Ricordea Florida Shrunk

[rmgaspar]

Hello All,

For those with experience in care for Ricordea Florida can you please tell me why Ricordea Florida Shrunks?

I have several Ric wich are doing fine but I have one piece of rock that they are shrunk.

I changed the position because of flow first, then changed again because of light, I have already looked for bugs or something but they don't expand to their fullest potential.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Rui Manuel Gaspar

 

[jeff@zina.com]

Light and flow. They usually close down when either is too high.

Jeff

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello

I know that ... but all the others are doing fine ...

Its just this rock. and I have tried several locations.



Cheers

 

[Carrera75]

How long have they been doing that?

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello,

Since the day I put them in the tank.

Along with all the others.

Cheers,

 

[Rudolph]

How long ago did you put them in the tank (a few days, a few weeks, a few months..) if it is fairly recently that you put them in the tank and the others are doing well, then I think they just need more time. I have put a dozen or so in the tank at one time and some took longer to fully open than others. The more mature ones opened quicker than the smaller ones....

 

[philosophile]

well if they've always been doing it, then maybe on that spot, there is too much flow on it. Your aquascaping might be causing a particularly strong flow on that one spot. Try moving them.

 

[rmgaspar]

Hello,

Found the problem.

I have currently a huge plague of Dinoflaggelates.
All the rics are the same way ... shrinking.

I will start to use Fauna Marin Algae X in order to solve the problem and recover the Rics.

Cheers,