Long tentacle duncan?

[cprice]

I stopped by a LFS in Peoria, IL today while visiting for a wedding and noticed a duncan in their display tank. However, this duncan was very different in the fact that the tentacles were very long and thin. They were almost 5 inches long and about the width of think fishing line. Any idea what caused the extended tentacles? The owner said it was a standard duncan but was thriving with proper flow and light. I was just curious if anyone else has seen something like that.

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[Dkuhlmann]

Here is my Duncan colony and its got pretty long tentacles. Each head is well over 2" in diameter probably close to 2 1/2"

I would say the opposite of what he said and that they were starved for both food and light. Mine is very healthy.

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[ben01]

I would say the opposite of what he said and that they were starved for both food and light. Mine is very healthy.

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I don't think so. I have a Duncan just like he describes with extremely long tentacles on some heads. The heads I feed the most have the longest ones. It is sprouting new heads like dandelions so I know it isn't starving and the light is around 150 PAR.

 

[igadget56]

I think they get longer the more flow you have to certain point.

 

[MillerR.]

I had one with huge heads and long tentacles that I fed well. I always thought it was odd since I never saw one like it at my LFSs

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I feed all of the heads on my Duncans both the colony and he double head frag, All of mine have over 1" tentacles and the largest heads are close to 2 1/2" in diameter. I've never seen any Duncan with 5" tentacles, I would love to see a picture because you would have at about a 12" diameter head. Sorry but call me skeptical

 

[ben01]

I feed all of the heads on my Duncans both the colony and he double head frag, All of mine have over 1" tentacles and the largest heads are close to 2 1/2" in diameter. I've never seen any Duncan with 5" tentacles, I would love to see a picture because you would have at about a 12" diameter head. Sorry but call me skeptical

Mine aren't 5" but the longest ones are are about 3" and much larger than the head they are connected to.

http://s650.photobucket.com/user/benjaminscott/media/duncan_long_zpsftdgsiyo.jpg.html

 

[Mark9]

Use the pb direct link and the picture icon.
They sure are long, nice.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

WOW, That's freaking awesome :thumbsup:

 

[enchelycore808]

I think it's just the particular colony. I have two Duncan's right next to each other. One has long tents and one has short tents. Even the heads I fragged from them retain that quality in other peoples tanks so I do believe that it's the particular coral that dictates tent length.

 

[cbrewer9]

Isn't that a elegance coral

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[cbrewer9]

This is my Duncan

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[cbrewer9]

This is a elegance

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