Duncan coral placement

[blazedbeef]

I got my first Duncan yesterday, and it’s bigger than I expected. Could anyone could give me suggestions on where I should mount this guy in my tank. I’d like to give it some space for it to grow out, but that might be hard in my nano tank. Right now it’s getting a lot of flow in the sand bed, but it’s still opening up nice. I’ll appreciate anyone’s input.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Off the sandbed as sand can irritate them. Mid tank under moderate light and water flow is best and feed mysis shrimp 2-3x per week

 

[Bribo12]

I've kept duncans on the sandbed in the past and they do great. had one go from 2 heads to over 50 in 2 years on the sandbed. However, you can move it up maybe between the torch and frogspawn? Mine is in moderate light now and gets pretty blasted with flow but doesn't seem to mind it. Looks good though, nice new little heads coming in on the side.

 

[Dkmoo]

I'd keep them here - see pic, purple circle. Looks like it'll get the return current from your power head so shouldn't be too strong. And light intensity should be OK if that torch is doing fine at the event higher spot.

Also it adds a bit symmetry vs the candy cane (or hammer?) you have on the other side.

I would keep it off the sand. The sand irritation aside, IME, the sandbed is "premium real estate" bc there are corals that "must" be put on the sand, like fungia plates. My sandbed is always too crowded bc of this. Anything I can mount on the rock I always do.

EdIT: mount it side ways, it should have plenty room to grow out, and the zoas under it shouldn't be concerned with blocking light since they can do well in lower light

 

[flashsmith]

I've got several of them in 3 different tanks and they are all over place. High to low and they all do well. I don't think there's a wrong answer when it comes to Duncan's.

 

[LeftyReefer]

Duncans grow FAST. I bought a small one that had like 5 heads and within a year, it had over 35 heads and is now the largest coral in my tank. Luckily, they are super hardy and frag well, so you can keep it under control if necessary.

Mine is mounted on top of its own small rock island, where it has ample room to grow/stretch.