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#1
08-07-2012, 09:19 PM
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I have a duncan that is doing very poorly: every time I put it back in my display tank it closes up and loses heads. I think I've finally figured out why: magnesium. It seems to have a very tight window of tolerance for it. Fussy, fussy! It is happy at around 1350.
What is your alk at? 
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08-07-2012, 09:28 PM
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8.6, and rock steady. My Ca has been weird the last week or so, but everything else has been spot on for months.
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08-08-2012, 01:31 PM
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Last I checked (about a week ago) it was 0.06 with a Hanna checker. I checked in on the Duncan's this morning and they are peeking out of their holes a bit. I think the clowns in the cube were pestering them too much so they wouldn't come out. Not sure what's up with those two (the clowns). Maybe they didn't like going from my friends 90Gal to the cube...
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08-08-2012, 03:28 PM
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mine prefers to live off the sandbed and half way up
they need a bit of flow are prone to brown jelly if they are face down in the sand too long (naughty clown) i give mine a gentle shake try to get it in the rock and move the clowns home a bit as a distraction it should help let the duncan settle in good luck i love them 
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08-13-2012, 02:37 PM
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Well since I moved them into my main display this is what they look like:
 I guess it was just those pesky clowns 
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#8
08-15-2012, 01:26 AM
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I have my mag at 1500 right now and all my duncans are doing great. Maybe it is something else? The only time I have seen a duncan died was in a tank with a lot of nitrates. I actually thought they were nearly undestructible before as they are very resistant.
One of mine is nearly 3 year old and has grown too many heads too many times. They do need lights and they do need food. Mine really swell large when the MH is on. Once I had one did the brown jelly and cought it in time. I took it out of the water and put peroxyde right on the affected area and it healed in 2 days. Quote:
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