Ricordea's not looking good....

cjj14u · 12/14/2009, 04:34 PM

I added 3 small Ricordeas (Florida) attached to a single piece of rock to my tank about 3 weeks ago.
First week they did great, opened up each day and looked super.
Now the past several days or so they are quite contracted.....
All parameters are good and have not changed since I added them:
Salinity 1.026
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Alk 3.6
Temp 78.0

The only recent change is I added a couple of small star polyp colonies a few days ago. They are in no close proximity to the Rics.

My question is:
Do Rics just do this from time to time?
Could the addition of the star colonies have had an affect?
Anything else I should look at or question?

Thanks.

jflick345 · 12/14/2009, 04:52 PM

What area of the tank do you have them in? What kind of flow and lighting there?

cjj14u · 12/14/2009, 04:56 PM

They are about 3/4 of the way down (13" from T5's) and fairly low flow....

insane · 12/14/2009, 05:13 PM

What other corals & fish are in the tank?

stingythingy45 · 12/14/2009, 05:23 PM

Parameters look good.Dosing anything?
What size tank and how many watts?
I have ric florida's on the sandbed in a 90 gallon under 2- 250 watts halide.
And they have thrived for years.

cjj14u · 12/14/2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by insane

What other corals & fish are in the tank?

Corals:
1 fairly good size mushroom
2 very small zoa colonies
2 star polyp colonies

Fish:
1 Lawnmower Bleny
1 Occ Clown (small)
1 Firefish
1 Royal Gramma

Other:
CUC of various snails (astrea, cerinth, nassarius) crabs (Red & Blue leg hermits), 1 emerald crab, 2 peppermint shrimp....

Not dosing anything.....

This is in a 34 gal RSM AOI.

12/14/2009, 04:34 PM	#1
cjj14u Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 147	Ricordea's not looking good.... I added 3 small Ricordeas (Florida) attached to a single piece of rock to my tank about 3 weeks ago. First week they did great, opened up each day and looked super. Now the past several days or so they are quite contracted..... All parameters are good and have not changed since I added them: Salinity 1.026 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Alk 3.6 Temp 78.0 The only recent change is I added a couple of small star polyp colonies a few days ago. They are in no close proximity to the Rics. My question is: Do Rics just do this from time to time? Could the addition of the star colonies have had an affect? Anything else I should look at or question? Thanks.

12/14/2009, 05:23 PM	#5
stingythingy45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MA Posts: 3,296	Parameters look good.Dosing anything? What size tank and how many watts? I have ric florida's on the sandbed in a 90 gallon under 2- 250 watts halide. And they have thrived for years. __________________ Bob Current Tank Info: 90 gallon,mixed Reef,2-250 watt Optix 3 pendants(Phoenix 14K)2-54 watt T5 Super actnics ,ASM G-2 Gate/recirc mods,70 gal. basement sump,20L ref

12/14/2009, 04:52 PM	#2
jflick345 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 884	What area of the tank do you have them in? What kind of flow and lighting there?

12/14/2009, 04:56 PM	#3
cjj14u Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 147	They are about 3/4 of the way down (13" from T5's) and fairly low flow....

12/14/2009, 05:13 PM	#4
insane Moved On Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: under your bed Posts: 771 Blog Entries: 7	What other corals & fish are in the tank?