Duncan Coral Care Tips

[@tidalgardens]

Thanks for watching the video. What are your thoughts on Duncan Corals?

[@Danzo285]

Thanks and love this series about corals

[@charlesh7021]

Tidal Gardens this is the best video i have seen on the duncan coral. I bought a one head duncan coral a few weeks ago. And do not know much about them. And have been feeding him about everyday small amount of food. I will cut the feeding back now. I really like the coral cause im new and is my only coral and i have cheap led lights. That came with my tank. I really need to upgrade the lights. Good lights just cost so much. Anyways thanks for your video i will subscribe to your channel. Keep up the great videos.

[@lpsreefer2502]

Ive had mine for 2 years there doing great too bad i dont know how to frag mines growing heads like crazy i feed every saturday

[@alexman5203]

While watching this, I can't not notice that copperband. What's your opinion on them? Min Tank size? Care? How reef safe are they?

[@mattbowers5342]

Duncans were the first coral I really felt like I had success and still one of my favorites. Mine have been in medium flow and medium light like you suggest.

[@TF-Times]

Duncans are among my favorite corals. Easy care, grow fast and look cool. I wish they came in more color variants.

[@zachary_smith1]

Why do your videos always look so clear and colors pop. Must be clean water good camera and healthy corals. Love ur vids

[@michelleirby7587]

Not only are these videos great their site is beautifully done and customer service is the best I’ve seen online

[@MikePetett]

Glad to see such a great, straightforward, no crap video on this. I've seen far too many people who buy Duncan's thinking they're strictly photosynthetic

[@NotSure876]

Like me? Lol I was wondering why mine weren’t growing and after i started feeding them they’re growing fast

[@captainover7479]

Got 2 of them in 2012 as my first two corals...One with 1 polyp, the other with 2 heads. 6 years later, they've been through everything with me - multiple tanks, dinos, crashes, etc, but they are going strong. Each bunch is well over 75-100 heads now and are each soft-ball sized - and have great motion. I've kept them at multiple PAR levels and multiple flows, and they don't really care - they are always extended and have a nice pink/purple polyp with a bright green base (and disk). Many people think they are anemones at first glance - especially considering my clowns love them, and lay eggs on their underside. Definitely recommended for an easy coral that has a great growth upside as well as good motion in the flow.

[@liamwelch3167]

Do you have to dose supplements at all?

[@Tjkruse9889]

Ya they are resilient as hell

[@afender3124]

I could listen to your voice and knowledge all day. I think I will!

[@timklieber3523]

Duncan’s are my favorite!! Thanks for all your awesome educational content!!!

[@LJsReef]

I'm an SPS guy all day, but hands down Duncans are my favorite! They've been my favorite since the first time I saw them and got my first single head that turned into around 30 when I got rid of that setup.

[@mrinsanitii]

Great spotlight on a magnificent Australian coral. Keep them videos coming!

[@Gro2healthheirlooms]

Thanks, now I'm addicted to Duncan corals as I now have 5 frags added to my reef tank. Thanks again and love your videos.

[@brandongordon2546]

I have about 20 corals and this one is my best grower by far! Very rewarding and affordable!

[@jaxteller8202]

Ive had a couple Duncans in my tank for about a year now. Bought them with two heads now one has 12 heads and the other 9. The one is positioned in the sand bed, while the other is higher up in the rock work. One of my favorite corals. Very easy to care for. Great video.

[@siggyincr7447]

The macro shots are great. But when you have access to a larger specimens, it would be nice to get a wider shot to see what the growth habit looks like on a larger coral.

[@austinbassin4420]

Just bought a small colony, very helpful tips! Thanks Thad

[@tidalgardens]

Great to hear!

[@bluerider0988]

Thanks, loving these descriptive videos.

[@hectorramos7532]

They are beautiful and easy to take care.

[@aquapucci]

Another amazing video Tan! Keep up the awesome work! Cheers from Brazil!

[@unclefreshreef4318]

Wow that was so ironic! I was just having the same problem feeding my acan pellet LPS food where my tang started attacking it for a free meal! This vid is spot on thank you. My Duncan’s are growing like crazy and I love watching their movement in the water. Very relaxing and pleasing to watch.

[@ericj1500]

Duncans and candy canes are like my kryptonite lol just never could keep them alive. Thanks for sharing friend.

[@praveenpulikutti]

I got one last year from tidal gardens and It’s the only coral that has grown noticeably since.. it gobbles anything i throw at it and a very happy coral..

[@ateshhastam]

The last part of this video was super helpful. My duncans love to eat, but like my corgi I guess they don't know when to stop. :) So I have to be the one that stops. Now my shrimp leave them alone. Cheers mate!

