Ricordia growing like weeds..

My Ricordia are growing out of control/splitting and taking up too much space and starting to cover other corals.

Does anyone have experience getting Ricordia to detach from rocks?

 

They are not going to detach. If you want to frag them your going to have to put some rubble or frags/plugs next to them and let them grow and then cut them. Or remove rock and cut them off. I have had them detach when unhappy from too much flow or lighting.

Such a bummer having too many Ricordia, I feel your pain. Let see an image please.

 

damn Corailline that is not what I wanted to hear. I will have to snap some pics after dinner.

 

Well I suppose you could treat them like pest anemones and kalk them or zap them but that seems extreme.

 

I would rather keep them than kill them. May have to get creative with frag plugs like you suggested.

 

couple pic. Started out as 1 of each.

 

Yeah those are very nice. If it were me I would be tempted to relocate the other corals, but you have a lot of nice encrusted pieces growing there. Do you feed them, what lighting are they under? TIA

 

I have a reefradiance evergrow it2040 led programmable unit.

We have a pretty steady weekly routine.. We use Fuel by aquavitro, zooplanktos-S from Brightwell, rods, Chaete Treat "Formula 53"™ a bacterioplankton / polychaete diet This formula is perfect for use in feeding SPS and soft corals, gorgonians, clams, scallops and other filter-feeders that primarily rely on small particulate.

We generally do feedings 3 or 4 days a week however 1 day we will do the fuel, next day the zoo etc etc.. We do not just feed everything at 1 time.

also small brine and mysis which the Rics seem to enjoy if the clowns let them keep it ha ha

 

Chris, I have the same problem. My ricordia have gotten invasive. I remove them with a razor/exacto knife and frag them out. It's crazy how you start with a few little ones and they explode.

 

Top right corner is where I keep the ricordia rock.