Rics are not expanded?

[Ace1]

Just picked up a Ric from LFS yestarday and was wondering how long before they would expaned, has had little light so far but looked ok in the moon lights before going to bed. This morning they look all tight and shribbled? help

 

[Jeff]

Patience

 

[cichlid nutz]

Much patience.....they are in shock (light shock, ph shock, temp shock) but they will come around

 

[Ace1]

thanx for the incouragement.

 

[currentking]

what kind of lighting? If they are florida ricordea put them at the bottom for a few days to get acclimated then moved them closer to the top and they will open big. Yumas need to stay at the bottom

 

[ek9vboi]

mushrooms can sit anywhere. just acclimate them to the lighting, otherwise they will look like a pile of poop for a while. i have the same colony yumas sitting at the bottom, middle, and top of the tank. I like the middle to top better, colors are so much nicer.

 

[Ace1]

i had them at the bottom then moved them to the middle, they looked ok for a while but now im getting nervous. Mouths Gapping but body shrivled..

oh i have T5's 110 Red Sea max

 

[currentking]

i have my florida ricordea at the top of my tank and the yuma at the bottom and they are both huge. Florida need more light as where yuma need less. here is a pic of of a couple at the bottom of the tank

 

[Ace1]

Nice...

 

[Ace1]

how did you get those great flix, my cam is 5.0 but icant get good flix at all

 

[currentking]

i set my camera to magnifine and take a pic. those rics are like almost 6" across for the dull one and about 4" for the neon green