Move Orange Ricordea, or not?

Alright So I picked up a piece of orange ricordea from LFS late last week. He is in the bottom of my 20 gallon hex. I have him near the middle/front of tank on the crushed coral bottom. He was new to the store when I looked at him and wanted it as I been looking for orange and it was the only one. I know I probably should have waited on it, but I figured it would be fine as it was rich in color. So its a very small one and is just a single head. He hasn't opened up fully yet and laid himself down. I tried to get him to attach to a very small piece of rock on the bottom and he wasn't having it and moved to the crushed coral. He is partially attached. Should I leave him be? Or move him into the shade? I don't want to see him start loosing color or anything, so I didn't know if he should be moved or not. This is the first coral I have seen in my tank that didn't expand out within a few hours.

I have a green yuma ricordea that absolutly loves it and is on the left side bottom. Its a 20 Gallon Tall Hex tank with a 150w M.H. phoniex 14k bulb. I have a bunch of corals through out the tank. It has 2 true perc clowns 10 different small sized crabs & 2 Turbos, 2 Nas snails.

Thanks
Conrad

 

bump! No one has any ideas if I should have him the shade or keep him out?

 

I have all three of my rics under 150w 14k MH bulbs, they get no shade, are 16-19 inches from the actual light, and they are doing fantastic. They only get picky if I change the flow and it's too much for them. Having said that, I think yours will be fine where it's at. Got any pics?

 

i have so much ricordea in my tank its placed everywhere!!! i have some about 8" from my 150w mh. i have some in the middle of the tank in direct water flow. and i have some at the bottom of the tank in a corner with very little flow. i have to say the ones that are doing the best are in the middle of the tank. (125 g tall) about 18 inches from the two 150w mh and two 96w actinics and mild water flow. it has bloomed out to be about 12 inches in dia.

 

just beware of where he lands because they will still other corals. Like palys and xenia and kenyas!

 

My Tank





Heres my green yuma ricordea that loves the tank(added a few weeks ago and he has already expanded big time with additional heads


I moved the kenya trees I had on the bottom to the left side and moved the acan ultra red frag I just got yesterday a little farther away from the stuff to to make sure the ricordea's stay clear away from it as I know they can become issues when in close quarters. But you see my tank now

 

Heres a photo after moving red acan frag

 

looks pretty good to me!!!