Ricordia

[blide]

If you were coming by to get some rics today please send me a PM.

Nice to be able to use RC board when our is down...

 

[easye123]

Hey Bill, its Evan(bluetort)

I might try and make it by today for those lights.

Just curious how much were you charging for some rics. I was lookin for a couple polyps of some blue ones.

 

[blide]

I've got some solid blue and they're 10 each. Not sure if I have any mounted though.

I'll be here all day messing with stuff and setting up my nano-cube.

 

[WeMa]

hey evan, if you make it his way, any chance of you grabbin me a couple? i could use 2 more myself...let me know, 817-881-8168...thanks!

 

[easye123]

Ya i wasnt able to go today.. cowboys got too intense and im about to go shoping for an hour or so..

Ill talk to Bill and see when a good time is. Ill try and do it asap before i come to get those cutters.

What colors did you want..

 

[bigtex52]

A little off topic, but what is the best way to mount ricordea polyps? I've tried superglue and rushed them to water so they don't get burned, put them on coarse aragonite in a dish on the bottom for several weeks to let them attach on their own and even tried tying them to rubble with thread. They never seem to attach right. They fold back and forth and contort and pop there they go again.

 

[WeMa]

ted, great question, i would like to know as well...best i heard was to use suture, basically thread...but if you said that did not work then i wonder...

blide, what all colors do you have? i would like a couple blue and a couple orange if possible, and if there are any odd pattern green ones then that would be cool

 

[melev]

A loose rubber band around the polyp to a rock might work. Or you can use some netting, wrapping it around the polyp and rock for a few days. Take the netting off around Day 5, and by then it should be attached.

 

[WeMa]

im trying marcs recommendation on a regular purple shroom right now, see how it fairs

 

[blide]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11369413#post11369413 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WeMa
im trying marcs recommendation on a regular purple shroom right now, see how it fairs

It should work I've done it in the past. Just make sure the net isn't too lose because if the shroom turns upside down it will attach to the net.

 

[WeMa]

i tried the rubberband thing and the shroom split in half, lol...fun...glad it wasnt my ric...im having to order enough already and would hate to have to replace one......

 

[blide]

You can always do the shot glass trick...

Put some rubble rock in a shot glass and place the frag inside and then cover it with some netting.

 

[WeMa]

ahhh...nice trick...i like it...thanks...

 

[WeMa]

just wanted to mention that this worked perfectly! thanks!

 

[bigtex52]

Cool. Now we know! BTW, I got some advice from the guy who owns Sealife online and he had the same suggestion, except use "brand new" out of the package coarse aragonite or crushed coral type substrate. He says that the biofilm on substrate or rubble out of your tank inhibits or greatly slows down attachment. Once they have even a tiny pebble attached, it is duck soup to superglue or epoxy them to whatever you want. He also says to make sure that the glue is set up before you return them to the water, and that rics are not harmed by being out of the water for up to an hour or so. Pretty tough little critters!