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Duncans
Ok so I had to move my Duncans to the substrate, is this a bad idea? Also does anyone have any tips for fragging these corals? Here is a pic, looks happy in the sandbed (please ignore the dirty glass):
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nope, mine are on the bottom on the sand
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My are fine as well in the sand. Actually grew a bunch of heads there. LOL!
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Yea I have fragged them. I took a pair of strong cutters from home depot and just snipped off the head as low on the stalk as I could get.
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Just break them off at the base of the stems, where they attach to the other stems. A good yank should do the trick. Just put the leverage on the joint where you want it to snap. Watched the guy who sold them to me do it. Mine are doing great, opened up as soon as I put them in the tank... so this method of fragging seems fine.
All I've read about them (just got some myself a week ago) is that they are always found attached to rocks, not on sand. I imagine as long as the soft tissue isn't being irritated by sand it would be fine. Did yours start out with the long dark colored tentacles? Mine are green with yellowish and pinkish colored tentacles. |
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Mine have been on the sand for three months and doubled in head count.
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How much do duncans go for? A LFS around here wants like $200 for, four heads!
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I paid $75 including tax for 2 heads.
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I got mine (pictured above) for $19 a head.
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kind of crazy pricing fellows.
Duncans should sell for no more than $20 a head IME, as as low as 8-$10 a head(great price) There's a lot of wild aussie coming in and tons of duncans are going to be available-although I dunno if a lot reaches Nebraska. [/IMG] |
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I agree that pricing seems to be too high, my local lfs wants $45.00 a head. I think that is too much. Will wait to see if I can get some when the price goes down...
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Here is a pic of mine.
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I've heard the ORA Duncans can reach ~3" heads, and even up to 4" heads occasionally.
Mine are wild, and about quarter size, but bigger than they were when I bought them. |
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Thanks Garrett, I put a lot of time into it so I really appreciate the kind words =)
If it helps people to prop their own corals it was definitely worth it =)
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What kind of flow and lighting do these guys like? I just got a single head for $20.
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I picked up these two different colonies last week. Would they be different species of Duncans. I believe the smaller colony is aquacultured.
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