Pics of dendros, balano, and duncan!

[Reefflections]

Randy O
I have mine about as long as your photo's show.But how in the world do you frag this bad boy.We know folks have done it,because we wouldn't have the frags of it today.But does it flesh run all the down to the bottom of it base?It doesn't really put out long single branch per say.But I don't have the will to try the dremmel tool on it.at least not yet !Have you found out,how this thing can be cut.I got one polyp coming out the bottom of it's base.It can't grow or even feed.Because it's right in the center of the plug,which sits on the bottom.Very strange to pick it up,and see a polyp there?:eek2: Any input,as to how and save way to be done?

 

[RandyO]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8140892#post8140892 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefflections
Randy O
I have mine about as long as your photo's show.But how in the world do you frag this bad boy.We know folks have done it,because we wouldn't have the frags of it today.But does it flesh run all the down to the bottom of it base?It doesn't really put out long single branch per say.But I don't have the will to try the dremmel tool on it.at least not yet !Have you found out,how this thing can be cut.I got one polyp coming out the bottom of it's base.It can't grow or even feed.Because it's right in the center of the plug,which sits on the bottom.Very strange to pick it up,and see a polyp there?:eek2: Any input,as to how and save way to be done?

The person I got my frag from was very nervous when he was watching me frag one of his prized corals. I used a pair of coral cutters. They have a pair of C shaped teeth on them, designed to cut Acropora branches.
The coral only had 5 or 6 heads on it. I was trying to cut it in half, but ended up with 1.5 polyps. I cut through a branch, but it did not break evenly, and split another head in half.

I don't have much advise for you yet. I'll have to try to cut my piece a few times before I give out instructions.

 

[downset]

I am gonna have to hunt down a duncan now that there are a few more people with them

 

[Reefflections]

Randy O
When you made the split, did they ALL make it threw the ordeal?Being you ended up with 1 1/2 polyps on the one frag?Especially that half polyp one?
Also did the main colony heal after this?

 

[Reefflections]

Forgot to ask you this also.I was wondering where it branches off the main colony,is their flesh all the way to their base? Or is it just a calcium base there.I would think when you cracked threw it with those cutters,you would see what's really there for sure.

 

[joetbs]

Here's an old pic of my dunc. Got this in march, and now is almost 30 polyps. I have another color morph too, but no pics of that nor my dendro

Here it is after feeding:

joe

 

[damitchsta]

man the are alsome looking corals. i need to get some. how hardy are they.

 

[deanos]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8148567#post8148567 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joetbs
Here's an old pic of my dunc. Got this in march, and now is almost 30 polyps. I have another color morph too, but no pics of that nor my dendro
joe

Joe, don't make me drive up to New Hampshire to make you take some pics of that 'other' duncan morph!!

How have you been? Stop by the old website and say hi sometime.

Dean

 

[canesfan44]

does anyone want to sell me some duncan.'s or dendro.'s? This thread is making me jealous.

 

[ViPeR_930]

joetbs wow sounds like some awsome growth! What are you feeding it and where is it positioned in your tank?
I've had my 8 polyps since June and I think I have 9 or 10 now. Not much compared to your growth.

 

[nUgZ]

RandyO you better be glad I don't live close to NYC because I would be a permanent fixture at your house if I did. SOOOO many nice corals/tanks. Everyones pics look great by they way.

 

[Fliger]

Dustin Dorton just posted a picture of his Duncan, looks Delicious

 

[heuerfan]

Dendro experts, need your opinion. I know its a very bad picture, but do these look like Dendros to you, if so which type do you think they are?

Thanks!

 

[deanos]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8200458#post8200458 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by heuerfan
Dendro experts, need your opinion. I know its a very bad picture, but do these look like Dendros to you, if so which type do you think they are?

Thanks!

ACK, Steven!!

 

[Fliger]

Its not a very good pic but they definitely look like Dendros.

 

[DaRealDvs1]

Here's my Dendro.
2 babies on the side.

 

[DaRealDvs1]

She recently spawned:

 

[heuerfan]

Okay here is a better pic, what type of dendro are these? And whats a fair price for them per polyp?



Thanks!

 

[heuerfan]

Here are some more pictures, do these look bad to you besides the algae problem. Would you buy them?

Thanks!

 

[ViPeR_930]

Hard to see, but they look like D. coccinea. Depending on the size they go for $55-80 per polyp.