Are You Ricordea Dominated?

[phathead]

Just checking to see if there are any other reefs out there that are all Florida Ricordea or Yuma Dominated.

I run a 75g Florida Ricordea Reef Tank (There are 2 clams and some GSP) that make it not complete Ric tank. Lets see some pics I would post mine but I just did in the (ITS GETTING THERE Thread).

 

[mskurdah]

My little Nano 20" cube is about 1/2 Ricordea. 40+ and counting. I'm considering removing the montis and zoas and being only ricordea + clams....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27868652@N08/2594437984/" title="sideviewjune by matt041566, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2594437984_f8b501017e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="sideviewjune" /></a>

 

[Flavum]

hey mskurdah nice tank cant go wrong with the midas blenny one of my all time fav. fishys

 

[mskurdah]

Thanks! I think Midas Blen. are the 'perfect' fish -- nice color, great personalities, non-trouble makers.

 

[PJD]

Nice color variations. Are you gonna include any Yumas? or is it gonna just be Caribbean rics? Either way, sweet tank.
I wanna set up a 120 or so with nothing but acans, rics, and rare zoas someday.... Hey, a guy can dream can't he?

 

[lisajulia]

How lovely! I have a 72gl bowfront and it's been up for about 6 years..i don't have a heck of a lot of 'stuff' in there..i guess i just build slowly lol! I love the color variety you can get with the rics...just beautiful...i am trying to find someone local who would supply frags. I have some hairy green mushrooms that are huge and keep splitting...i love them but wouldn't mind some other colors!

 

[mskurdah]

Thanks!

I tried a lime-green Yuma once and it mysteriously didn't make it. The FLs, on the other hand, seem bullet-proof. Still...it's hard to resist those flourescent yumas.

 

[phathead]

Here is my main tank as of this weekend. More on the way though!!!

 

[JMCAquarium]

Dam fine looking shroom tank Phathead
the oranges have really nice texture to them

 

[jkdsr78]

Those are beautiful ricordea tanks!

 

[DallasNYC]

Great looking pics guys, can you share what type of lighting, supplements, etc you are using?

 

[phathead]

75Gallon Tank
2 175 Watt MH on for 12 hours
I use C-Balance Two Part Calcium and Alkalinity
I also feed brine shrimp to the fish and reef chili to the rics (they seem to like it)

 

[drawman]

Very nice tanks, I am jealous...

 

[Elorian]

Where are you guys getting your rics? I was thinking of ordering one of the ric multipacs from Liveaquaria, but am a little edgy about dropping that much change without seeing the colors first.

Thanks!

 

[phathead]

I was just at there Faciltiy for there Yearly frag swap I personally seen the Ric tank they have some nice ones alittle expensive though. I wouldm also try ebay some of the sellers on there are really good people. I get most of mine from a buddy in Florida. I started out getting them from Ebay.

 

[JMCAquarium]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13101016#post13101016 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phathead
I was just at there Faciltiy for there Yearly frag swap I personally seen the Ric tank they have some nice ones alittle expensive though.

Oh you don't say !! Well if you go next year you'll have to let me know man I've gone the past two years and expect to go agian next year. We'll meet up talk reef geek stuff.

 

[phathead]

sounds good

 

[Nano Chris]

Wow, i need to get a ric collection going, right now i only have one.

 

[b0bby1]

used to have about 90 of them, covered entire substrate of my tank it was sick. but i am now down to about 30, i let my tank go during baseball season and lost a ton of great corals. heres some pics of wut it was...

my favorite, red wines. at one time had it to 5 polyps, started wit 1

and heres some of my rics, i dont have a fts of the bottom though.

 

[happyclam]

I bump for more pics! Do you think I could have a successful ric tank with just 4 96w PC's?