To much light for a ricordea???

dgonci

dgonci

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Is it possible to have to much light for a ricordea? The one I have does not seem to like the light. I have a 40G Breeder with 192w PC lighting; 1 10K and 1 Actinic Bulb. I have it on the bottom of the tank, it curls up when the lights are on. when it is in the dark it seems to open back up and lay flat. COuld it be because of the coloration of it? It is primarily white, with a peach ring around it. I was wondering if since it is whie, maybe it comes from a bit lower where there is not as much light penetration. Here is a picture of it before it detached. Also all of my other corals are doing good and showing positive growth.
 
mr_x

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i really think they adjust to whatever is available. i have some directly under a 400 watt halide that are doing fine, and are very colorful, and some that are shaded, that look just as good.
your ric seems to be lacking some zooanthellae. i've only seen ricordea look like that from lack of light. try feeding it.
 
dgonci

dgonci

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Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2695800
your ric seems to be lacking some zooanthellae. i've only seen ricordea look like that from lack of light. try feeding it.
Actually those are the right colors. The guy who has them has a bunch of different colors. All of them are white, with either orange, peach, or green outer coloring. They look really nice under the actinics at night. I have fed it some cyclopeze every couple of days. Last night I moved it to underneath a small overhang and it appeared to remain flat when I turned the lights on. I havent been able to locate any other pictures like the ones I have.
 
hexedagain1

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Originally Posted by dgonci
http:///forum/post/2695880
Actually those are the right colors. The guy who has them has a bunch of different colors. All of them are white, with either orange, peach, or green outer coloring.
Actually it's not the right colors. Like Mr_X said, it appears to be lacking zooanthellae, causing the "white" coloration.
Is this a Florida or Yuma Ricordea?
 
rs1831

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I would move them up a little to see if more light helps plus try feeding them like Mr_X said. Here's a photo of mine under 150 watt halide.
 
dgonci

dgonci

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Well thanks for the answers. I do not want to bicker about what are the right colors, but I got them from a tank that had some deep towords the bottom, as well as some on a shelf in a frag tank, both under MH lighting. He also had some that look like everyone elses ricordea. He has a bunch that are white with either a green, pink, or orange outer rim. If he will let me I will try to take some pictures of them. They are all very healthy and he has been porogating them for a while now. Again thanks for the help. I ended up moving it under a small overhang and within a day it has opened up and has been fine since. It seems to do better with indirect lighing instead of direct.
 
harris28

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If the guy had them under MH then I doubt that your PC's are too much light. I have some under T5 at the top of my tank and they are fine. I would move it higher in the tank and feed it.
 
dgonci

dgonci

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Thanks for the input, I have found a place in the tank that it seems to be happy and opening up. While the general opinion is that it is dieing, I have managed to find a few things on the net about people with white ricordeas, one guy has had one for over 7 years. I am just going to keep it where I got it now and feed it every so often.
 
jaymz

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Originally Posted by urbanhellfire
http:///forum/post/2700483
I just googled white ricordea and there must be some really dead rics out there or there are some really nice all white rics.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/imag...s/ricordia.jpg
that rics is light brown.. they have to have some color because the zooxanthella inside them has to have some sort of color. If it is turning really white, which is actually clear it means the ric is expelling its zooxanthella. Usually because it is unhappy for whatever reason.
 
urbanhellfire

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Originally Posted by Jaymz
http:///forum/post/2700858
that rics is light brown.. they have to have some color because the zooxanthella inside them has to have some sort of color. If it is turning really white, which is actually clear it means the ric is expelling its zooxanthella. Usually because it is unhappy for whatever reason.

The posters ric does have some color in it, there for the ric has not expelled it's zooxanthella, and the ric I posted might be on the off white side but still very vibrant. Check out the this ric
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y30...0/whiteric.jpg
Now that is as close to a "white ric" as I have seen.
Would look good in my tank
 
dgonci

dgonci

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Thats a nice looking one. Now that mine is stationary and happy, hopefully it will look nice and full like that over time. The guy I get them from has a bunch of the white ones with different colors on the outer circle. I might pick up another of the other colors to place near this one. They would look really nice under actinics or the moon leds I have.
 
hexedagain1

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I have a white yuma. Well a yuma that used to be white. It came from one of my pink mothers, and took forever to start to get any pink coloration. Look at the overall appearance of this yuma before saying it's bleached, it's dying or such. I have raised this as a dropped babie from this mother. It has been in my tank since it dropped. It has just started to really pink up lately. I will get a current pics up soon, but here it is almost all white. You can see hints of pink coming out in this pic.
 
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