Ricodera loof awful... Pic Enclosed....

[DarthSimon]

What do you guys think? One of them is melting away, and another looks to be like a fungus growing on it..

Water parameters are all good...
Ph 8.3
Trites and Trates 0
Amon. 0
Salinity 1.025
Phosphates 0
Calcium 420

 

[currentking]

some make it some dont, looks like those are the ones that dont make it. Sorry, but we all have had them die. my pink yuma i just recently got is dying the same way. some of the wild ones dont adapt well to a tank

 

[saltycreefer]

Try dipping them??? You can use lugols iodine. Try putting them in decent flow to keep the tissue well oxygenated. They may come back. Also florida ric's need bright light, doesn't seem you have that.

 

[DarthSimon]

Those are just Blu atinics.. the Brighter T5's come on at 10:00am....

 

[Eliz]

darthsimon, I feel your pain! I am having the same problem. I have 70w MH and my ric are mid tank. All parameter are better than ever! I have noticed my blue legged hermit crabs picking at my rics, but I am not sure if they are eating them or eating the decaying matter on them???

 

[Absolute Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10203740#post10203740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltycreefer
Try dipping them??? You can use lugols iodine. Try putting them in decent flow to keep the tissue well oxygenated. They may come back. Also florida ric's need bright light, doesn't seem you have that.

are you sure about dipping ?
that's a good thing to try though.

 

[ek9vboi]

dipping does not work on everything. mushrooms I would NOT dip. their tissue is sensitive unlike zoos and acros. the solution might even burn the tissue while being dipped.

also, fl rics DO NOT need bright lights to live. all mushrooms do not require a lot of lighting either. what i would do is place the rics on the sandbed and overtime adjust them to the lighting. a shaded area would prolly help them as well.

 

[tangwang]

For some reason, the light purple yumas always melt away. Not sure why. I completely avoid them now. I've never had problems with any other yumas I get in. The ones to avoid are the light purple/green yumas...

 

[DarthSimon]

They are almost all gone. I had 2 nice size rocks, with about 5 or 6 half Dollar size Yumas on each one... One of the rocks has 2 left, but they don't look good..