Acan Feeding time lapse photography

[i-WERKS]

Just wanted to share some pics of my new purchase. Picked it up 4 days ago from NAFB. I love the colour on this thing. It's the brightest coral in my tank.

Sorry for the shaky camera work. I was trying to keep the fish away from the food and hit the tripod a few times.

Camera - Old School Canon 6.1MP Digital Rebel on Tripod
Frames - Taken approx 45 seconds between shots
Duration - approx 30 mins
Lighting - Coralife 20,000K 150w HQI. no actinics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/i-WERKS/reef%20tank/AcanFeedingtimelapse30minssmall.gif

[jackiechandc]

Awesome stuff! Now if only they eat that fast before my fish and shrimps pick on the PE mysis:) Great work!
Wei

[notclear]

I don't know they can eat something that big....until now. Thanks.

[DbleG]

That's one of the coolest acan posts I've ever seen!

[ksalt]

Very cool display. Thx

[tattoo282]

wow amazing

[jwm]

Thanks for sharing..

[evilgabbie]

THANK YOU LOOKS TOO COOL !!

what were u feeding them ? and that is a so-called "turkey blaster" you used right ?

[i-WERKS]

You got it, it's a turkey baster from the dollar store. I'm feeding them mysis shrimp. Eat's like a champ. Even the smaller polyps are able to fit the shrimp thru their mouths.

[Hangman]

Cool pics! What software did you use to make the .gif?

[Sea MunnKey]

Acans are able to eat and consume much larger piece of meaty food ... I cut up little chunks of Sand eels .. at least three times larger than a Mysis shrimps.

HTH,
Paul

[J_T]

Great shots. I always love watch corals eating. Kinda neat to see how much effort is required for them to eat.

[pjh]

Cool pics! What software did you use to make the .gif?

curious to know what software too!

[i-WERKS]

I usually use Adobe Image Ready that came with older versions of Photoshop but i don't have it installed on this computer. I downloaded a trial version of ULEAD GIF Animator 5. It's a 15 day trial. Looks almost exactly the same as Image Ready.

[ReVRiN]

I had no idea they could eat that much...

[itr]

hey just wanted to ask how long did it take for them to look like that i just grabbed mine from AquaticKingdom today they look healty and stuff but their not as open as urs mine seem very flat???

[i-WERKS]

It probably took about 2 days for it to fully open up for me.

[Sea MunnKey]

To my knowledge .... Acan tend to favour a less Bright area ... maybe in-direct light to fully expand/puff up their polyps.

Freshly purchased Acans usually takes a while to acclimatise ... give it some time and TLC .... they'll show you some Love in return .... :blove:!!

HTH,
Paul

[rmyers3rd]

That is pretty sweet! Great stuff!

[Wise_Since]

That was awsome !! you should make some more of dendros and zoos eating :) good job

[nicuz]

nice. I wanna do some lapse photos for my trompet coral