Duncan coral question

[GoldeneyeRet]

I just got my 120 rebuilt and running earlier this summer. Last time I stocked it was in the mid 1990's so some things have changed and/or been forgotten.

Like Duncans. I don't remember these at all. A local guy gave me one head and I put it in last weekend. It already has three or four or new heads growing off which is all good, but did I just put a pest coral in my tank? I searched around and everything I find says they are easy and fast growing but no mention of them getting out of control.

I am just worried since I still have nightmares of yellow polyp colony and blue cloves that I scraped and scrubbed and glued and covered and burned without much success for over a decade. I have no desire to fight that battle again!

Duncans are okay, aren't they?

Thanks

 

[jccaclimber]

You're ok. Duncans stay put and grow from their skeleton like frogspawn. They do not drop off tiny bits that appear elsewhere like some softies.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Good news, Thanks!

 

[Stevenliu9]

Good thing about lps is they are really easy to control- just frag them! But duncans imo is one of the least aggressive lps out there and very pretty to look at, nit to mention fast growing too

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

That's great news, thanks. I can almost see this thing growing so I was a bit worried. I didn't realize they grew on a skeleton like frogspawn. That's great since I can keep it pruned back.

Thanks for the input!