What's going on with my Acans?

[d3r3k]

The mouth area of my acans started swelling up last night. The colored tissue was pushed aside by the swelling. Is this healthy or a sign of trouble?

Only changes were that I added Seachem Aquavitro FUEL to the tank the day before and increased the light output by about 5%.

This is how they look now:

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This is what they usually look like: (on the right side of the photo):

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Parameters:
Temp - 78
Salinity 1.025
Calcium - 430
Alk - 10 dKH
Mag- 1500
Nitrates - 1
Phosphates - 0

 

[hiimsean]

they're hungry

 

[d3r3k]

OK, I'll try feeding them tonight to see if they go back to normal

 

[d3r3k]

leveldrummer;845591 wrote: thats their feeding tentacles opening up. toss some food in there.

The tentacles are usually out each night, but I had not seen the pink mouth area expanded like that before. I do feed them mysis and a blend of other reef food directly, but it has been a couple weeks since I have done that.

 

[kirkwood]

they look healthy.. You'd only have cause for concern if they looked thin and skeletal...

 

[jmike50]

Mine look like this also...I just feed mine and one of them is already putting out new heads. I target feed mine...they eat like pigs...I love mine!

 

[d3r3k]

Thanks guys