Ahhhhh..... A place for a Ricordea Junkie!

[Palmetto]

Great idea, John!

:D

Thanks!

[rbaker]

I agree!!

Thanks,

Ryan

[Reaper]

Go on Palmetto, show us the yellow ricordea pic you've got!:rollface:

[RicksReefs]

too cool, just gets better & better.:thumbsup:

[Palmetto]

:)

Taken with flash...

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricor_4945.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/rics_4885.jpg

[chet-tonja]

Very nice to see this forum! I'll post some pics later on of some of my shrooms and ricordia.
PALMETTO: Where did you get that yellow? I want one!!!

[Palmetto]

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ric_4882.jpg

<IMG SRC="http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ric_4317.JPG" width=500 height=600>

[Reaper]

Darren, do you or anyone else have a pic of ricordeas under just actincs? :)

[Palmetto]

I might just have this orange Yuma:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/DCP_3275_.JPG

[Reaper]

Palmetto!

That's cool! I want my tank 50% covered in florida ricordeas! The actinic visuals will be amazing! Do you keep other coral with your ricordea? Do you keep fish with them? I want to put 4 Banded pipefish in the (soon to be) ricordea tank, do you think they might get burns?

[Reaper]

One other thing, what lighting is best for maintaining the colour of ricordea?

I'am running a MH (the bulb has been running for a year and will be replaced shortly!) and very soon a narva actinic, is this adequate?

What conditions provoke rapid multiplication?

Sorry for all the questions but you are a 'Ricordea Junkie' and you cannot buy experience!:D

[steveweast]

A small part (the most I can fit in 51kb) of my ricordia patch:

[Palmetto]

Beautiful, steveweast! MORE PICS! I love the Red Yuma!

:D

Reaper, they do seem to color up under MH- althought they thrive under PC and VHO also.

The colors seem to be brighter when they have been exposed to bright light, although if you put them in Acropora-level intensities they do not open much! :)

The best color I have seen is under my 250-watt Radiums. :)

[Palmetto]

Oh, and the most rapid multiplication comes from my razor blade.

:)

http://www.PalmettoReefs.com/images/prop_ricordia4.JPG

Good lighting and water quality, and occasional brine/ mysis feedings will help them thrive and reproduce.

:)

[Reaper]

Amazing, I did'nt know you can do that!

Do you cut through it's mouth?

[Will]

Haha, I knew I'd find you here Darren!! :p Those pics look familiar (the Powerpoint). That yellow Ricordea still amazes me. Looks awesome!
-Will

[Palmetto]

They can be successfully sliced many ways- in the picture I cut the "pizza" (cap) in about 6-8 slices. I now prefer to go with slicing the cap off, then slicing it in half, right down the middle of the mouth. This way, I have two "new" mushrooms very quickly- and the leftover stem grows out into another.

A piece with part of the mouth will form a new 'shroom much more quickly.

:)

[Dazed1]

Originally posted by Palmetto
They can be successfully sliced many ways- in the picture I cut the "pizza" (cap) in about 6-8 slices. I now prefer to go with slicing the cap off, then slicing it in half, right down the middle of the mouth. This way, I have two "new" mushrooms very quickly- and the leftover stem grows out into another.

A piece with part of the mouth will form a new 'shroom much more quickly.

:)


I do have one that I plan to "slice". It has two mouth's already. Can i just slice it in the middle and not at the mouth ? Then Can I further slice the mouth into two ? The ricordia is currently on a rock. Would I need to remove it from the rock ? or can I just place it in a container with tank water, rock with ricordia and slice away ? Also, what kind of blade did you use or recommend ?

Edit : This is the ricordia I plan on "slicing" :
http://www.club3g.com/members/mayurb/fish/DSCF0032.JPG

[dc]

Can we vote Darren off the forum!!:D I really have to learn to take better pics. I have a good camera.:(

[Bryan Thompson]

I love this. I just found this forum. Here is the farm!

http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/photos%20images/MVC-215F.jpg

http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/photos%20images/MVC-218F.jpg

Hope this forum picks up a little.

