Duncanopsammia axifuga

[Gary Majchrzak]

I saw this unusual coral at MO today. It appeared to be captive raised (mounted). I've never seen one before at any LFS.
http://whelk.aims.gov.au/coralsearch/html/101-200/Species pages/135.htm

photo courtesy of the whelk/AIMS site

 

[fedukeford]

Sweet coral, i dont want to even guess how much it was, ive seen them go for $400 for 2 polyps.

Your the mod BangGuy at SWF.com right? The mod Viper collects those kinds of corals and spends HUNDREDS on them, its crazy

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8914110#post8914110 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fedukeford
Your the mod BangGuy at SWF.com right? The mod Viper collects those kinds of corals and spends HUNDREDS on them, its crazy

I'm not BangGuy. Kewl username, though. (ie: Banggai)

I agree the pricing on these things are crazy!

 

[gary greguire]

Was it from ORA Gary?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't from ORA. I'll double check tomorrow.

Here's one thread where they're going for $125 per polyp:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=989802&highlight=Duncanopsammia+axifuga

This is definitely one of those corals a casual LFS visitor would not look twice at. Good thing I know my stuff, eh?

 

[drtango]

I'm pretty sure RandyO has some of this stuff...

John

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

now that you mention it, John, I did see this type of coral at AquaTech late last year...

 

[Namyar]

wow that is really neat looking

 

[ktar]

i have a single polyp of this coral it very cool and i have the ora duncan.

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, RandyO and Stashudave both have these little guys and from what Randy tells me, Todd (as in Todds torch) used to have one as well before they were popular. Seem to be highly sought after from my conversations with the two of them. Kind of odd though cause if you ask me, they're pretty bland looking. Anyway, they respond quickly to direct feedings apparently although they are photosynthetic. For that much money though, I'd rather get something like a watermelon echino that has more color

 

[bosborn1]

I was about to comment on that...Not very eye catching from the whelk library photo. Maybe they look better in captivity. But they certainly cant compare to the neon green long polyp palys I saw at aquatech.

Scott

 

[ktar]

if you see the coral itself it has a very bright neon green color to it and very nice under attinic here a pic of the duncan that i recieve from jendub.com http://jendub.com/images/albums/NewAlbum_3c0a2/tn_IMGP19270130.jpg

 

[StashuDave]

You mean these Gary?

(img)http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3822Duncan_Pink.jpg (img)

Dave

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Yes. Beautiful!
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[RandyO]

Here's a little history of Duncanopsammia.

They are found mainly in Australia, and are very common in Australian LFS's. But for many years corals were not exported out of Australia, and to find one here in the US was extremely rare. I only knew of a few people that had them. Julian Sprung being one of them. About 5 years ago, Julian gave ORA one polyp. Since then, they have been growing them out. They had a few setbacks when the Hurricanes came through Florida, but got back on track. They have recently started releasing 6-10 frags a week.

There are rumors that some Australian C.I.T.E.S. permits have allowed some wild Duncanopsammia into the country.

 

[PCIALF]

Thanks a lot Gary

I had to go get it

It is sweet open. It very much resembles an anemone. I will post a pict.

 

[bigkev76]

In addition to RandyO's info, they are basically a version of a branching sun polyp according to a few people I spoke to yesterday. Has anyone seen any other colors besides green? That kind of pricing is insane for green branching sun polyps IMO.

 

[ktar]

it is very nice when open and it does not look anything like a sun coral.

 

[bigkev76]

like I said, this is what I was told by others. I am unfamiliar with them so... However, I did find some available if anyone is interested and I believe for far less than 125 a polyp.

 

[PauChi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8952710#post8952710 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigkev76
like I said, this is what I was told by others. I am unfamiliar with them so... However, I did find some available if anyone is interested and I believe for far less than 125 a polyp.

What's the coloration like...so far ORA's "Green" Duncan is the best one can find currently!!