Duncan Coral Care

Common Name: Duncans,

 

Latin Name: Duncanopsammia axifuga
Class: Anthozoa
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Origin: Australia
Category: LPS
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Lighting: Medium
Waterflow: Medium – High
Placement: Medium
Colors: Green, Light Brown, Purple
Growth Speed: Medium – Fast

 

Duncan Coral Overview

Duncans are very easy to keep and great corals for beginners. Healthy Duncans have fleshy heads and are usually open. They require medium light and medium flow but can tolerate higher flow. We recommend placing them on low lying rocks or middle shelf rock work. Although Duncans have tentacles, they do not extend out far from their base. They are considered peaceful and their tentacles do not sting. They will do well with other non-aggressive corals. Feeding is not necessary but feeding is highly recommended for better health and faster growth. Duncan can eat a tremendous amount of food and we feed our reef roids which can be purchased here. They will already appreciate any other meaty foods we use vitalis lps pellets.

 

Duncan Coral Colors

Duncan corals can be found with a few different color varieties. They often have a vibrant green skeleton as shown above. The tentacles can be green, blue or a mix of green blue as shown in the photo below.

Growth

These corals grow quickly and also branch. There is no other growth pattern other than branching duncan.

 

 

These corals make great candidates for small nano reef tanks or even pico reef tanks. You can see one doing very well and looking healthy here in our Reef Casa Pico 6 Gallon Reef Tank. You can find more information about this pico aquarium on the Reef Casa website.