Duncan coral growth?

WatDatThing · 07/02/2017, 02:38 PM

I bought a Duncan coral with 3 heads a few months ago. It has grown 3 more heads. The main trunk and the 3 original heads don't appear to have grown longer/higher at all. Is this normal?

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mcgyvr · 07/02/2017, 02:42 PM

totally normal/good
6 heads now vs 3 when you bought it..

reefling · 07/02/2017, 03:15 PM

Growth is exponential. It doesn't do much at first. Then heads start to split. Before you know it, you have a softball size colony in 12 to 24 months from just a couple heads.

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madweazl · 07/02/2017, 03:29 PM

I went from a single to at least seven when I got rid of it last week. They multiply like rabbits.

WatDatThing · 07/02/2017, 03:51 PM

I thought the main trunk would grow taller as well.

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reefling · 07/02/2017, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WatDatThing

I thought the main trunk would grow taller as well.

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Not really. They all grow different. Your experience is typical tho. I had 1 polyp years ago. It took probably 6 months to split. After 2 years, I had about 40 heads.

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homer1475 · 07/02/2017, 04:43 PM

Mine started as 2 heads, little over 2 years now and it's just a little bigger then a softball.

Jixar243 · 07/02/2017, 06:27 PM

I started with 3 heads and I currently have 20+ heads on mine and about the size of a softball. I too thought they would grow with a trunk.

rajilnaja · 07/03/2017, 11:49 AM

Started with 4 heads, probably have 20-25 heads now. but like others its all coming from the one main stalk. 4 head frag was purchased 8 months ago.

07/02/2017, 02:38 PM	#1
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	Duncan coral growth? I bought a Duncan coral with 3 heads a few months ago. It has grown 3 more heads. The main trunk and the 3 original heads don't appear to have grown longer/higher at all. Is this normal? Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

07/02/2017, 02:42 PM	#2
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	totally normal/good 6 heads now vs 3 when you bought it.. __________________ Who me?

07/02/2017, 04:43 PM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Mine started as 2 heads, little over 2 years now and it's just a little bigger then a softball. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

07/02/2017, 03:15 PM	#3
reefling Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 153	Growth is exponential. It doesn't do much at first. Then heads start to split. Before you know it, you have a softball size colony in 12 to 24 months from just a couple heads. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

07/02/2017, 03:29 PM	#4
madweazl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NOVA Posts: 774	I went from a single to at least seven when I got rid of it last week. They multiply like rabbits.

07/02/2017, 03:51 PM	#5
WatDatThing Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 830	I thought the main trunk would grow taller as well. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

07/02/2017, 06:27 PM	#8
Jixar243 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 53	I started with 3 heads and I currently have 20+ heads on mine and about the size of a softball. I too thought they would grow with a trunk.

07/03/2017, 11:49 AM	#9
rajilnaja Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 119	Started with 4 heads, probably have 20-25 heads now. but like others its all coming from the one main stalk. 4 head frag was purchased 8 months ago.