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Unread 11/23/2009, 12:52 PM   #1
pammy
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Interesting Duncan Pictures - Would love to see more Duncan Pics

I bought one head of a Aussie Duncan about two years ago, and now I have no idea how many heads I have. I'll have to count them soon....I'm guessing there's at least 40 heads. The first two pictures below are the most unique pictures of my Duncan that I have. In the first picture, the mother colony is actually dropping a baby! That was very cool to see, and it's the only time I've seen that happen. Has anyone else seen their duncan do that? The baby was spinning by a thread for about two days before the mother colony dropped the baby to the sandbed. I glued the baby to a frag plug, and it grew to 7 heads before I sold it. Second picture is kind of sad. That's my little clownfish in his mouth of the duncan, and unfortunately the clown didn't make it. The 3rd picture is my favorite shot of my Duncan, and the last picture is a close up of the Mother Colony today. Interested in seeing pictures of Duncans from others as well.
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Duncan having a baby:




Duncan eating clown fish:




My favorite picture of my Dunan:



Closeup of mother colony:




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Unread 11/23/2009, 01:08 PM   #2
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I knew mine weren't normal. Here is the branching duncan I just got in....sellers pic. I will take one tonight.




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Unread 11/24/2009, 06:06 AM   #3
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That's a really cool duncan! Haven't seen a branching duncan before.
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Current Tank Info: 53 Gallon Elos System 80 (31.5" x 19.5" x 19.5"), Elos NS500 Skimmer, Elos Planet 150w MH / 4 24w T5 Combo Light, CLICK on Pammy on the Left and then "VISIT Pammy's Homepage" to see my tank.
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Unread 11/24/2009, 10:50 AM   #4
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somewhere in there are duncans



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Unread 11/24/2009, 10:53 AM   #5
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Here's mine. Is it unusual to have such long tentacles?




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Unread 11/24/2009, 01:05 PM   #6
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somewhere in there are duncans
You have a 155 bow too huh? Sweet clam, it looks like it could swallow your duncans whole.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 01:33 PM   #7
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Here is a shot about one year ago.


Here is today. Not a very good pic.



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Unread 11/24/2009, 03:26 PM   #8
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is it normal for them to kill/eat a fish?


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Unread 11/24/2009, 04:01 PM   #9
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I didn't think they had stingers or a way to kill.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 06:27 PM   #10
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what happened to the clown fish? That's the first time I have heard of this

I am planning to add a couple of clown fish (I don't want them to host)
they don't have stingers but they will start to swallow anything that taste like a fish It could be the clown fish thought it was an anemone and got too close to the mouth.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 07:09 PM   #11
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im pretty sure a healthy clownfish could get out of that if he wanted to.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 07:40 PM   #12
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I would love to have some I think once I get a bigger tank that will be one of the corals I get.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 09:56 PM   #13
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Here is my fairly good sized ORA duncan



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Unread 11/24/2009, 10:20 PM   #14
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Duncan eating clown fish:



wow! that is sad.


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Unread 11/24/2009, 10:49 PM   #15
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My pair of clowns have been hosting in a big duncan colony for months now?


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Unread 11/25/2009, 12:16 AM   #16
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My black clown never hosted my duncans until I moved everyone into a bigger tank.

I will post picture tomorrow after they are fully opened.


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Unread 11/25/2009, 07:59 PM   #17
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My duncans.



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Unread 11/25/2009, 08:32 PM   #18
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Love the shrimp with the Duncan !


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My duncans.



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Unread 11/25/2009, 08:40 PM   #19
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As for my clown that my Duncan ate.... I never saw that clown try to host anything. I only had him for 2 weeks or so before I found him in the mouth of the Duncan. I think he either died, or was dying and the Duncan took advantage of an easy meal. None of my other clowns have ever gone near my Duncan. I've also never read about anyone's duncans ever eating a fish. I think it was just a freak thing...and I just happened to catch it. Had I come home after the Duncan finished eating the clown, I would have wondered where the clown vanished to.

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Splendid Goby + Tiger Pistol Shrimp

Current Tank Info: 53 Gallon Elos System 80 (31.5" x 19.5" x 19.5"), Elos NS500 Skimmer, Elos Planet 150w MH / 4 24w T5 Combo Light, CLICK on Pammy on the Left and then "VISIT Pammy's Homepage" to see my tank.
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Unread 11/25/2009, 09:54 PM   #20
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That picture of the clown being eaten is crazy.


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Unread 11/27/2009, 06:49 PM   #21
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Here's an actinic shot.




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Unread 11/27/2009, 07:25 PM   #22
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those are pretty cool looking. might need to look into getting some.


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Unread 11/28/2009, 05:30 PM   #23
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Here is an older pic of my wild percula chilling in my Duncans like he does every day.



Here is the female. Sorry i dont have the whole coral pictured.




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Unread 11/28/2009, 09:10 PM   #24
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Here's some of my Aussie Duncans. I feed them well .





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Unread 11/29/2009, 04:57 PM   #25
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pammy, I think you are probably correct about what happened to your clownfish. I have a citron goby that sits on my Duncans (the coral just retracts) and even a Lubbock's wrasse that likes to swim all around the heads. Although the tentacles are always adhesive when I go to feed, I have never noticed any of my fish having a problem with the coral -- but that is just my experience.


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