super colored orange blue purple ricordeas

[socal57che]

OK, I'm driving down tonight to pick up a couple yellow/blue rics.

I have some orange, yellow, blue and purples to look at tomorrow. Thanks a lot. It's only money, right. Stupid saltwater addiction. There needs to be a "12 step" forum.
I'll start a thread w/ pics when they get settled.

 

[espkh9]

is it legal to dive and get ricordeas in Florida if that is where they are found ? do you need a lisence and are they protected ? because I can't keep paying these inanse prices for these corals...

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2580263
OK, I'm driving down tonight to pick up a couple yellow/blue rics.

I have some orange, yellow, blue and purples to look at tomorrow. Thanks a lot. It's only money, right. Stupid saltwater addiction. There needs to be a "12 step" forum.
I'll start a thread w/ pics when they get settled.
there is a 12 step program
step one: buy new tank
step two: buy new sand
step three: buy new salt
step four: buy new LR
step five: wait for cycle
step six: wait for cycle
step seven: wait for cycle
step eight: wait for... oh cycles over, add first fish
step nine: add first hardy coral
step ten: keep adding fish and coral untill your out of room
step eleven: beg the wife to allow you another tank
step twelve: quit begging and decide to do it anyway begin at step 1

 

[grabbitt]

Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2580455
there is a 12 step program
step one: buy new tank
step two: buy new sand
step three: buy new salt
step four: buy new LR
step five: wait for cycle
step six: wait for cycle
step seven: wait for cycle
step eight: wait for... oh cycles over, add first fish
step nine: add first hardy coral
step ten: keep adding fish and coral untill your out of room
step eleven: beg the wife to allow you another tank
step twelve: quit begging and decide to do it anyway begin at step 1

Haha sounds about right. I had to write a how-to paper for a class of mine: How to Start a Saltwater Tank in 31 Simple Steps.
It very much resembles that one, only with 18 more steps involving crying at the cash register of the LFS, more begging, and pawning furniture for metal halides

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by reefkprZ http:///forum/post/2580455
there is a 12 step program
step one: buy new tank
step two: buy new sand
step three: buy new salt
step four: buy new LR
step five: wait for cycle
step six: wait for cycle
step seven: wait for cycle
step eight: wait for... oh cycles over, add first fish
step nine: add first hardy coral
step ten: keep adding fish and coral untill your out of room
step eleven: beg the wife to allow you another tank
step twelve: quit begging and decide to do it anyway begin at step 1
Well, I did it. They turned out to be orange. I also picked up some other necessities, you know, a hammer and two more mushroom rocks and yellow button polyps and orange zoos and another paly polyp......

Starting new thread. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/317642/went-to-pick-up-some-rics-and-came-home-with-several-bags-of-stuff#post_2580891

 

[scopus tang]

Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2580426
is it legal to dive and get ricordeas in Florida if that is where they are found ? do you need a lisence and are they protected ? because I can't keep paying these inanse prices for these corals...
Last I read on the subject (few years ago), collection of Fl. ricordia in Florida is prohibited by law. Things may have changed since, but thats part of why the prices are so high ~ collected Fl ricordia are actually collected in some other country (or so I seem to remember).

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by Scopus Tang
http:///forum/post/2580890
Last I read on the subject (few years ago), collection of Fl. ricordia in Florida is prohibited by law. Things may have changed since, but thats part of why the prices are so high ~ collected Fl ricordia are actually collected in some other country (or so I seem to remember).
I know that many come from Haiti.
I didn't realize that it was illegal to collect rics in fla.
There are some fish that we are not allowed to have because they are protectd by the state of CA. Not to mention the caulerpa issue.

 

[espkh9]

why are they so expensive ?
is there a place where you can go to and dive and collect coral anywhere i'll make my next vacation there..would they allow you legally to bring corals into the U.S. ? or ship them in without a license ?
I would think diving for corals and fish and getting them for free would not only be great and keep the money in the bank to pay my bills but exciting if it is legal... ?