I finally got this guy out of my tank, and he lived through alot to come out in one piece! First I removed the rock he had claimed as a lair, then squirted fresh water into his hole. He didn't exit. Then I submursed the entire rock in fresh water, and swished it around for a few minutes. Nothing. So I got really scared that while pulling out his rock he had escaped to another one, and decided I needed to bash it to pieces. Using a hammer & chisel, I totally obliterated his rock finally finding him in the last small chunk, all curled up. He had been out of water for at least 10 minutes at this point, but he was alive & whole. Sorry about the yellowness in these shots, but here he is:
He had pulled a missing frag of 8 zoa polyps into his lair & there were only 2 left on the piece, I don't know if they'll recover. Another 5 polyp frag of blue zoas mysteriously disappeared about 2 weeks before I found this guy. Over the last year, all of my Ricordea have disappeared one by one. I couldn't figure out what was going on! I thought I was the world's worst Ricordea keeper...Needless to say, I do not think they make neat pets!
He had pulled a missing frag of 8 zoa polyps into his lair & there were only 2 left on the piece, I don't know if they'll recover. Another 5 polyp frag of blue zoas mysteriously disappeared about 2 weeks before I found this guy. Over the last year, all of my Ricordea have disappeared one by one. I couldn't figure out what was going on! I thought I was the world's worst Ricordea keeper...Needless to say, I do not think they make neat pets!