[@Purowalangkwenta]

I put my new duncan on the bottom of the tank where there is very little flow and it's just closed up all the time. i moved him to a higher flow and put him in the mid section of the tank and now he is fully opened up. thanks for this video!

[@raulmedina6223]

Quality man is on point! Love your videos

[@OtonildoLima]

very beautiful

[@jonathancollins9831]

You should create an operating system for smart phones... you could call it ThanOS

[@DeeFromBrooklyn]

Great information. I'm going to add another one to my smaller system. Gearing toward bringing out the reddish color.

[@W4RD1N8ER]

I have two head Duncan coral and it is one of my faves so far as it is fun to watch it will eat anything I feed it reef roids, brine shrimp and it does catch the odd pellet of food and will eat anything that lands on it. I love the colour of green it is right up there with my elegance coral. I would like to see it grow more polyps some day. I am new to the saltwater scene I am trying this coral and seems to be okay thus far I have zoa’s a toadstool and some other easier corals I like the Duncan coral a lot I might get a few more.

[@yoshimoto2600]

I love duncans. Flow is the most important thing about this coral. I had a big colony and the polyps with very little flow always dies. So i frag them alot.

[@AquaSplendor]

Those are nice Vending Machine hehe :P, i wish you had more variety in your video (branch/color), like always, super interesting !

[@jules2545]

Mine love the pulsing flow in my tank, their tentacles were short when I purchased the animal but now have stretched. I can sit there for hours watching them.

[@chrismoniz5898]

i don't know why i see two dislikes thane knows what he is toking about this gies knows his stuff and i see a dislike no way this has to be the KZbin bullshit you rock thane keep them coming i love what you do for this hobby

[@StokeKoiAdventures]

Great video. Just bought one

[@tinabloomfield7228]

I love my Duncan's!!!!

[@joshs_random_location]

Tina I'm thinking of starting with Duncan's. Being already from Australia I feel it's a good option.

[@PachecoAquarismo]

Otimo vídeo ❤

[@RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery]

Love this coral. How about similar to sun coral? Thanks for the vid.

[@robmarlett5078]

Love the branching form with the long stems that look like trees. Is there a way to select for that form?

[@1luis4wero]

My favorite coral.

[@Blanchardtyler1]

Not sure if you read comments. But I’m having great success with all my Corals including SPS, euphyllia, and more. I’m not sure why but it closed up one day and hasn’t opened back up. I don’t think it’s dead because it’s still bright green however I’m not sure. What do you think the problem is

[@dbean2321]

Thank you!

[@basheerakhan3652]

Mashaallah

[@briandippel6829]

Just picked up a 14 headed duncan as my first coral today. This makes me feel less nervous having watched this.

[@hildawgsoldtimetastytampon2042]

they're bullet proof mate, survived all my bullshit noob mistakes.i got a 30 header with my setup, turned into 60 plus heads, was about to frag it and i dropped it, now i have 5 seperate colonies growing like friggin mad, breakage didnt even faze it

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Nice video! I have my Duncan's for almost a year. 4 heads. Doing good but never growing an new head. Is this normal? Dous it take that long? Greats

[@smsch1]

K-reef Aquarium hobby I have my one head also around one year. And It just start forming new head. So I think its normal.

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

smsch1 ok Thank yoy

[@trizzledog]

Mine had one large head and two tiny heads for the first year...Now at year two, I'm looking at over two dozen heads

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

Troy Cromwell oh Nice !!!

[@tinabloomfield7228]

K-reef Aquarium hobby I went from 5 heads to 15 in a couple of months.

[@poorwhiteman6634]

My duncans flouress an insane amount! They glow a bright green with a lighter green ring in the center

[@totallynothuman6530]

i have seen so many articles say duncans grow super fast. i had a colony of 9 heads for 4 months and only a baby polyp has grown slightly. my duncan hates high flow and likes low flow. thats why its in the middle of my mushroom corals

[@kamilawright5665]

Hi! I want to get one but I’m no sure where to place it.I know u gave some recommendations but still unsure because the places that doesn’t have enough light doesn’t have enough flow and u said they like flow. I have an Elegance and is no doing well I got it 3 week ago it try to open still closed.I putted between 2 Rocks but still 🤷‍♀️ I turned down the lights too a bit they were at 40% now at 25% I have Ecotech G5’s so the rest of my corals are fine just that one. So if an Elegance is no doing well probably this one either?

[@ricosaquariums7992]

👊👍

[@motoxposse]

Do you notice differences in the tentacles length between the different types such as in your video the more branching type seem to have longer tentacles than the more closely bunched up heads of the less branching ? Or is this simply lighting or flow related?

