Duncanopsammia Anyone?

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mihkaail

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Hi there again

Have any of you had any experience with this? it's a relatively cheap coral here in Australia at $2 per polyp. Btw, it's a LPS hard coral. i got about 4 heads in my tank and think they make great almost substitutes for elegance corals (too big for picos).

Any info would be great.
 
Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia

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Snatch it up if you can! Excellent choice and very hardy. Be sure to feed it occasionally iwth some fresh meaty seafood. Place it in a low flow area of the tank.
 
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mihkaail

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Thanks Sugar Mag

I got him already, fed one head some shrimp but another rejected it.

Seems really common here but i've never heard of it before. Comes in every week; about 6-8 pieces; most very large.
 
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Miss Reef Tank

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I also live in Australia, here is the info I have on the species:

Duncanopsamia axifuga

Duncanopsamia axifuga, Long branching corallites. Whisker Coral, Australia, PNG, Indonesia. Only rarely encountered in the wild or the pet-fish interest.

Very little is written about this species below are some of my observations.

My Experience:

I have had my duncan for 4 months, when purchased it had 3 heads it now has over 10. It was under low light (15watts) for 3 months until I recently upgraded to 72 watts. During the low-light period it continued to grow, so I would class it as a low light survivor, but it has really taken off in the past month.

It appears to feed on brine shrimp any invert filter food.

Other things I have noticed is from time to time it releases a brown slime from the 'mouth' of the coral, this is called 'zooxanthallae'. The zooxanthallae provide the coral with oxygen and some organic compounds they produce through photosynthesis. When stressed, coral expels its zooxanthallae. If you rectify any problems in your tank (water quality, lighting, current), the coral recovers just fine.
 

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