Ricordia splitting?

Discussion in 'Coral' started by maxter, Oct 27, 2013.

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  1. maxter

    maxter Flamingo Tongue

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    Is my ricordia splitting or what yesterday was a entire disk now looks like its splitting i ask because i dnt know so much about this hobby only have two months in the hobby..

    Ps ive been reading but i think its not enough and sorry for my english :/ its not my first language
     
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  3. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    Most likely. Do you have a picture? Are there two "mouths" in the center?
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Hard to say from the images. They look healthy though. The coral in the middle is a Hydnophora and they can have very long stinging sweep tentacles, you may want to give that coral a wide berth.
     
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    maxter Flamingo Tongue

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    You sure that coral have tentacle cause looks like a stone to me :/ [​IMG]
     
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    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    Yeah, it's difficult to tell from the pictures. If it is splitting, it will have multiple nmouths like the photo below [​IMG]
     
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  9. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    It's an LPS coral. They can reach out their tentacles at night to an inch or more. Take a peak after lights out.