Duncan Coral Dead?
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Topic: Duncan Coral Dead?
Posted By: bur01014
Subject: Duncan Coral Dead?
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 5:56pm
Just got this frag of duncan coral (1 head) on saturday....I removed it from the tile and while doing so it retracted completely....maybe I hurt it? (noob at this stuff) Anyways, I glued it to a rock and it hasn't opening even the slightest.....look the at the picture, is it a gone? I don't have much experience with what a dead coral even looks like.....advice from here if it is still alive? Thanks....
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Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 5:57pm
| btw, all my other corals have opened after acclimating them within a couple hours...... |
Posted By: jmorrell
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 5:58pm
| On a duncan coral you can usually see a mouth even when closed up, if it is bare skeleton, then it is gone. |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 6:24pm
| ah that sucks....guess its gone... |
Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 6:36pm
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When I get frags I leave them on the frag plug for a couple of days so I don't add stress!
Patience is a virtue ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
Posted By: ljbs
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 7:47pm
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Don't take the Duncan out just yet. When I bought mine it took several days to come out. Who knows you might just get lucky
------------- Linda Spencer West Jordan From My little corner of the sea |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 8:18pm
| Really? So how long should I wait? Won't a decaying coral harm my water? |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 8:22pm
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Its only a single head of Duncan, there really isn;t that much there to foul up your water.
I'd leave it in, and try taking a look at it in the middle of the night when the lights are off.
It could just be getting acclimated to your lighting. See if you see any signs of life in the dark... ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 8:39pm
| okay, I will keep it in a little longer then |
Posted By: jaschall
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 8:42pm
A few months ago I picked a 5 heads of duncan's. The first week they looked really good and then some how I killed them. Im still  , , and  about the whole thing. I hope this one opens for you.
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Posted By: kellerexpress
Date Posted: April 12 2010 at 9:54pm
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i havent had very good luck with duncans either, the 5 head frag i got a couple months ago is slowly dying, showing more and more bare skeleton from the ground up, almost like STN on sps. I only have 2 living heads left. everything else is thriving. ------------- IM 30L Kessil A160we x2 |