Bryan

[chet-tonja]

Hey Bryan, that one on the bottom left looks really nice. Did you get my PM the other day? That one ricordia I got looks awesome! Deep red with a bright green outer ring and red mouth. Do you remember the light blue looking one I got? It actually looks more pink now. Any reds show up yet?

[chet-tonja]

I'll post pics tomorrow if I get a chance.

[Bryan Thompson]

Chet,

The one in the photo went to another member here on RC. I would love to see the photo of the red and green one. It looked good when you picked it up. I can only imagine how good it looks now. Tuesday is the day. Supposed to get Red and Dark Purple. We shall see. Give me a call and you can stop by.

Bryan

[chet-tonja]

If you get them, definitely hold me some! I posted in the main forum, but is this a yuma? Pretty sure it is, but not positive.
http://home.insightbb.com/~shootinblanks/Orange_Site.jpg

[Bryan Thompson]

Chet,

I can't see the photo because I am at work and they block the server you post your photos to. Can you just attach the photo the old way without directly linking?

I will hold you some good ricordias for you.

Bryan

[jgarris11]

Great looking collections all of you have.

[chet-tonja]

This pic isn't the best, but you can see the mouth up close.

[Bryan Thompson]

Chet,
Looks like a Yuma based on the bubbles around the mouth. It is a nice one.

Bryan

[Nishant3789]

dang guys... nice rics. to tell u guys the truth a ricordia was my first coral ever! i got it for 50 cents since it was in the LR tank and on a teeny tiny peice of LR. i wonder how it got there :confused: anyways it later died off unfortunatly when my tank crashed due to evaporation. but anyways what iw as going to say is i had the shroom for a good 6 months, and yet it never really grew as much as i thouht it should nor did it ever have two mouths. any reason as to why it didnt multiply? also i ahve 2 shrooms now well actually more like 3 or 4, i fragged one of them and im scared if they are okay or not, but anyways, ive had them for about 2 months now and they still havent reproduced naturally. any tips on how to "force" them to split?
nishant

[chet-tonja]

Ricordias prefer high lighting, but your standard mushroom does better in light shade from what I've found. Hey Bryan, here is a pic I just took of that ricordia. I didn't take a lot of time on it, so it's a little blurry. You can't really see the deep red that is, but it is really nice IMO. Looking forward to the next batch!

[Bryan Thompson]

Awesome. I am glad it turned out to be dark red. For those of you asking what the heck Chet and I are talking about I will explain.

Ricordia loose some of their color when they are shipped. Some orange will look yellow, purple will look blue, gold will look pale orange and so on. After the ricordia has been in the aquarium for 3-4 weeks it gets its old color back if you have good water quality and lighting.

Chet was looking for a red one so I had a diver go looking for them. He and I were hoping this one was red. When it first arrived the color was dark orange with a red mouth. As you can see it is now red. So if you are looking for true colors. Ask how long the ricordia has been it the tank especially if you are buying gold or yellow.

Bryan

http://reefcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1173844

[max101101]

Nice pics guys. Here's a shot of my reds... they have a nice yellow mouth too

[max101101]

Here's some more... I have frags ready to go of the blues and peaches... just say the word and I get the thrmos out for some trades...

[Bryan Thompson]

Looking Good Max!!!

Bryan

[Duce]

Anyone know where to get Ricordea in or around Toronto area?
Mail order from the states won't work for me since I don't think it can get through the border....

[minh_han]

palmetto, I know luminary was drooling for a yellow ricordia. Any chance you might be able to share one with him?

