Interesting Duncan Pictures - Would love to see more Duncan Pics

pammy · 11/23/2009, 12:52 PM

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.
Pam

Duncan having a baby:

Duncan eating clown fish:

My favorite picture of my Dunan:

Closeup of mother colony:

TwistedEnvy · 11/23/2009, 01:08 PM

I knew mine weren't normal. Here is the branching duncan I just got in....sellers pic. I will take one tonight.

pammy · 11/24/2009, 06:06 AM

That's a really cool duncan! Haven't seen a branching duncan before.
Pam

enerfin · 11/24/2009, 10:50 AM

somewhere in there are duncans

EllieSuz · 11/24/2009, 10:53 AM

Here's mine. Is it unusual to have such long tentacles?

TwistedEnvy · 11/24/2009, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enerfin

somewhere in there are duncans

You have a 155 bow too huh? Sweet clam, it looks like it could swallow your duncans whole.

linnyesg · 11/24/2009, 01:33 PM

Here is a shot about one year ago.

Here is today. Not a very good pic.

romsoccer12 · 11/24/2009, 03:26 PM

is it normal for them to kill/eat a fish?

linnyesg · 11/24/2009, 04:01 PM

I didn't think they had stingers or a way to kill.

StrategicReef · 11/24/2009, 06:27 PM

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.

romsoccer12 · 11/24/2009, 07:09 PM

im pretty sure a healthy clownfish could get out of that if he wanted to.

montipora80 · 11/24/2009, 07:40 PM

I would love to have some I think once I get a bigger tank that will be one of the corals I get.

StrategicReef · 11/24/2009, 09:56 PM

Here is my fairly good sized ORA duncan

nGo · 11/24/2009, 10:20 PM

Duncan eating clown fish:

wow! that is sad.

DannyHennig · 11/24/2009, 10:49 PM

My pair of clowns have been hosting in a big duncan colony for months now?

shackscs · 11/25/2009, 12:16 AM

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.

stank · 11/25/2009, 07:59 PM

My duncans.

pammy · 11/25/2009, 08:32 PM

Love the shrimp with the Duncan !

Quote:

Originally Posted by stank

My duncans.

pammy · 11/25/2009, 08:40 PM

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.

Pam

Thomas McCallie · 11/25/2009, 09:54 PM

That picture of the clown being eaten is crazy.

68sting · 11/27/2009, 06:49 PM

Here's an actinic shot.

Blownsvt · 11/27/2009, 07:25 PM

those are pretty cool looking. might need to look into getting some.

Pitcom · 11/28/2009, 05:30 PM

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.

jmes168 · 11/28/2009, 09:10 PM

Here's some of my Aussie Duncans. I feed them well .

Elysia · 11/29/2009, 04:57 PM

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.

11/23/2009, 12:52 PM	#1
pammy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 768	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. Pam Duncan having a baby: Duncan eating clown fish: My favorite picture of my Dunan: Closeup of mother colony: __________________ Pair of Ocellaris Clowns Flame Hawkfish Pygmy Angel 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.

11/24/2009, 06:06 AM	#3
pammy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 768	That's a really cool duncan! Haven't seen a branching duncan before. Pam __________________ Pair of Ocellaris Clowns Flame Hawkfish Pygmy Angel 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.

11/24/2009, 10:50 AM	#4
enerfin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: san antonio tx. Posts: 129	somewhere in there are duncans __________________ every passing day is a chance to turn it all around

11/24/2009, 03:26 PM	#8
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	is it normal for them to kill/eat a fish? __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

11/24/2009, 07:09 PM	#11
romsoccer12 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ohio Posts: 2,625	im pretty sure a healthy clownfish could get out of that if he wanted to. __________________ Colin R Current Tank Info: 3rd tank working fine!(29gal oceanic biocube) 5-6months old

11/23/2009, 01:08 PM	#2
TwistedEnvy Acan Freak Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Allis, Wisconsin Posts: 731	I knew mine weren't normal. Here is the branching duncan I just got in....sellers pic. I will take one tonight.

11/24/2009, 10:53 AM	#5
EllieSuz Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,858	Here's mine. Is it unusual to have such long tentacles?

11/24/2009, 01:33 PM	#7
linnyesg Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 55	Here is a shot about one year ago. Here is today. Not a very good pic.

11/24/2009, 04:01 PM	#9
linnyesg Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 55	I didn't think they had stingers or a way to kill.

11/24/2009, 06:27 PM	#10
StrategicReef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Livermore CA Posts: 1,659	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.

11/24/2009, 07:40 PM	#12
montipora80 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 99	I would love to have some I think once I get a bigger tank that will be one of the corals I get.

11/24/2009, 09:56 PM	#13
StrategicReef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Livermore CA Posts: 1,659	Here is my fairly good sized ORA duncan

11/24/2009, 10:20 PM	#14
nGo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 51	Duncan eating clown fish: wow! that is sad. __________________ Chris

11/24/2009, 10:49 PM	#15
DannyHennig Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 118	My pair of clowns have been hosting in a big duncan colony for months now?

11/25/2009, 12:16 AM	#16
shackscs Super Premier Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norristown, PA Posts: 849	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.

11/25/2009, 07:59 PM	#17
stank Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 249	My duncans. __________________ As real as it gets! Current Tank Info: 240 rimless cube

11/25/2009, 08:40 PM	#19
pammy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 768	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. Pam __________________ Pair of Ocellaris Clowns Flame Hawkfish Pygmy Angel 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.

11/25/2009, 09:54 PM	#20
Thomas McCallie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 23	That picture of the clown being eaten is crazy.

11/27/2009, 06:49 PM	#21
68sting Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 386	Here's an actinic shot.

11/27/2009, 07:25 PM	#22
Blownsvt Moved On Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 514	those are pretty cool looking. might need to look into getting some.

11/28/2009, 05:30 PM	#23
Pitcom Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southeast Pa Posts: 174	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.

11/28/2009, 09:10 PM	#24
jmes168 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 4	Here's some of my Aussie Duncans. I feed them well .

11/29/2009, 04:57 PM	#25
Elysia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,718	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.