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Sun coral? What sun coral is this?


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These heads go all the way in its hard skeleton when disturbed, I don't think Duncan's do that? When I bought this tank, it came with LR and a tomato clown. The heads were basically hollowed out when I first got it, there were other similar pieces as well. They looked cool so I stood them upright and sure enough this one started growing.

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All these heads came out the hollowed skeleton in about a months time, it didn't do much in the month before.

Hrrmmmmmm! Now that i google Duncan and see them closed up, this may very well be a Duncan!!!

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Yup, like 95% sure it's a duncan.

 

Google image search "closed duncan coral" and compare that to yours. I would look similar to a closed up sun coral. Give each head some food every few days. They will grow, open up more, and be lovely. You've got a lot of heads there, it'll look really nice!!

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Nice! I've been putting in reef roid's, and I feed the tank rod's reef food. Think that's enough or should I feed them head by head? What food would you recommend? And thx again for the free WaveMaker! ; )

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Nice! I've been putting in reef roid's, and I feed the tank rod's reef food. Think that's enough or should I feed them head by head? What food would you recommend? And thx again for the free WaveMaker! ; )

 

They're already doing better if they had been hiding in the skeleton all this time, and are now coming out to be seen! Spot feeding will just make them GROW even more!

 

If you have shrimp and/or hermits, they may try to take food out of the corals mouth when you spot feed, so just be aware of that! But what you can do is get a pipette or turkey baster and squirt a little food right at each head. The tentacles on the edges will catch the food and NOM! The Rod's food would be just fine for this. Even feeding 2-3 heads each time you feed, rotating to make sure every head gets some food eventually would work. No need to feed every head every day! It'll just be a yummy boost to help the coral flourish!

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Nice! I've been putting in reef roid's, and I feed the tank rod's reef food. Think that's enough or should I feed them head by head? What food would you recommend? And thx again for the free WaveMaker! ; )

 

My Duncan will even take Mysis and larger meaty foods. I feed each head something meaty about once a week. They don't have to be target fed, but it a) makes them grow faster and b ) probably isn't a bad idea while yours are in "recovery mode"

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