What is the ideal water conditions for a Ricordea Tank?
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well in my experience they tend to like low light.listen to my logic before you think im spouting nonsense. ppl noticed that they like dirty water , i do not think this is true. b/c they tend to expand better in dirty water, bc of the light being blocked a bit. thus the common misconception that they like dirty water. most rics are not found close to shore. thus the water quality in these areas tend to be fairly decent. i believe they like to be fed often. thus a low rated skimmer and some pcs or low end t5ho, mhs will be more than enough. =) they can be acclimated to high light as well. but it depends on the rics themselves. some come from shallow and some from 30m. really depends. but generally speaking you can always find rics with gorgs and sponges nearby. thus my assumption of food. and lower light. "algae" issues. ...
not sure if that made sense. hope it helps
not sure if that made sense. hope it helps
everyones got diff experiences but for me, my ric floridas love high light and decent to low water movement. They have grown so fast and dense that I had to ditch the entire rock and the whole ric colony since it was starting to overtake a lot of real estate of my SPS's.
I now prefer Yumas since they don't reproduce as fast. I also leave my red yumas mid level of the tank with a lot of light (under a 400w radium) but any amount of water movement will kill the Yumas.
I now prefer Yumas since they don't reproduce as fast. I also leave my red yumas mid level of the tank with a lot of light (under a 400w radium) but any amount of water movement will kill the Yumas.
I have 3 rics soon to be 4. Two of mine are Yuma and 1 is Florida with another Florida coming tomorrow.
I myself love the look of Florida over Yuma but that is just me.
I have these in my little 2.8 gal pico tank. They are single frags at the moment. One of my Yumas came to me not attached and what a nightmare it has been to get it to attach. I highly recommend that you buy any Ric attached to rubble or rock not loose.
Due to my tank size I have made this tank my ric and invert tank. I have a Blue Florida Ric and a Pom Pom Crab coming tomorrow. I have 1 hermit crab in there right now. A very teeny tiny bumble bee goby as well. A sandsifting snail came as a freebe with my extra sand I needed.
I have been in this hobby for 5 years and recently downsized to this little pico. I love it
But for the rics, I do feed mine some frozen foods which they eagerly accept rightaway. I do weekly water changes and of course daily topups with my size of tank. So I like to keep the water quality in check all the time.
My lights are PC 50/50 and everything is doing very well. So I think if you keep up your water changes and feed them if you want to they will do just fine.
What kind are you going to keep Yuma or Florida or both??
I myself love the look of Florida over Yuma but that is just me.
I have these in my little 2.8 gal pico tank. They are single frags at the moment. One of my Yumas came to me not attached and what a nightmare it has been to get it to attach. I highly recommend that you buy any Ric attached to rubble or rock not loose.
Due to my tank size I have made this tank my ric and invert tank. I have a Blue Florida Ric and a Pom Pom Crab coming tomorrow. I have 1 hermit crab in there right now. A very teeny tiny bumble bee goby as well. A sandsifting snail came as a freebe with my extra sand I needed.
I have been in this hobby for 5 years and recently downsized to this little pico. I love it
But for the rics, I do feed mine some frozen foods which they eagerly accept rightaway. I do weekly water changes and of course daily topups with my size of tank. So I like to keep the water quality in check all the time.
My lights are PC 50/50 and everything is doing very well. So I think if you keep up your water changes and feed them if you want to they will do just fine.
What kind are you going to keep Yuma or Florida or both??
theborgtank
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I think rics like the dirty water because they absorb nutrients from it. While they do also eat solid food, I think people downplay their need for nutrient rich water because humans cannot actually see their rics eating via this absorption method.
So I would say rics would be ideally in conditions with some measurable N.
So I would say rics would be ideally in conditions with some measurable N.
Peter T
Gallantly Forward
I think this thread was a little dead before today
.Yes, ricodeas have a mouth in the center that you can use to feed them. If you want to feed them,: Turn off the flow, and place VERY small pieces of chopped food, pe mysis, etc. on top of the ricordea. You can actually see them open up and eat the food. It is more trouble than it is worth, in my opinion.
I grow lps pretty fast, and I know I can grow 'shrooms [had some red discosomas on a rock that I had to sell---fast!]. If you match the water params in my sig, that might help you. Rics are a bit more fragile, but I'm pretty sure this [and a not-too-good skimmer] would do well for you.
One thing I've found with my lps that helps them grow really fast is krill. And it's cheap. And dry. I use Tetra JumboKrill dried shrimp, medium, pound them up with a mortar and pestle, and dump them in to feed both fish and corals. I've fragged off quite a bit of coral since I started this, and it looks like I've removed nothing at all.
One thing I've found with my lps that helps them grow really fast is krill. And it's cheap. And dry. I use Tetra JumboKrill dried shrimp, medium, pound them up with a mortar and pestle, and dump them in to feed both fish and corals. I've fragged off quite a bit of coral since I started this, and it looks like I've removed nothing at all.
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