ric growth

[jwalker314]

I have two orange ricordia mushrooms that i have had for about a year now. They haven't multiplied at all. How long does it usually take for these mushrooms to reproduce? I have more than enough lighting on the tank so i dont think that is the issue. In the last month i've started spot feeding them mysis once a week. Any suggestions on getting these guys to multiply? thanks!

 

[03LightningSVT]

How much flow are they exposed to? Most like low to medium flow and light. They can be acclimated to high light locations, but too much constant flow irritates them.

Big five water parameters? Ca 400-450? Alk 9-10? Mag 1200-1300? Nitrate 0-20? Phos 0?
These are parameters I've had success with.

Any chance of posting a pic showing location in tank?

 

[rogersb]

I've got lots of rics in my tank and I would say the orange are the slowest to split. I have them in 4 or 5 areas of my tank and get the most splits where they are in direct light under my t-5's and are about 4 inches below an mp10 and 6 inches in front of it.

 

[jwalker314]

first picture is the ric on the right, upclose, second is placement in tank(pic is screwed up but u get the idea), third is left ric up close, fourth is placement in tank

 

[Lynnmw1208]

i'm with ya on this one! I have had my orange ricordia florida for 6 months now and It has gotten a little bigger...

from this

to this

 

[Sean16420]

I've had this rock for a couple of months and it has fragged off twice. There is one more tiny baby on the other side too.