[The Shan Man]

I feed mine mysis, brine, and krill... I target feed them coral frenzy and I also feed the tank twice a week or so phytoplankton.

[All Delight]

I use baby mysis, they're perfect

[DarkLordCoral]

What won't they eat would probably be a better question.

I have seen them eat everything from cyclopeeze to "trying" to swallow a whole dead banded pipefish :)

[Eklikewhoa]

I have fed mine NewLifeSpectrum Pellet and they suck it up!

[chkit]

do you have to feed these guys? is just adding trace elements (part a and part b) not enough. you think these guys would do well in 70w hqi sunpod in 24 gallon aquapod. I saw one at my lfs for 100 bucks, must've had like 50 heads in it maybe more.

[edwinn]

mysis

[mheaven]

A little bit of everything...mysis, cyclops, oyster eggs, rotifers......

[PL-Reef]

all of the above. ^^^^^^^^^

[Hypertek99]

I don't think you have to feed them. I have colonies that i haven't feed a day but they just grow a lot slower. If you feed them they grow a lot faster.