Ricordea left its foot

mightymany · 02/18/2013, 08:35 PM

I have a Ricordea Yuma that started out great, then started losing its color. Today it pulled away from its foot, leaving the foot attached to the rock. Is this thing done for? Should I leave both pieces in the tank or is it best to remove them?

reefergeorge · 02/18/2013, 10:18 PM

Leave them both and hopefully you end up with two. What type of lighting and where was it placed in the tank. In my experience, they do better under lower light or at the very bottom.

ChadRaay86 · 02/18/2013, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by reefergeorge

Leave them both and hopefully you end up with two. What type of lighting and where was it placed in the tank. In my experience, they do better under lower light or at the very bottom.

+1

I've seen them at the LFS splitting like it was their job, I bet you'll have two now

mightymany · 02/19/2013, 11:44 AM

It was near the bottom on a rock, not the sand bed. Lower light. I have AI Sol Blue LED lights that are about 6 inches AWL. Low flow area. It attached quickly and seemed to be great. Then the skirt started losing color and it deflated some. Parameters last week were good:

Temp - 79.0
Ph - 8.0
Alk - 9.6
Mg - 1350
Calc - 420
Nitrate - 10
Phosphate - .03
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Sg - 1.024

I did a scheduled water change on Sunday. Yesterday is when it dropped off. I moved the head into a shaded area that is shaded all the time. the foot is still in the same place. It doesn't seem to be shrinking or dying off. Actually, neither piece does. Here's what it looked like on Friday. You can see the fading. I'm pretty sure it is an orange spot. The underside and mouth are neon green. The skirt was brown and the tips are orange with a green stripe around them.

Sugar Magnolia · 02/19/2013, 12:00 PM

The foot it left behind will grow into a new ricordea. It's one of the ways corallimorpharians reproduce.

02/18/2013, 08:35 PM	#1
mightymany Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 36	Ricordea left its foot I have a Ricordea Yuma that started out great, then started losing its color. Today it pulled away from its foot, leaving the foot attached to the rock. Is this thing done for? Should I leave both pieces in the tank or is it best to remove them?

02/18/2013, 10:18 PM	#2
reefergeorge Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 4,222	Leave them both and hopefully you end up with two. What type of lighting and where was it placed in the tank. In my experience, they do better under lower light or at the very bottom. __________________ $35-50 for a <1" frag of some stupid named thing that came from a colony you bought for $40-60 wholesale and chopped into 20-40 pieces? No thanks. "JasonH" Current Tank Info: 125 aggressive reef, DIY led lighting, swc cone skimmer, 33 gallon sump, posiden Ps3 return.

02/19/2013, 12:00 PM	#5
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	The foot it left behind will grow into a new ricordea. It's one of the ways corallimorpharians reproduce. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.