Green Ricordia

[roxys655]

Does anyone have experience with Green Ricordia? I got three small polyps from this site last week. They are my first attempt at corals. My question is how much lighting do they need. I placed them in the middle of my tank. I have the Corallife lighting system. In the morning the blue actinics are turned on, then at 11:00 am my 10K comes on until 7pm. When I get home from work at 5pm, the ricordia appear bleached out, however in the morning they are a brighter green. Does this mean they are getting too much light during the day or maybe they are too high in the tank and I should move them to the bottom. What does everyone think?

 

[zanoshanox]

What kidn fo lighting? Corallife is just a brand name not a type of fixture. How big is the tank? How big are the rics? What color? Yuma's or Florida's? Try to give us some info and we can help you out a little better

 

[roxys655]

The rics I purchased from this site. They are the green ricordia polyps for $7.99. My tank is 29 gal. My lights are new power compacts 130W with lunar lights. They are mounted over my tank about 4"

 

[bonebrake]

They should be fine. They do not require much light. If they appear to be bleaching, place them on the sandbed or lower in the tank. I have purchased the green ricordeas from this site as well and they are doing great. I actually fragged them today!
:joy:

 

[roxys655]

How fast should they grow? Mine are very small, but they appear to be bigger already. I also purchased green fuzzy grass, which is doing really good. I am just concerned that the polyps color seems to fade at times.

 

[zanoshanox]

I tot some rics in the mail from this site on Tuesday, and theyre doing great under 130 w PC in my 20 g.

 

[roxys655]

Where did you place them in your tank?

 

[volcom69]

I have a ton of green rics in my 55 with 410 watts of lighting and they are on the bottom most rock and doing great. I would move urs down to the sand or a bottom rock and go from there.

 

[bonebrake]

They can change in size drastically throughout the day, so do not be concerned if they shrink to nothing sometimes.
:joy:

 

[zanoshanox]

I put mine middle-up, and they're fine. I think I can pretty much put them anywhere cause of the shape of my tank...its only like 12 in high.

 

[zanoshanox]

..Plus they have low ligt needs anyways

 

[eyebedam]

Actually rics prefer higher light & a moderate flow than just regular shrooms.