New duncan

The ORA ducans look the best. The other ducans are dropping in price by a lot. Have the ORA ducans dropped also?

You can try to build a lil cage over the ducan from egg crate to see if its really the clowns. To give the ducan a chance not to be bothered...just an idea
 
Yeah if is not open by tonight when I get home I'll try to move it to the other side of the tank or it goes to the sump/refugium
 
Kind of worried now, looks like someone took a chunk out the roes, and the ora still closed but getting two babies out, I built a cage and hopefully I can figure it out who did it, my prime suspect is the fox face it was added about 3 weeks ago but not sure, second the saifin tang.
They looked beautiful couple days ago :mad2:

orainjured.jpg


roesinjured.jpg
 
Oh NO!!!!!!! That pic makes me sad... :( I hope it recovers for you...


Heres mine...

ORA

ORAduncan.jpg


DFS

DFSduncan.jpg
 
Very nice ct_vol, mine should recover I have them for several months so if it was someone bothering them they should make a come back.

How long have you had them?
 
I've had each of mine for a few months...

Those are older pics...

I had a hermit knock an encrusting monti on top of my ORA a few weeks after I got it... The injured spot started to turn brown with jelly over it... I ended up supergluing over the damaged area after cleaning it off with a powerhead... I now have the original head healed and 3 baby polyps...

The DFS duncan hasn't had any set backs so I have about 5 babies in addition to the original head...

I also have an Aussie Duncan I got as a freebie from Miguel at Fraggle Reef... I've only had that one for a couple weeks... I'll try and get some pics of it later... :)
 
WOW! That's a lot of duncans! Why is the price range so big? I just bought my wife 6 Aussie duncan polyps and paid $60. I have seen them way more than that. Whats the deal?
 
beautifull coral reefplayer!! mine two duncans for some reason still not opening :( they open just a little but not like they used to. What are you guys keeping your alk at?
 
I still can't figure it out what's wrong with my duncans Roes and Ora's. It's been several weeks like this, not opening fully.

Here is a picture from before
duncanJune2.jpg


And now!
roesduncanJuly.jpg
 
Hey guys I'm planning on getting some duncans soon, so here I am trying to get more info n ideas on their care and how u guys are keeping them... :p

First off,

  • What kinda flow do they need? Medium-High flow (like sun corals?)
  • Are they like sun corals that needs to be fed for them to bloom (ok I know bloom is not the correct word to use )
  • Do they need alot of light?
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They are photosynthetic, so you don't necessarily have to feed them... Mine like moderate flow and pretty high lighting... Mine "bloom" all the time... Of course I feed mine a few times a week to encourage growth!!! :D I'll try and get some updated pics later today or tomorrow...
 
As far as Duncans go, I think direct feeding is essential. I feed mine every other day.
Flow is around 3000gph in each of my 90 gal tanks
Light is also important. These guys can really take the light. I keep all mine in the top 10 inches of water and some are only 4 inches down with dual 250W 20K SE metal halides.
Be careful though, I did light shock two small colonies of my Duncans pretty bad and now they keep their tentacles balled up during the day and only extend out fully at night. I did get some bleaching, but am expecting awesome colonies after they finish aclimating into my tank.

When I first got them
GreenDuncans.jpg


Now
Duncan.jpg
 
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