ricordia ?

[watson0720]

i purchased a rock that has ricordia's on it but not too sure where to place it in my tank, i have a 90 gallon tank with 6 vho's on it. i wanna make sure they are getting enough light but not too much. where does everybody else have theres?

[Darth-Tater]

I have a 100 with 6 VHO and mine are doing super about 3/4 of the way up.

DT

[mkengr45]

I have a 240 with 3 250w metal halides, with about 40 orange rics, 20 greens, and 20 blue and purple rics and they all sit on the bottom and do great. In the past I had them under more intense light and they lost color. If you see them stretching up like a funnel, then place them in a higher light area. If they seem shrunk with the beads very small and packed together tightly, then go to lower light. I feed mine brine shrimp every other day..... ricordia are my favorite

Randy

[prof]

Rics tend to like the higher light. Start them at the bottom and move them up a little every day until they are where you want them. With just VHOs you should be able to get them almost to the surface.

[jrnannery]

Also, put them under moderate-to-lower flow, correct?

[prof]

Yes. They don't like high flow.