Start propagating your own in-demand Acan lord corals with our aquacultured 3 Frag Pack. You'll receive a varied selection of three different color combos of the very popular Australian Acans, to give your aquarium plenty of potential for strikingly beautiful display.
Acanthastrea generally have large corallites (8-15mm) with small teeth or lobes on their septa, as well as well-developed columellae. In the wild, they're found mostly in shallow water to about 20m, often in protected areas like lagoons, forming colonies up to several meters across.
In the reef aquarium, Acanthastrea are incredibly hardy and fast growing, tolerating a wide variety of conditions, including both low and moderate lighting and moderate water currents. They make ideal candidates for fragging at home, since they have such distinct corallites (less risk of collateral damage!), amazing adaptability to lighting conditions, and rapid growth rates.
Be aware that Acanthastrea are voracious nocturnal predators and competitively extrude mesenterial filaments and digest organisms within reach, so be careful with placement and distance between colonies.
Target feed them minced
meaty foods and
zooplankton for best growth and frag recovery time.
Approximate Purchase Size: 1"
Testimonial By:
Testimonial:
Alex D Anchoraage, AK
I received a great sample of acans from liveaquaria. After a few days I noted that the looked a bit puny. A quick online search made me realize they would benefit from spot feeding. A turkey baster of mysis to each colony really made a huge difference. They are now plump and asking for more. I would recommend letting corals settle for a day or two and then feed daily for a bit, then weekly for optimal care.
This Drs. Foster & Smith Certified Captive Grown Coral arrives with a Certificate of Authenticity & a 30-Day Arrive Alive, Stay Alive®, Risk-Free Guarantee.
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Unlike most clip and ship coral frags, all of our Certified Captive Grown Corals are fully encrusted onto their plugs and are fully adjusted to artificial lighting and synthetic seawater, propagated and grown in our
state-of-the-art facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
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FRAG PLUG TYPE:This coral is mounted to a fired ceramic frag plug that can be affixed to live rock anywhere in the aquarium with gel super glue or epoxy. See this and other frag plugs here.