[@tidalgardens]

Think flow has much more to do with it

[@brodyballew925]

Great video on them I will say I’ve never heard them called whisker corals 😂

[@Sam.osborne__]

My tank went through a bad week where nitrates were 100ppm but the Duncan's (and all my corals) we're happy, guess there are different species or I was just lucky

[@bushydray]

I have two duncan colonies that have been closed up for over a year now, in that time I have multiple ICP tests and all params are good. I have them in medium flow and medium light, and have tried variations of both. they dont show any signs of receding ....they just never open. any suggestions?

[@sarahallen8739]

my duncan's tentacles are kind of longer and wiry. any tips on how to make them smooth/stubby?

[@mariharutunian6987]

Your mic seems different/ less smooth than it usually is. Have a cold?

[@candykanefpv]

i think it's just the sound mixing.

[@Calivapethebay]

I had one of these. From 3 heads it grew to 11 in 6 months.

[@tidalgardens]

They are fast growers. Congrats!

[@jamesallbright3170]

You said low light (30par) - much higher light (? Par) what par light would you day is the high end max?

[@thegrimreefer6744]

Does anyone know where I can purchase a duncan similar to the one at 1:35

[@KlimovArtem1]

1:24 - so, mine grows like the one on the left and in the local stores I see them growing like the one on the right. I was puzzled and thinking I'm doing something wrong, like, too much light or current or food. Don't know... I just wanted to see the long green branches and now I don't see the trunk at all, because all the heads are covering it. So, it's just a genetic?

[@sampelnick4530]

Artem Klimov there are two different types of Duncan. Some branch out like the right and some grow closer together but grow faster and more heads. As far as I know you can’t change it

[@jonathanbissell8282]

Hi, I hope someone is still monitoring this... I noticed that the main Duncan in the video is missing some of its tissue and some skeleton is normal/healthy. I have one that is doing the same thing... also, will the tissue grow back?

[@timjohnson3913]

Your website says “Lower water movement is recommended” and here you say medium to high flow. Please help!

[@domanater480]

mines on a plug tile thing, do i remove it from it? how else can i place it on my live rock

[@cowboyjoe2005]

How much is quite a lot of credit?

[@roni3425]

I was always wondering why my cleanershrimp is bothering my zoanthids like he's playing the steeldrums with them. Now i know.........

[@hincapiej4]

I feed my coral liquid oysters. Nothing to grab!

[@michelleirby7587]

I received a shipment of coral from these guys a few days ago they were very cleverly packaged larger than I would have expected for the price I paid beautiful high-quality specimens all of them are healthy have excellent polyp extension and our beautiful additions to my tank I hope to grow and propagate them and share the beautiful colored coral with others I bought a Dunkin a pink tip frog Spohn a Kenya tree and my sons favorite and most brilliantly orange Green Based laptastria

[@PaulGarwood]

Something strange has a happened to my Duncans coral, the other morning I noticed a large bubble like blister on top of it and today it has disappeared and the Duncan has shrivelled to almost nothing, please what has happened? 🤔

[@noahlautner2321]

Paul Garwood salt burn?

[@forevercoke22]

That’s funny because my lfs has them listed as whisker corals. Lol

[@allenmcswain5151]

It looks like a really big zooanthaid

[@vanhalenman60]

i fragged my duncans and just threw the left over skeleton in my tank and all the white parts started growing densely packed tiny heads, i mean like 30 heads on a square inch piece. has anyone else ever seen this? im curious how its going to fill out.

[@harry4965]

Hi I have seen long tentacle and short tentacle. Can anybody explain the difference ?

[@t.regnerus301]

I can attest to the fact that Duncan coral needs higher flow than you think it needs.

[@higdgy7489]

My Duncan tipped over and got sand in its mouth and now it has its mouth open, how do I get the sand out

[@higdgy7489]

This video is very useful, I always kept mine in no flow but it still thrives, bought with 2 heads and in 5 months it not has 11

[@tidalgardens]

It should be able to expel it by itself.

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Dosing calcium acetate causes these guys to branch like crazy

[@trassl3celick304]

They kinda look like truffula trees

[@mynameisnotcory]

Theyre strangely expensive at most shops i go to...charging 15-30 per head

[@Surefire67]

My local store sells single heads for $20, 2 heads for $30 & 4 heads for $40 so I guess an average of $15 a head.

[@lucasbaluyut5746]

my local shop u can get 4 heads for $15

[@THunt-ss4hy]

Look like giant zoas

[@Sec_coach]

Interesting corals not very common as euphylia

[@evangangle3192]

First

[@PokePackFire]

mines just melted.

[@Sam.osborne__]

My tank went through a bad week where nitrates were 100ppm but the Duncan's (and all my corals) we're happy, guess there are different species or I was just lucky