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Duncans have a stony branching base and medium thick tentacles in their large polyps, called heads.  They come in two styles: one with short branches and one with long branches.  Their polyps stay extended day and night.  Duncans are a hardy and easy to keep.

Feeding:  Duncan tentacles are sticky and will easily take meaty foods, such as brine shrimp—even when they are partly hiding.  They also like zooplankton and substitutes, which are more convenient to feed by pouring than target feeding meaty foods.  Like most photosynthetic corals, they can survive a vacation without feeding.

Lighting:  Duncans need moderate light and are adaptable to a wide range of lighting conditions.  Because they are good eaters, feeding can make up for lower lighting conditions.  Duncans will stretch to light if they are not getting enough.

Water Flow:  Duncans are adaptable to different types of water flow.  More will bring it more food but too much will irritate it and it won’t extend polyps fully. 

Placement:  Plant your duncan like a tree in your substrate—sandy is best—or glue it to a rock. 

Propagation: Duncans multiply by budding and branching.  It is easy to frag.  If you want your duncan to propagate, feed it daily.  The branch base of the coral is very hard and stony.  You might break them by you may need a saw.

  Cover Photo: A regular duncan with 20 heads.  

                   Above: You can see the ultra branching has elegant green, slender branches with small bright green (too bright for the camera) heads.   

      Above: The regular duncan has fatter shorter branches with large two color heads that hide the branches from view.