Acan Bowerbanki Colony (5″)

Description

You are buying the exact coral in the photo: a 5″ Acan Bowerbanki colony, photographed under blue spectrum reef lighting. The body is hot pink to red and covered in small bumps tipped in electric blue-green. Several deep blue mouths share the one body, and a few have green inside. From above it reads as a single sheet of color. It is conditioned in our Key West systems.

About Acan Bowerbanki (Acanthastrea bowerbanki)

Acan Bowerbanki is a large-polyp stony coral from the Indo-Pacific. It grows as a fleshy mound, and the surface is covered in small raised bumps, which is where the textured look comes from. A colony this size has several mouths on one skeleton, so it works as a centerpiece for a low-light spot, not a frag you tuck into a corner.

Acans do not need much light, and they punish too much of it. Under SPS-level light the tissue pulls back and the color fades. Keep it low in the tank, give it gentle flow, and feed it. A well-fed acan holds its color and adds tissue.

Expect it to look deflated when it arrives. Acans often do after a night in a box. Give it a few days in low light and gentle flow before you judge it.

Care Guide

This coral does well in a stable tank with low light and regular feeding.

• Lighting: Low to medium, PAR 50-150. Keep it low. Acans burn under SPS lighting.
• Flow: Low to moderate. Enough to keep detritus off the tissue, not enough to push it around.
• Placement: Sand bed or lower rockwork.
• Feeding: High. Target-feed meaty foods such as mysis or chopped seafood.
• Aggression: Semi-aggressive. Sweeper tentacles come out at night, so leave space around it.
• Water Parameters: Temp 76-78°F, salinity 1.025-1.026, Alk 8-9 dKH, Ca 420-440, Mg 1300-1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

Livestock ships Tuesday or Wednesday by UPS Next Day Air from Key West, Florida. Packed in an insulated box with a heat or cold pack matched to current conditions, and secured so the specimen cannot move in transit.

• Qualifying Florida livestock shipments under 6 lb: $30.
• All other eligible lower-48 livestock shipments: $50.
• Box & handling: $10 per livestock box, in addition to the transportation charge above.
• Maximum estimated packed weight is 6 lb (96 oz) per box. Orders that pack heavier ship in additional boxes, and each additional box carries its own $10 box & handling charge.
• Free livestock transportation begins at $349 in qualifying livestock subtotal. WYSIWYG livestock counts toward that subtotal; dry goods do not.
• The $10-per-box charge still applies on free-transportation orders unless checkout explicitly waives it.
• We do not ship orders of any kind to Alaska or Hawaii.

Live arrival is guaranteed. If your animal arrives DOA, photograph it inside the unopened bag within four (4) hours of delivery confirmation and contact us right away with those photos. We will work with you on a resolution.

Placement: Sand bed or lower rockwork, on a flat spot where the tissue can expand without touching sharp rock.