Duncan Despair

[plind851]

I recently moved my Duncan coral to a brighter spot in the tank as it was more easily viewable and I thought the flow would be better suited for it. After doing this the next day the heads had seemed to be "melting/sloshing" off and the parameters are completely normal. I now moved it to the bottom of the tank on some rockwork near the sandbed and it seems to be "sloshing" less. Was this from the light? What are some tips to prevent the heads from coming off again when (hopefully) it recovers. Thanks guys!

 

[Lavey29]

That looks like BJD which is common in duncans and bad for the tank.

 

[plind851]

That looks like BJD which is common in duncans and bad for the tank.

not familiar with BJD can you sum it up for me ?

 

[exnisstech]

I can't tell a lot from the photos but mine don't like to me moved. Often moving a coral to a different locations is reset and it can take them a while to adjust.

 

[Lavey29]

not familiar with BJD can you sum it up for me ?

Google brown jelly disease in a reef tank and see if it resembles what I see in that dead head

 

[DanyL]

My experience with Duncans is that they can thrive in any lighting above 100 PAR, up to and likely even more than 600 PAR.
I also never had a problem moving it from place to place.

They don’t like high flow though, so it may be the reason why it reacted badly to its new location.

BJD can be caused due to more than a few reasons, usually due to physical injury, so it could as easily just be a coincidence that it happened in the new location.

 

[liddojunior]

I would do a h2o2 dip to clean off the surface of bacteria. And only move when pumps are off
That’s bacteria infection

Edit: Duncan’s are super super hardy. But commonly imported so new imports could struggle. But have them being stung like hell by my elegance and they just kinda grow in the other way and don’t get bjd so most likely came with the bacteria and it was opportunistic when you moved