Acan
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brianjoy81
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Acan
Why are Acan's so expensive? Everywhere I look online the prices are high. Are they just the flavor of the month or are they just rare? Don't they grow pretty fast if you target feed them? I remember Duncan Coral prices use to be crazy but now they are not bad.
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Gerwin
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Re: Acan
they come out of Australia, and they grow well but not like Duncans, so its gonna be a long time before you see their prices go down, and the rare ones are not that common, driving the cost even more.
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Redfish
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Re: Acan
Chalice prices have went thru the roof, so I think alot of people have moved to acans and driving up the price. At some point in this economy, prices will start to come down 
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brianjoy81
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Re: Acan
I bought a Duncan coral from Gerwin's back when he had the after hours get togther sale. It had 3 heads when I bought and when I moved it had about 10 heads! I like buying coral that I can actually notice growing. Do Acans grow pretty fast?
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bluwtr
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Re: Acan
Mine are growing fairly well. I got two in August and they were doing very well, then I had some chem issues and everything stunted. Then an urchin knocked one lose--it landed next to my scoly which promptly attacked it. It had 6 heads before and came out with 2.5. It now has three heads that are growing. That happened in January if I remember correctly. The other one has added 1 head (I think), but the origional heads have more than doubled in size. I sometimes spot feed them, but mostly just let them catch whatever floats through the water. I've read that they respond well (like Duncans) with constant target feeding, but I just don't have the time.