Duncan(opsammia axifuga)

[marrone]

It's common for RMW to discount stuff that isn't selling. You can pickup some good deals but the real question is what kind a shape the corals are in. They frag the **** out of things.

 

[DevIouS]

I understand that...I'm just following up on your comment on why the Duncans were going so cheap.

 

[marrone]

Sheet ,my 13 head colony just went from $1300 big one to ,,$325 :irked:

Ban that site :lol2:

They're still selling for a good price on ebay, but the sky is starting to fall on them. Just think you can sell them now, for a nice profit, and buy them back later for cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=110076437016&rd=1&rd=1

 

[House of Laughter]

Fat pigs!

House

 

[DevIouS]

Here is a pic on RC comparing the difference in Duncan purchases of RMW & ORA.
Pretty much $25 a head for babies.....so that explains the price drop.

Still a decent price I guess, as they are pretty fast growers but I would have been upset.

 

[Deanos]

That's just wrong :grumpy:

RMV has a bad reputation for that sort of activity. I remember reading tons of complaints about a dendro group buy they did awhile back.

 

[jhale]

they do grow fast, those little ones still should have been sold for full price

 

[Craig]

6 heads for the price of 1

 

[ellebelle]

Aaron, they are the same. Lighting, flow and environment seem to be the only differences to me.

Randy, I am not so sure. I think there are actually at least two populational variants. I have the one the has shorter tentacles and appears more yellow. Eric had it under his 10K MH with way more flow and it looks pretty much the same as under my PC lighting with less flow. The tentacles expand maybe a little more than they did in Eric's tank, but certainly nothing like the longer tentacles of the Julian Sprung american domesticated variety. The tentacles don't even look the same - the one that you (and Jhale and Ronen and everyone) has thinner, longer tentacles of a greenish/purple variety (depending on the light). Mine has shorter, fatter tentacles of a yellow-y green color (depending on the light).

If someone wants to give up a head of the domesticated american duncan for me, I'll put it in my tank and take some pictures of them side by side. I'll even give the head back to you!

Randy Duncan

Lissa Duncan

There is a definite difference in the length and shape of the tentacles. If we saw these kind of differences in two monkeys, we'd call them different species!! (we may be wrong, but we'd do it. )

 

[jhale]

if my clown fish says it's ok I can frag my colony, it's getting close to some sps.

I have not seen it sting the sps, which it seems it could if it wanted to, interesting.

 

[prattreef]

Lissa my colony doesn't look like either of those pics colorwise , and polyp wise, my colony can look radically different from moment to moment.

 

[ellebelle]

the first photo IS your colony. The tank in the back always comes out super red in all of my photos.

 

[NYreefNoob]

duncans

how about these, not f\s but these look different also

 

[aaron23]

my colony seems totally different randy, the polyps dont extend as far as j's does (like 5 inches or something ... mine only goes like a few centimeters... :bigeyes2:

J i sent you pm!!!

 

[ellebelle]

Rick, the tentacles on these look like the ones on mine, though the color is different.

If jon is willing to give up one head of his, I'll take photos of mine and his side by side and we can put this to rest!

 

[DevIouS]

Here's your frag under normal lighting:

 

[DevIouS]

Tank parameters, flow, etc....does make a difference.

Everybody that has the "Randy strain" & I have seen in person, looks different.

Can't go by photos posted here. Camera settings & tank lighting will make them appear what they are really not.