Acan and Favia help

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dborne3

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I have been trying to research on Acans and Favias but havent gotten very far. I would like to know whats the difference between the two, lighting requirements, flow, and feeding techniques.
Thanks for the help
 
jpc763

jpc763

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Well I have one of each. I have a Favites Pentagona and an Acanthastrea Lordhowensis.
They are very different in appearance, but actually are similar from a care standpoint. The Favites has much smaller mouths than the Acan. They get fed the same food (cyclopeeze & coral frenzy) but the Acan can eat Mysis.
I have them both placed in the sand bed under T5 lighting. in a moderate flow environment.
Hope that helps. I can take a picture of them next to each other if you like.
 
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dborne3

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Yea a pic would be great.
I only have PC lighting (dont know wattage) so i was wondering if i could even consider these or not.
 
jpc763

jpc763

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Originally Posted by dborne3
http:///forum/post/2631856
Yea a pic would be great.
I only have PC lighting (dont know wattage) so i was wondering if i could even consider these or not.
As promised. Acan on the Left, Favites on the Right

You can really see the difference in mouth size.
 
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dborne3

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I have a 30 gallon cube - and i "think" i have Aqualight 96Watt PC
thanks for the pic - it helps alot
 
morval

morval

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another big differance is price
brains you can get for $20-$40 depending on size and acans are much more, upwards of $500+ for rare colors, but i have found a few 2 head frags for $10 of common color
jpc-looks like ur favite is recovering nicely from the little bleaching it had
 
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dborne3

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so what about my tank size and light situation - able to have these two corals or not?
 
mr_x

mr_x

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Originally Posted by dborne3
http:///forum/post/2633180
so what about my tank size and light situation - able to have these two corals or not?
i think you could keep both. just raise/lower them on the rockwork as needed.
 
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dborne3

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Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2633328
i think you could keep both. just raise/lower them on the rockwork as needed.
Sweet! - I went to the LFS and came across what had to be the ugliest Acans i have ever seen and they still wanted 80 bucks for them. Great to know that i can have these but will have to keep an eye out for some pretty ones.
THanks
 
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