[chet-tonja]

You can share a frag of yellow with me too!:D

[minh_han]

Max, love your different color ricordias. Too bad I don't really have anything to trade for them, as my tank is pretty new. I have some zoanthids that are brown on the outside and speckled yellow on the inside that glow orange under blue light. That's about it for fraggable items. In fact, everything I have in my tank are frags generously donated to me in the past month. A few days ago, I sliced the crown off a frilly mushroom in an attempt to frag it, but this morning, it was GONE from under the netting I put over it. Maybe the shrimp ate it.

[Andru881]

Here is one of my new ones but I don't know what color to call it...

[camb]

heres my red gott love ricordia i ahve another one but im not shure if i should cut it

[minh_han]

I was cleaning the tank and found the piece of mushroom I sliced off. So, now it's back under a net on a rock. Anyone know how long I should leave the net on for it to attach? Would it harm the mushroom to leave it on for longer?

Camb, I know Bryan would disagree, but I say cut that ricordia you have, multiply it, and share the wealth! I figure it's one way nature designed ricordia and mushroom propagation: a rock or fish slices the ricordia, it floats along until it lands somewhere else, and a new colony forms.

[chopper320]

Hey Bryan, this is Ricky from the coral club. I got a few ricordias from you at the last meeting and they're awesome. I did lose the blue one I bought behind my rockwork but I have an orange and a pinkish one that are doing great. That's the 2nd ricordia I've lost total(the other one I had bought from Rob a long time ago and it fell the day I got it) It's the stupid turbo snails knocking them off but anyways.... I really enjoy collecting these so I would like to get another blue from you and I would definetly be interested in any reds or yellows you get in as well.

BTW your website is looking great! You all should check it out! www.blowfishaquatics.com You ricordia junkies will go nuts! LOL

[Palmetto]

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ric-macro_4366.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricblor_4352.jpg

[chet-tonja]

Here is a nice ricordia IMO...thanks to Bryan.

http://home.insightbb.com/~shootinblanks/Red6.jpg

[bnum1]

I have read alot about how to divide the ricordea, but what do you do with all the pieces? How do you get them to attach to a piece of rock? Do you rubber band the pieces onto the rock, or use another way to get them to attach. I am in the learning mode. Haven't bought any ricordea yet, but I soon will now that I found out they will live under my lighting.

[Palmetto]

I place them in a small tupperware dish that I place in an area with some current, but not quite enough to blow them out of the dish. I place small gravel for them to attach to, then superglue gel the gravel wherever I want without getting any glue on the shroom.

:)

[...Stoked!]

WOoHoo!!

I luv me some ricordea!
Darren, the ones I got from you are doing great! Will buy more soon!

:slobber:

[reefingisgr8]

can anyone tell me what these are? they sort of resemble what you guys are showing, not nearly as nice though. just wondering what they were. I have them for about a year and there are about 30 polyps on the rock they seem to spread quickly.
T.I.A. Henry

[reefingisgr8]

heres another shot

[Palmetto]

They appear to be a burgundy Ricordea Yuma, thought it is a bit hard to tell in the pic.

This is a pic of some burgundy Ricordea Yuma:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricyuma_4332.JPG

Darren Walker
Palmetto Reefs

[reefingisgr8]

here is another pic that will hopefully allow you to see them better. they are more like orange/ light brown color with lime green mouths and they spread very fast. they also have a very powerful sting, I once dropped a sps frag I was trying to place in the rockwork on them and needless to say that was it for the frag. always wondered what type of mushrooms they were as they did not look like my others. thanks Henry

[max101101]

I'd have to say that they are ricordias. ricordias will dominate in a stinging battle againsts SPS... I lost a nice purple rim cap to my blue ricordias about two weeks ago.

[Palmetto]

Yes, they are Ricordea Yuma and pack a nice sting that SPS are especially sensitive to!

They will appreciate some meaty foods like mysis or brine shrimp, sometimes they will fold up over it if you don't have fish that grab it first.

Enjoy!

Darren Walker

[Bryan Thompson]

Yuma for sure. No doubt about it.

