How to grow ricordia faster?

[Angel*Fish]

I've bought several 1-2 polyp ricordia frags & would like to know what optimal conditions are to grow them out as fast as possible.

Any info on what's best to feed them, etc. would be apperciated.

What do they eat?

 

[Holyreefer]

I know iodine helps with growth rates for mushrooms.
Not sure of how much to add as with anything regarding your reef i'd say to read more on it

 

[bluenassarius]

You can drop some food right on the mouth area. It will close up and feed. This helped my ricordia double in size in 2 weeks.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Thanks Holyreefer - Sorry for the late reply but for some reason I missed your post - I'll read up on iodine - I'm really ignorant when it comes to minerals

bluenassarius - Thanks, I tried it and they ate. I never fed them directly because I thought they'd be like shrooms - I'm expecting some growth now

What do you feed yours? I just gave mine some phytoenriched brine shrimp, which is what I happened to be feeding the tank yesterday

 

[bluenassarius]

i've fed them frozen mysis shrimps. they would close up for a hour or so after eating and balloon. i've seen tremendous growth from it. the orange ric eats half a cube of frozen mysis.