Acanthastrea Lordhowensis

[invincible569]

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Latin name: Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Discovered from / Year: Veron and Pichon, 1982
Growth: slow / medium grower
Degree of difficulty: easy - medium for advanced reefers
Lighting: low / medium (bulb)
Current: low

Reference: http://data.aims.gov.au/coralpages/h...%20pages/4.htm

Members please post your experiences & pictures in this thread to this species.

[babiche]

Image from Bachir



Bachir

[babiche]

Bachir

[Diesel3443]

Man I love these guys but I just cannot get myself to drop down the $$$$ for them

[Detritivore]

what kind of care do they need? i have been totally ignorant toward acans till now

[fkadir]

Very very easy. These are the most hardy corals ever. Require very little care. Just place them in a low-medium flow area with low-medium lighting. New growth can be seen monthly.

[Adam]

you know what...I almost think I saw a acan lord at my lfs today...it was not looking so good and about 15% of it looked decent, the other parts were alive but not looking good. I saw that some of the polpys on the end had the red and green color charicteristic to acans...I also looked at the corralite structure...it DID resemble a acan's sturcture. They had it listed as acan echit. I do not think they have it labled correctly!!! There was no price tag on it, but heck half of the corals at this LFS dont. I mean, if I had some store credit...and they sold it to me as a "damaged brain coral" and I brought it back to health...hrmmm...ebay..... >:-)

[Detritivore]

i have heard of people feeding them...what should i feed em?

[fkadir]

The feeding tentacles are very pronounced at nite. I believe they accept anything from cyclopeeze to mysis to prawn meat.

[Znut Reefer]

Just curious. How much are you paying for these colonies? Seems to me some people are charging outrageous prices.

[frink]

lord prices

znut the price is totally dependant on the crazy market. I can pick up lord colonies locally from one retailer who only puts normal markup on them . The typical indo colonies are what we get. The outrageous colored varieties are rumored to come from Japan illegally and are coming from a handful of people. I would hate to guess what they cost in a full colony.

[Znut Reefer]

Frink,

You got a PM.

[mane3215]

And I find yet another forum haha.

[invincible569]

mane, those are beautiful!! WOW!

Znut, the prices in Japan are as much as any other LPS coral would cost you. Average of $70-$80 for those colonies.

[mane3215]

Thanks bro!

The prices in Japan are actually usually less then that, starting at just $10.00 believe it or not haha.