Duncan growth...?

grabbitt

grabbitt

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I'm impatiently curious to know about the growth rate of them. I bought one head this weekend and I have been power-feeding it to promote growth and I intend to keep doing so. Does anyone have any growth pics they can post with a timestamp or at least some sort of recall on their own personal experience? Thanks!
 
groupergenius

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I have 2 different types in 1 of my tanks. The long tentacle and the short tentacle. The long one has grown 15+ heads in 2 months and the short has grown 2.
 
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sexyshrimp101

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I have 2 different types of Duncans, an Aussie Duncan and a Whisker Duncan (not sure if those are the proper names, but that was what they were called when I bought one from a decent store, and one from a private seller.) The Aussie has grown about 6 heads since I'm thinking January, and the Whisker has grown about the same since January as well, and neither of them get fed all that often.
 
grabbitt

grabbitt

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Originally Posted by Angler man
http:///forum/post/2566126
Did you score the Wild Orchard Duncan?
No, but I was very tempted to do so... I saw them in another place selling for $18 per head, but the smallest frag I could find was 4 heads and I had my eye on too much other stuff to do it, lol.
 
grabbitt

grabbitt

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Originally Posted by GrouperGenius
http:///forum/post/2566208
I have 2 different types in 1 of my tanks. The long tentacle and the short tentacle. The long one has grown 15+ heads in 2 months and the short has grown 2.
GrouperGenius, what color are the stalks on both of these? Do you have any pics of them so I can compare them to what I have?
 
grabbitt

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Wow! Those both look awesome! I can't quite tell, but are the stalks of the long tentacles in the second pic green or white?
 
ccfl

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Got mine about 5 weeks ago with 2 heads and it started budding 3 new heads a few weeks ago but I cant get good picture of the new heads but here is a picture of my Duncan.
 
grabbitt

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Here are a couple pics of the duncan I have... You can see a couple heads beginning to sprout from the side. I can already notice more development since I bought it (which was two days ago!!). It appears a third has even popped up since then

Note the three little guys poppin up on the side...
 
grabbitt

grabbitt

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Does anyone have some pics of more exotic-looking duncans? I'm thinking these are good grounds to start a collection... I know of a couple sites that sell some really nice ones, but I might as well begin getting a scale of just how far this collection may go.
And thank you for everyone's responses and help thus far
 
digitydash

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Spiderwomen let me know how they turn out.I will be buying some soon.

By the way feed the duncan meaty foods they will grow alot better then powder foods
I bought mine from coraljunky with 3 heads mine has 20 now
I think I bought them in september last year.
 
angler man

angler man

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Originally Posted by digitydash
http:///forum/post/2567034
Spiderwomen let me know how they turn out.I will be buying some soon.

By the way feed the duncan meaty foods they will grow alot better then powder foods
I bought mine from coraljunky with 3 heads mine has 20 now
I think I bought them in september last year.

Will the new heads grow the large stalks as well?
 
digitydash

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They keep sprouting out as long as their geting fed good.I am sure they do once they are mature enough.My babys are only the size of dimes and the mother colony heads are the size of a $.50 piece.What they loook like now is the stalks expand up then the next baby batch come in under them so far.
 
spiderwoman

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Originally Posted by digitydash
http:///forum/post/2567034
Spiderwomen let me know how they turn out.I will be buying some soon.

By the way feed the duncan meaty foods they will grow alot better then powder foods
I bought mine from coraljunky with 3 heads mine has 20 now
I think I bought them in september last year.
I'll let you know :) You do know where I bought it, right?
That's good to know about the food. I just started feeding mine with powder and will make sure he gets some from tonights feeding of real meaty food.
 
digitydash

digitydash

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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2567144
I'll let you know :) You do know where I bought it, right?
That's good to know about the food. I just started feeding mine with powder and will make sure he gets some from tonights feeding of real meaty food.
Yea I think I know where you got them
 
grabbitt

grabbitt

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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2567144
I'll let you know :) You do know where I bought it, right?
That's good to know about the food. I just started feeding mine with powder and will make sure he gets some from tonights feeding of real meaty food.
I'm feeding mine mysis and bits of krill every night... It actually shows a difference from day to day. Incredible growth rate! Give it a shot
 
groupergenius

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Originally Posted by SpiderWoman
http:///forum/post/2567144
I'll let you know :) You do know where I bought it, right?
That's good to know about the food. I just started feeding mine with powder and will make sure he gets some from tonights feeding of real meaty food.
My duncan colony that is growing the fastest was being hosted by a Clarkki Clown. The clown would grab krill off a feeding stick as I try to feed my Fuzzy Dwarf, then feed it to the duncans.
 
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