what should i feed my ricordea ?

[udi_hakim]

Hey,
I brought a very nice blue\green ricordea mushroom today to my 50g tank, ill post some pictures in a while...
I wonder if i should\can feed it directly? i give this tank newly hatched brine shrimp daily, is it enough? or should i direct feed my ricordea and my other mushrooms?

 

[77railer]

depending on the size of the ric it will eat those fine...if not cyclopeeze gets gobled up..just dont add alot

Leroy

 

[sweetrav18]

i feed mine lots of light That and i assume that when i feed it Rod's reef food it gets some nutrition

 

[udi_hakim]

here are some pictures of my first ric:

I broght it about 7 hours ago so i think it still stressed out...

 

[Lytehouse]

Very nice. If it settles in ok it should love the hatched brine. I turn off power heads about same time each day to feed. Seems many of the critters open up to feed when water stills now.

Good luck.

 

[aquaphilic]

Mine eats Ocean Nutrition Formula One marine pellets (small). I just put a few down into a clear rigid tube and let them drop directly on the ricordia. It starts curling up and stuffs the pellets in its mouth.

This takes several minutes though and about 80% of the time my clown or flame hawk grabs the pellets just as the ricordia is about to finally get the food into it's mouth. It's a hold your breath situation.

I guess it eats enough though because I recently noticed that it has reproduced, and now there is a baby ricordia on the rock!

 

[udi_hakim]

ricordea reproduction rate increases with feeding? is it slower then the "regular" mushrooms?

 

[aquaphilic]

I can't say for sure that my ricordea reproduced because of the feeding.

I do think that it is fair to say that healthy animals are more likely to reproduce, and that feeding contributes to its health.

In my experience, fastest reproduction to slowest:
Regular mushrooms > Ricordea florida > Ricordea yuma.

 

[1QuickSubaru]

my rics do great with light only and have been growing and splitting........

 

[udi_hakim]

I found out that i have another 2 buds on the live rock that my ricordea, i hope they'll grow up nicely...