Questions about this!?

[TJDaddio]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=747+2662+3181&pcatid=3181



I just wanted to know how hardy it is, how easy to keep, if other fish bother it, how fast it grows, etc. Any advice is appreciated, thanks :)

[nebraskareef]

Duncan's are easy to keep, fast growing and this is a nice color morph. I would say to add some additional items to make shipping worthwhile. Maybe you have someone near you to bundle with?

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[aandfsoccr04]

Great beginner coral. Had them for over a year and they are easy to keep. Mine are on the sand bed and have been growing well with multiplying heads.

[Teddynola]

I acquired one about 2 months ago and it has shown some pretty fast growth. Nothing has bothered it, so far.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m629/Teddynola/dfe2d294.jpg

[TJDaddio]

Wow yours is gorgeous, but is it a blue one like the link I posted? It happens to be on sale on LiveAquaria for $18.99 (usually $29.99), but their minimum order is $29.99, go figure... I don't want to impulse buy, but need something else to make the shipping minimum and make this worth while.. anyone have any preferences on easy coral for beginners that isn't too boring and would make the color in my tank vary? :)

Currently have -

37gal tall tank
live sand
base rock
1 black ocellaris clown
1 bluefin chromis
1 sixline wrasse
1 small piece of live rock w red mushroom and green star polyps
1 xenia frag

[TJDaddio]

Also, the xenia I have is small but its plated on a large square shaped tile (from when I bought it)... is it possible to remove it from tile and stick it to my rock? Or will it move off of the tile on its own? New to the frags.. :)

[Teddynola]

Nooooo, if you must have the Xenia, keep it sequestered where it cannot spread! It's all over my tank. Any little piece will settle and GROW, and grow...and grow. Sorry, I getting a little crazy about that subject.

But about the Duncan, the pic was just taken under actinic only. It has green flesh, but tan/brown tentacles. The one you want to buy is actually much prettier than mine. I recommend getting it.

[cloak]

The duncan I had was a very undemanding coral with a voracious appetite. Unfortunately the pair of ocellaris clowns I have were a little rough on it and I had to give it away. A couple heads were just hanging on by a thread. Not good. :(

[ReeferBill]

:beer::dance:I have had a single head of duncan that took awhile to split but now has over 20 heads and my clowns think its an anenome Love the motion in the current,a must have hardy awesome coral.......Go for it,Good Luck & Happy Reering!:wavehand:

[TJDaddio]

I won't let the xenia spread then, haha.

For the Duncan - I have a black ocellaris clown... do they hurt the Duncans?? What else should I get to make that order worth while? What is another colorful coral that is easy to keep?

[Psirex]

These are easy

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+1645&pcatid=1645

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+509&pcatid=509

[Teddynola]

I saw a pretty red blasto on the same LA page as the duncan. Mine started out with about 3 heads and now I've got about 20 or so, I really love the color. I have 2 B/W clowns, but the only thing they associate with is their terra cotta pot, and they defend it quite fiercely. Here is a pic go my blasto.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m629/Teddynola/73e1d40c.jpg

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m629/Teddynola/2c917385.jpg

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m629/Teddynola/8d4ef738.jpg

[TJDaddio]

That is awesome. My friend is giving me a frag of hammer and frogspawn corals. :)

Would a torch coral host a clown?

[Teddynola]

The clown may try to associate with any variety of lps, but they can be quite rough and cause damage to the tissue, where it attaches to the skeleton.