Close up of my $10 Acanthastrea Lord bargain. Any advice or special care?

vinsaltank

vinsaltank

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Well, I moved my 10$ "Dying Brain" it to a better viewing spot.
Any suggestions on how to make it grow now?
I posted some better pics of it here, if anyone else has ID input..
( I've been currently told it is a $150+ colony of Acanthastrea Lord).
Does anyone else have some? Have you been successful keeping it?
I posted a few Actnic tank shots here too.


 
vinsaltank

vinsaltank

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Hmmm, maybe its MICROMUSSA stuff ( I saw a picture of the Micro stuff), and not ACANTHASTREA..
Anybody know for sure? :notsure:
Was 10$ still a good deal?
 
viper_930

viper_930

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Yours is an acan lord, not micro. If it was a micro your entire colory would be less than 2", but they're worth even more per-polyp than acans. You can feed each polyp up to once per day with meaty foods like mysis, krill, shimp, etc. and they will spread even faster. The feeder tentacles come out at night or when they sense food in the water.
Here's some pics of mine I have/had. The red in the first pic died for an unknown reason. The second is still with me and much bigger since the pic.

 
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