How often to feed Duncan

[Benji k]

I recently got a duncan coral he’s looking good i fed him today for the first time but how often should I feed him and is ther a way to tell if ther hungry or do you just have to guess
Thanks

 

[ckuhny3]

I feed mine never . In 3 months . 9 new heads. They will grow no matter what you do.

 

[ckuhny3]

But in general once or twice a week for corals that feed . They need a chance to expel waste in between eating

 

[Benji k]

I feed mine never . In 3 months . 9 new heads. They will grow no matter what you do.

Do you have a picture of yours mine was really big and his tentacles looked thicker and now he looks skinnier I’ll show a pick of before and after

 

[ckuhny3]

Yours look great. You’ll notice some days it doesn’t look so good. It’s using energy for the new heads to pop out more and it will be fine the next day. Beautiful fast growing corals

 

[Benji k]

Yours look great. You’ll notice some days it doesn’t look so good. It’s using energy for the new heads to pop out more and it will be fine the next day. Beautiful fast growing corals

That’s great to hear thank you for the advice do you think ther will be more heads soon

 

[ckuhny3]

That’s great to hear thank you for the advice do you think ther will be more heads soon

You will see them start to grow out just under the base of the existing head. Should be easy to spot . Patience . This is the fun part!

 

[kevgib67]

I have the non branching type, picture cutting a baseball in half and setting the flat side down. That’s the skeleton. I haven’t figured out how to frag it and because of all the new heads I stopped feeding over a year and a half ago. They do have great feeding responses but man do they grow.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

But in general once or twice a week for corals that feed . They need a chance to expel waste in between eating

Mine expells waste the night after feeding. It dosent keep it down long and just returns a pellet of partially-digested mysis. A little annoying especially because corals like favia and platygyra don't spit out same size pieces and they are much smaller

 

[Benji k]

I have the non branching type, picture cutting a baseball in half and setting the flat side down. That’s the skeleton. I haven’t figured out how to frag it and because of all the new heads I stopped feeding over a year and a half ago. They do have great feeding responses but man do they grow.

Yeah I just picked any Duncan I fed him yesterday and it was really cool when he closes uo on the shrimp and eats it I hope mine grows fast.

 

[kevgib67]

Yeah I just picked any Duncan I fed him yesterday and it was really cool when he closes uo on the shrimp and eats it I hope mine grows fast.

Ya , feed a couple times a week and it will grow like a weed. A great coral.

 

[NeedAReef]

I feed mine never . In 3 months . 9 new heads. They will grow no matter what you do.

ditto, though I do feed reef stew to the tank at least once a month with no flow so I am sure it gets some then.

 

[Benji k]

Ya , feed a couple times a week and it will grow like a weed. A great coral.

Do you ever see your duncan somtimes randomly close and then open backup through out the day that’s what mine somtimes does I’m not sure why

 

[ScottJ]

Do you ever see your duncan somtimes randomly close and then open backup through out the day that’s what mine somtimes does I’m not sure why

I think that's when it catches something to eat, that's what it does. It's the same when you feed it. You just didn't see what it got, all you saw it do was close up.

 

[kevgib67]

Do you ever see your duncan somtimes randomly close and then open backup through out the day that’s what mine somtimes does I’m not sure why

I have noticed that, but it is more common to close for a day or two. As mentioned above, I think it is during growing new heads. Mine currently has 31.

 

[Benji k]

I have noticed that, but it is more common to close for a day or two. As mentioned above, I think it is during growing new heads. Mine currently has 31.

Ok I’ll feed it again in a couple of days and see how it’s going mine has 4 heads I’m pretty sure yours has lots

 

[Benji k]

I think that's when it catches something to eat, that's what it does. It's the same when you feed it. You just didn't see what it got, all you saw it do was close up.

Yah that’s possibly it but I have no fish in the tank which I need to get soon and I’m not sure what It could’ve caught because I’m never putting food in the water other then when I’m spot feeding it.

 

[ScottJ]

Yah that’s possibly it but I have no fish in the tank which I need to get soon and I’m not sure what It could’ve caught because I’m never putting food in the water other then when I’m spot feeding it.

Pods?

 

[reefer4speed]

i used to feed once a week but as your tank establishes i stopped feeding my coral

 

[Benji k]

i used to feed once a week but as your tank establishes i stopped feeding my coral

My tank isn’t fully established yet and dosent have the most nutrients should I spot feed more often