Some pics and a ric question.

[Varanus37]

Snapped some pics this afternoon so thought I'd post and I have a question for those of you with ric gardens out there. Do your rics "like" to pile on each other? Our rics have slowly moved so that they overlap each other and are clustered very close together. They seem to puff out really well and show really nice colors when they're clustered together like this. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing. We let the pistol shrimp move Teresa's pink ric over to his doorway and it seemed to deflate a bit. Not bad just not as good as when it was piled in the garden. I put her new little ric frag over next to the pink and now they're both puffed out and looking great. The pistol likes the extra door blockage as well. Just an observation.

Bill

 

[Azurel]

Nice rics m8.....

 

[JoshPremierAuto]

Beautiful and great photos. Do you have a pic of the whole group together?

 

[reefgems]

i think your overlapping is common when florida colonies become bigger. they have less space to grow out so they grow up as much as they can. i have noticed that when they overlap they take turns sometimes so no individual is excessively harmed. they all want to have a party so they get together!

 

[Varanus37]

I'll try to get a group shot up.

Our rics don't seem to be overlapping due to a lack of space. They really do seem to be moving closer to one another. That yellow ric has moved all the way across a frag plug to butt up against the blue. The folding and overlapping that you see with the 2 orange rics pictured is, I think, due to the number of mouths on the piece and their attempts to begin splitting. I could be wrong but that's just the way it looks to me. I'll try to get more pics to explain.

Thanks for the input.

Bill

 

[Azurel]

I always put them so they can touch, it's only anecdotal but I have fond them to open much larger and fuller when touching other polyps compared to being on their own...They also seem to be healthier. I even have them touch yumas as well both seem to like it....

 

[Varanus37]

That's pretty well the route I've been going since I noticed that my group seems to do better that way. My lone Yuma is on the opposite side of the tank but has had no problems and actually recently dropped it's first baby. That bugger swells out enormously no matter the occasion or neighbors. The rics do tend to do better in the bunch as opposed to alone though.

Bill