Florida ricordia Question?

mike_nikki

mike_nikki

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I just got the orange green polyp ricordia from my LFS today and it was beautiful there i got it home and acclimated it for over an hour and it's folded up and it wasn't attached to a rock ....is this normal behavior until it gets used to my tank? i can't put it nowhere becuase it is all folded up like a hot dog bun. it is in my sand bed right now :help::help::help::help:
 
i don't think its a new cut, its around 6 inches in diameter and has three or four mouths
 
What she means is did it come attached to some sort of substrate already or was it loose when you bought it? A lot of times an LFS will have rics that they "fresh cut" off their main colony and simply have them loose. You buy them that way and attach them to the rock of your choice.

In any regard, Grins is right (as usual), get a plastic tupperware of some sort, punch holes in it, but in some small rock pieces and let it sit in that for a couple of weeks. It should attach and then you can place it anywhere you want.

Also, not uncommon for rics to close up for a day after acclimating. How did you acclimate... drip method?
 
Thanks for the help guys....yes i did the drip method for a couple hours and it is loose it's attached to nothing. i did the bowl with a couple peices of rock and a mesh it is sitting down in the corner of my tank as we speak and my fish are freaking out :rofl:They DO NOT like the addition to their domain
 
4 yr old Maroon Clown, Lawnmower Blenny, Sand Goby, and a Chromis..... My Foxface Lo is like "Meh, whatever" :D
 
Lol you guess it right...even though the Foxface holds his own. She comes near the Foxface he puts his spikes up and she'll back down....it goes on for a while till she finally gives up :rofl:
 
stab the ric w/ a toothpic and stab it to a rock.

3-4 days later, remove toothpic
 
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