Came with live rock!
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florida joe
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Originally Posted by Jbird0420
http:///forum/post/2656649
Thanks 110! I did a google search and Ricordea looks like what it may be. Does anyone have any tips?
yes play lotto you are lucky
http:///forum/post/2656649
Thanks 110! I did a google search and Ricordea looks like what it may be. Does anyone have any tips?
yes play lotto you are lucky
paintballer768
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Thats a yuma. Ricordea florida's grow in the carribean, and its very rare that rock is collected there I believe, plus the chances of getting a ricordea.
Yumas will move around and leave a footprint, thatll turn into new ricordeas. No need to really frag it but if you must, get a piece of the mouth on both halves.
Yumas will move around and leave a footprint, thatll turn into new ricordeas. No need to really frag it but if you must, get a piece of the mouth on both halves.
florida joe
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IMO a lot of live rock sold at LFS are from costumers tanks that have been broken down so there is a chance that you can get a free bee hitchhiker that is not indigenous to the rocks place of origin but again you have to be real lucky
jbird0420
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Since this is my first coral, is there any special care it needs? Is it a filter feeder? I have a bottle of Marine Snow in the fridge if it needs a boost. I assume with the lighting I have and it's positioned in an area where it gets moderate flow, that should do. Any suggestions?
florida joe
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The Ricordea, or Flower Mushroom Coral, is a member of the order Corallimorpharia (Stephenson, 1937), and has short, club, or berry-shaped tentacles. It shares some similarities to stony corals, and is also termed a Disc Anemone. It is found in a variety of color forms, but green is the most common.
It requires a medium to high light level, but metal halide lighting may be too bright. It prefers a low water movement within the aquarium, and it may not be as hardy as some of the other mushroom corals. It is considered semi-aggressive and requires adequate space between itself and other corals. It reproduces by longitudinal fission.
The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within it provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It also eats plankton and smaller invertebrates such as crustaceans.
It requires a medium to high light level, but metal halide lighting may be too bright. It prefers a low water movement within the aquarium, and it may not be as hardy as some of the other mushroom corals. It is considered semi-aggressive and requires adequate space between itself and other corals. It reproduces by longitudinal fission.
The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within it provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It also eats plankton and smaller invertebrates such as crustaceans.
reefereric
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Quite the nice extra there!
florida joe
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If a copperband was in your plans for tank inhabitants you can go with one and the shrimp if not just go with the shrimps and deal with the aptasia with one of the many methods other then fish or inverts
florida joe
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Originally Posted by Jbird0420
http:///forum/post/2660154
I heard you can inject calcium into the mouth to kill em off. I have over 120lbs of LR and there everywhere. I have a couple in there anywheres between 3-4" I need something solid to wipe em out!!
can you post a pic of your tank
http:///forum/post/2660154
I heard you can inject calcium into the mouth to kill em off. I have over 120lbs of LR and there everywhere. I have a couple in there anywheres between 3-4" I need something solid to wipe em out!!
can you post a pic of your tank
spanko
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Wow nice. I think everyone will agree that an angel in a reef is hit or miss on messing with your coral. (mostly hit it seems) Nice tank and aquascape. Lot of open area in the rock for flow, but I don't see any powerheads. You will need to get some flow in there to take away and dead spots in the tank. A background of either black or blue will also help to make the color in the tank stand out more and to hide the cords and things in the back. 3 or 4 " Aiptasia may be too large for a peppermint to handle, can't say for sure though. I would zap those but still get a peppermint. He will take care of any small ones that pop up.
Good stuff so far, keep posting.
Good stuff so far, keep posting.