Sweet Duncanopsammia

LW1172 · #1 12/20/2006, 08:57 AM

Just picked this sweet coral up from a online vendor in charlotte..

Sand_tubeworm · #2 12/20/2006, 10:29 AM

From Roes Marine ( www.roesmarineworld.com ) cos saw many sizes Duncans available at their online website.

Wow very nice colored piece, is it in purplish green and mind sharing how much u paid for it ?? Thanks.

LW1172 · #3 12/20/2006, 06:27 PM

its was $40 per polyp

neyugn0w01 · #4 12/20/2006, 07:19 PM

I just recently got a nice frag of the duncan from a fellow RC whom recieve his from ORA. For some reason, mine looks much larger and colorful then the ones they are selling at Roe's. Anyone else notice their duncans looking different?

2crazyreefers · #5 12/20/2006, 07:49 PM

I just got 2 ORA Duncans and I agree with neyugn0w01 both of mine look different as well. Mine seem to be much brighter (greener) with longer more narow polyps.

LW1172 · #6 12/20/2006, 08:07 PM

i looked at the ones ora has on their site. the green with brown tentacles... Yes, tentacles are longer. How big are your polyp skeletons? dia.
Mine are about 1/2"
I emailed tyrone at r.m.w and he sent me this pic showing the polyp extension and size.. said they are about 1" when fully open

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/10824DSCN0560.JPG

DonavonsReef · #7 12/20/2006, 08:24 PM

Nothing brown about my ORA duncas they are Bright Lime green, polyps are about 1in when open.

BridgetP · #8 12/20/2006, 10:43 PM

Here is a quick pic of mine from ORA. The back of the big head is lined with babies.

chrisstie · #9 12/21/2006, 12:14 AM

I am drooling over theese. There's a nice one in the aquacultured divers den on liveaquaria but it just isn't going to happen after i finished all of my xmas shopping, darnit! hehe

ViPeR_930 · #10 12/21/2006, 01:25 AM

Mine from ORA get almost 4" tip to tip when fully open. When closed they're a bit over 1/2".

BridgetP · #11 12/21/2006, 09:44 AM

What lighting do you keep yours in Viper? Mine are directly under 250 HQI. I feed them everyday. I really like the puffy look mine get. Mine are aslso way bigger than 1" when fully open tip to tip. but not 4" that is bigger then my Comet.

plaz · #12 12/21/2006, 11:26 AM

Someone must have snagged the one from LiveAquaria. What was it's color and price (curious for later)?

ViPeR_930 · #13 12/21/2006, 09:44 PM

I've got mine to the side 7" under a 150 watt DE halide. I feed it almost every day when I remember. One of these days I'll get a good pic showing the size.

The one from LA had 5 polyps and was the green one from ORA. Can't remember the price though.

chrisstie · #14 12/21/2006, 10:17 PM

plaz it was like $369 or something for very forest green ones.. looked to be about 5 heads..

someday i'd like to find some of these

but my lFS has the nice yellow ones on hold for me for now

LW1172 · #15 12/24/2006, 09:59 PM

viper.. what do you feed them

ViPeR_930 · #16 12/25/2006, 02:09 AM

I spot feed them frozen mysis and they get whatever cyclopeeze they can catch floating around the tank.

waterfaller1 · #17 12/27/2006, 06:34 AM

Try squid & scallop...if they are anything like dendro, they will love it!

plaz · #18 12/27/2006, 11:10 AM

Thanks for the info Chrisstie - beautiful coral, but I may have to look for one somewhere cheaper than LA:-)!

Qckwzrd · #19 12/27/2006, 10:45 PM

I've checked the two major sites that have them. they all look great but shipping is the killer for me. I can't find anyone or any LFS that has them...or dendros. santa wasn't nice this year

tomasz · #20 12/28/2006, 08:20 AM

So why Roes Marine is selling thers for $40 a polyp. Is this the real Duncan?

deanos · #21 12/28/2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally posted by tomasz
So why Roes Marine is selling thers for $40 a polyp. Is this the real Duncan?

Probably the same reason Walmart sells items less than their competitors...they buy in bulk and pass the savings to their customers.

plaz · #22 12/28/2006, 12:12 PM

I have one of each of the different polyps he is selling ordered. I'll let you know what they look like next week.

I didn't think about it before I ordered - but Roe's sound like they are collected wild - not sure how they got them. I always try not to order anything wild especially if it shouldn't be imported. Too late now, so I will try to propagate and distribute it after the fact.

Vorteil · #23 12/28/2006, 02:04 PM

I'm really interested to see how the Duncans from Roes turn out. I was thinking of getting a 3 polyp frag from them. Please keep us informed on how they turn out .

Dav · #24 12/29/2006, 03:55 PM

Here are a few I picked up from Roe. He is a great guy so I picked up a larger piece for me and these couple of nice smaller frags for a few others that live in my area.
I am keeping mine under 14K 400 watters. About 24-30" deep in my tank. They seem to have smaller poylps but I feel sure they will look much better after they grow a little bit. Seen mine getting food from the fish feeding already.
Dav

A single poylp frag and a double poylp frag for the locals

My smaller piece is actually 5 poylps.
All seem to look sort green but color changes in all tanks so we will see how it looks in 3-4 months from now

On another note if it like my Dendro and likes larger food, I feed it a silver side cut in half one time. It seemed happy for like 4 days over that. Here is a nice pic of it pulling it in

Dav · #25 12/29/2006, 04:12 PM

Here is a better pic of the 5 poylp one. I have a new camera and I can't seem to get as clear a picture with it
Here is from my older camera
Just walked in the other room and took a picture. I love that camera
Dav