What is a good food for Dunkins?
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they will readily eat brine - they are close cousins to the sun corals - and will eat anything the sun corals will.
I noticed for mine (I have a colony of green and a frag of the purple) - they don't process meaty foods as fast as sun coral - they will close up for a bit after you feed them and won't open. I think they process food much slower than sun corals.
Nice coloration on yours - they should color up really nicely.
I noticed for mine (I have a colony of green and a frag of the purple) - they don't process meaty foods as fast as sun coral - they will close up for a bit after you feed them and won't open. I think they process food much slower than sun corals.
Nice coloration on yours - they should color up really nicely.
Your duncans are a really cool color.
If they're anything like my Duncans, they will always look hungry! I feed mine the same thing I feed my black sun corals which is mostly mysis and brine. Sometimes they get fish eggs. After I get finished with these last packets of frozen fish foods, I think I'm just going to grind up some seafood and feed that to them. They get fed more often than what is needed, ( I feed every other day), because they get my sun corals' leftovers. They're doing well. I got them as a frag with two heads and now it has four smaller heads growing. Of all my corals, these are one of my favorites!
If they're anything like my Duncans, they will always look hungry! I feed mine the same thing I feed my black sun corals which is mostly mysis and brine. Sometimes they get fish eggs. After I get finished with these last packets of frozen fish foods, I think I'm just going to grind up some seafood and feed that to them. They get fed more often than what is needed, ( I feed every other day), because they get my sun corals' leftovers. They're doing well. I got them as a frag with two heads and now it has four smaller heads growing. Of all my corals, these are one of my favorites!
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fishcraze_1
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you can feed pellets, I use NLS.
fishcraze_1
Member
They will take in just about anything.
Mysis, brine, nls, and I just started using Fauna Marin LPS Grow this week.
Don't have a problem growing them, I have about 4 major colonies.
Always fragging them. Here is a smaller frag I just sold.
Mysis, brine, nls, and I just started using Fauna Marin LPS Grow this week.
Don't have a problem growing them, I have about 4 major colonies.
Always fragging them. Here is a smaller frag I just sold.
They will take in just about anything.
Mysis, brine, nls, and I just started using Fauna Marin LPS Grow this week.
Don't have a problem growing them, I have about 4 major colonies.
Always fragging them. Here is a smaller frag I just sold.
I can second that. Mine even eat flake food when they catch it
fishcraze_1
Member
Dont think ive seen mine eat flakes. But im sure they could.
chrisfont23
Reef Monster
I feed them everything - brine, mysis, NL Spectrum pellets, cyclopeeze, silverside etc etc etc.
Dave.H
New member
What type of flake food?
Fishypapa
New member
Duncan is the favorite of all the coral in my tank but mine has a fairly big mouth! :lol:
Sometimes I'll feed him directly with tongs a piece of mysis or something but usually he just gets his food from what's floating around in the water. If I really want to feed him directly I'll just take a bit of cyclopeeze and rodi water, mix it up, pull it into a syringe, the squirt it over him and he grabs what he wants before the cleaner shrimp of clowns get to it.
(btw: the only fix I did with this pic is cropped and sharpened, that's his natural color)
Sometimes I'll feed him directly with tongs a piece of mysis or something but usually he just gets his food from what's floating around in the water. If I really want to feed him directly I'll just take a bit of cyclopeeze and rodi water, mix it up, pull it into a syringe, the squirt it over him and he grabs what he wants before the cleaner shrimp of clowns get to it.
(btw: the only fix I did with this pic is cropped and sharpened, that's his natural color)
