Ahhhhh..... A place for a Ricordea Junkie!

[chopper320]

Those look great Carolina! So how do I go about getting one from you?

 

[NewJack]

show piece

show piece

Just got a close-up pic. of my favorite piece in my tank. Hope this works..
<img src=http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL52/1065987/1999743/23954538.jpg>

Shot of whole rock. hope you all ENJOY!

<img src=http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL52/1065987/1999743/23954504.jpg>

 

[Azurel]

Pink yumas

Pink yumas

Those are very nice!!!!

 

[Azurel]

Newjack

Newjack

So are yours Newjack

 

[Jovanam]

ok I gotta add my fav. piece, the picture is a little blue so you cant see the true beauty but I dont have my camra to redo it now. it's really a nice peach ricorida not pink not orange.

 

[carolina98]

Thanks for kudos, Azurel.

NewJack, your Ricordea Florida is simply beautiful. I just love the macro shots of Ricordea.

Jovanam, is that a Yuma behind (in front of?) your pretty peach piece?

 

[bsempel]

neon not attaching

neon not attaching

I have a neon green ricordia and can't seem to get it to attach.. I've tryed to put it in a bowl with gravel and it seemed to jump out.. I'm not sure how much pressure to put on it if I try the X with thread.. any suggestions??? got 2 of these that were attached to a clam and 2 have jumped ship and seemed to dissapear in the tank. Don't want to lose this one.. Thanks

 

[Azurel]

Thread

Thread

Make it so it's tight but not so tight that it starts to cut into the tissue and then place it in a section of the tank where the current won't wiggle it around and slip out.

 

[Mariner]

Minimum Lighting

Minimum Lighting

These pics are truly beautiful. Any chance of keeping ricordia successfully in a 75 gal. with four 40 watt flourescents (2 daylight, 1 actinic, 1 50/50)? Are there species/colors that fare better than others in in low light?
I'm a newbie, so be gentle!
thanks,
Mariner

 

[Azurel]

Ric lighting

Ric lighting

They are one of a few mushrooms that like bright intense light, and a little water flow. With your set up you would have to IMO put them in the top 1/3 of the tank close to the lighting Although that is not the rule always. Then if you up grade your lighting in the future you can move them down.
They are some of the prettiest mushrooms around I don't blame you for wanting them.
Good luck,
Jim

 

[acroporas]

I personally collected my ricordea in Florida 3 years ago. I found the green ones in 20 ft of water, and the orange ones in 60 ft of water, I assumed that this was because the orange ones didn't like as much light. Is this true? I found several green colonies in shallow water but only the orange ones once in deep water. I did not have an aquarium with me, when I collected them, so I kept them in a 5 gallon bucket. The only problem was that I found them on the first week of a 4 week vacation. By the time I got home, to Indiana, all of them were white when the colours restored the green ones were green, but the orange ones never returned to the bright orange colour they were when I collected them. I have them under VHO. I plan to replace the lights with 250 MH in a few weeks. Might my orange ones return to their previous neon-orange, or has it been too long.

 

[Newreeflady]

Oh, and the most rapid multiplication comes from my razor blade.

Good lighting and water quality, and occasional brine/ mysis feedings will help them thrive and reproduce.

Do you just chop them in half? Or wait for them to start folding like they want to split, then cut them?

Also, I tried feeding mysis, but they don't close up or anything... do they just eventually absorb some? How do you keep the hermits away!!?

thx!
Angela.

 

[Palmetto]

Do you just chop them in half? Or wait for them to start folding like they want to split, then cut them?

Also, I tried feeding mysis, but they don't close up or anything... do they just eventually absorb some? How do you keep the hermits away!!?

thx!
Angela.

I slice them off the stem, then cut them in half. Or, I wait until they form two mouths and slice between them. When slicing off the stem, the stem becomes a new Ric.

They will not always respond to being fed. They also do not close up like a drawstring most of the time like the big fuzzy mushrooms- they sorta use the tentacles to pass the food to the mouth and curl slightly in to get it.



Darren Walker

 

[Palmetto]

Acroporas, those are very cool!

I would love to go collecting sometime. I have not noticed any difference in lighting preference of the various colors- but I do find it interesting that the Oranges were only deeper.

I have found that they can radically change in coloration once they adapt to their new environment, and it is hard to tell what color they will end up! I doubt you will see them return to the wild color though- if it has been 3 years.

Brighter lighting may deepen the coloration sometimes, or at least I have found that 250-watt halides make them really blossom! (they look great under Radium 250s!)

Darren Walker

 

[Newreeflady]

Thanks, Palmetto! I'm gonna try it heheh I love slicing :hammer:

Angela.

 

[Palmetto]

A few new pics...

A few new pics...

Darren Walker

 

[dc]

*sigh* Total envy.

 

[Doe5ia14]

Finally got some pics

 

[Azurel]

those are very nic pic's and rics...

 

[sjediets]

a couple of mine