Ricordea questions..

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  1. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    Helloo all. I made an order today from coral morphologic for a few ricordea. I've never kept ric's before, and i've wanted a cool one for awhile. So I'm pretty pumped! I was curious as to the placement of these? What's the best spot? Like low on a rock or sand or what?
     
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  2. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    On the sand, they will spread asexually and over time form a ricordia "carpet"
     
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  3. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    I have mine on the Low-Mid rock area, and they do best there IME
    They are great corals and Coral Morphologic has some QUALITY ricordeas ;)
     
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  4. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Hey congrats.

    Mine I have always kept low and on an angle, in the rock work.

    I always had issues with them leaving the rock or plug if I put them in too direct of lighting.

    Ricordia are so beautiful, what colors did you get?
     
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  5. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Ive kept them everywhere, under all sorts of lighting,PC,T5HO, and MH..I have mine up at the stop on my frag rack for now. But i think they are okay anywhere IME
     
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    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    Mine seemed to prefer mid tank/ mid to lighter flow. I have one on bottom I been trying at different spots and just just seem to find the response I do compared to the others.
     
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  7. 2in10

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    I keep mine at the bottom of the rocks and mounted vertically as they are found at sea.
     
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  8. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    Okay thanks yall. I was prettyyy sure most ppl put theirs on the sand, but I was reading the directions on how to attach the ric's to LR on the Coral Morphologic site. So I wasn't exactly sure. I hope they get here this week!

    I think I have the perfect spot picked for them so well see :) I love them too. I've been thinking about getting a few for a longgg while. I wish I would've saved the pics of the ones I bought, I can't seem to pull them back up on the site since they were WYSIWYG. But one of them is this crazy looking pink morph that I really love, then another once thats silverish. The pink one is the more expensive of the two. The silver was just a little cheapy one I threw in there, but its pretty sweet.

    Coral Morphologic has some pretty good prices for how cool they ric's look, at least to me haha. I wish I enough money to get a few of those st thomas mushrooms, but maybe next time :)
     
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  9. aw1447

    aw1447 Montipora Capricornis

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    Ahh okay I finally found the pics.. check em out!
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  10. Magnett2

    Magnett2 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I love those! They look great. Post pics when they are in your tank
     
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