mounting a duncan

[iflytoohigh]

so, i got this duncan frag off the internet. but it is not mounted and has been freshly cut off the mother colony. how do i mount this ? i'm not familiar with this coral at all and i'm totally unsure of how i should go about adhereing it to some live rock.

right now i have it wedged into a piece of rubble, but i'd like something more permanent so those stupid snails and crabs don't knock it off.


so , from what i've seen of frags of duncanopsammia axifuga ( whisker coral ) they have a hard tube like structure they grow through. kinda like a dendro or tubastrea. well, my frag doesn't have that tube structure. i think it was lopped off one of those structures. it was probably growing out the side of one, and whoever fragged it, dremel'd it off.

so, right now i have a fleshy disk of poly that is slimed over. any ideas?

i was thinking of keeping it in a really low flow area and trying to get it mounted much like you would a mushroom or something. with some lace or a panty hose or something? maybe even putting it in a cup to keep the snails away?

any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[rtbm]

glue it to a frag plug and stick it in the sand till it starts growing. Just out of curiosity what color duncan have you got?

 

[iflytoohigh]

hmm...glue with some super gel? i was really worried that since it was so fleshy that the glue would kill it. i've never used the glue method before. any suggestions for the type of glue i can use ?


i've not seen it polyped out yet since i got it. but the pictures i saw of the mother colony were purple with green tipped sweeper tentacles.

 

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[rtbm]

locktite gel works good. I wouldnt drown the guy in it but a dab on the base or bottom I guess it would be should be just fine.

 

[iflytoohigh]

well, thanks for the input. hopefully i can get it mounted. what i'm afraid of, is that i got a bad frag of this duncan. because there is not really a base to it. it kinda has a hole . almost like a donut. so.. does that mean no mouth? it's like the top of the polyp was just chopped off and given to me. i've never seen a duncan frag, so i dont know if this is normal or not.

 

[funkyman]

Can you post a pic?

I have three duncan frags. Two came mounted, one didn't. The one that didn't was easily glued to a frag plug, but it had hard skeleton under the polyp to work with. The two mounted frags also have skeleton underneath them as well.

 

[iflytoohigh]

so, this is the frag that i got. i forgot to mention that it seems cracked or something as well. the insides are showing!

 

[jh2pizza]

I would find a small pc of rock rubble that it sits into nicely, then glue it into that. You will have more area touching and stablizing it until it grows.

 

[ghostman]

IMO your frag is very small and improperly fragged too close to the polyp. I would try to glue the side to a frag plug, and let it heal up a bit in a lower flow area. I hope it makes it.

 

[claytonkelly2004]

just hit me up when you get home and we will getter dun

 

[iflytoohigh]

sweet. thanks clayton! i'll see ya tonite.

 

[chelskisw6]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9816986#post9816986 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ghostman
IMO your frag is very small and improperly fragged too close to the polyp. I would try to glue the side to a frag plug, and let it heal up a bit in a lower flow area. I hope it makes it.

i agree.... IME even if the polyp is severely damaged, it can still come back and form a full, healthy polyp. Just be careful not to buy newly fragged polyps in future. when i sell mine, i always wait a minimum of a week to ship out, usually two or more. It is hardy stuff, so it should be fine.

 

[tee1172]

the super glue gel works very well. That is how I glued mine to a piece of rock rubble