Bryan

[Mushroom]

I am not convinced it is Ricordea yuma:

1. Ricordea do not multiply THAT fast, or they would not be that expensive;)

2. The tentacles seem rather too long and odd shape for a typical Ricordea yuma.

[isseym328]

Wow this is going to be my fav thread too. Anyone want to trade? I got a solid neon green ricordia that I can trade. I'm looking for rare ricordia morphs or rare sps. If anyone is interested email me at isseym328it@aol.com and I can send a pic. Thanks!

Darren the blue ricordia rock is doing awsome in my tank =)

[isseym328]

Oh yeah I also got a baby hot pink yuma for trade. it was on a rock with the mother. It's pretty small about 1 cm but pretty awsome as well. =)

[Bryan Thompson]

I believe it is a yuma based on the oral disk. Yume in low light stretch thier polyps out to get light. The oral disk is elevated and surrounded by a ring of polyps. It is Yuma.

Bryan

[max101101]

Henry,
You should put those ricordias closer to the light... their bubbles will fatten up and you might be suprised with a color change (I bought some ricordias that were brown at the LFS and when I gave them good light they got a red rim, and green and white bubbles)
-Max

[Palmetto]

Originally posted by Bryan Thompson
I believe it is a yuma based on the oral disk. Yume in low light stretch thier polyps out to get light. The oral disk is elevated and surrounded by a ring of polyps. It is Yuma.

Bryan

Correct on all points!

:)

Darren Walker

[reefingisgr8]

I will give it a try and move them up slowly they are in a tank that is 125 gallons and is lit by 3 x 175 mh (10K) and 2 x 160vho actinic. It is a sps dominated tank so I will need to be careful as I wouldn't want these to do damage to my other corals. I will probably need to thin these guys out soon as the rock they are groing on is covered all around and they apear to be growing on top of each other. Thanks again, Henry

[Bryan Thompson]

Henry, you are welcome. Move them slowly over about 2 weeks. The best way to thin them is to get a small flat screwdriver and dig under them into the rock. You can then remove a small chip of the rock and glue it to another rock or ship them out the the guys in this forum. I am sure they will be interested in them.

Darren, Thank you for the confirmation.

Bryan

[Azurel]

I am looking for some pink or red Yumas willing to pay 30-35 bucks for one or more if possable. E-mail is mediccdub1@sbcglobal.net

Thanks,
Jim

[isseym328]

I have three ricordia colonies under 250w HQI DE. I have an 18 gallon tank!! they look nice and plump, and they are getting big. Ricordias can handle alot of light that's for sure.

[Palmetto]

No doubt! I have some under 400 WMH and they can stand it just fine.

They look nice under Radiums!

Of course, everything does...

;)

Darren Walker

[Azurel]

Where are you guys getting the red and pink ones? I have the orange, greens and puprle/ blue bubbles and straight blue ones but can't find the res and pinks....Glad I found this forum nothing prettier then rics. Those yellowd you have Darren are stunning...
Jim

[Anemone]

Just a reminder folks - we don't sell anything on the main boards (or at least we try not to). To help with this, we also don't put "want to buy" type posts in the main forums either.

The appropriate place for hobbyist-to-hobbyist trades is here (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=89).

And the appropriate place for hobbyist-to-hobbyist sales is here (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=140).

Please keep in mind these forums are for non-commercial sales. I highly encourage anyone looking for specific items (live or otherwise) check out our sponsors (http://reefcentral.com/sponsors/) (some of whom specialize in ricordeas).

Kevin

[isseym328]

I get my rare ones through trades and stores in la. I've also got some very nice non-pink/red ones online. =) took me a long time before i found my first pink ricordia though.

[Joy_R]

Heres mine! Courtesy of Bryan Thompson :D



http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3379&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3323&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

[isseym328]

Anyone got a pic of a true solid yellow ricordia flordia under MH 10k lighting or pc's? Most of the ones i've seen are orange-yellow morphs or taken under weird lighting. If you got one post it! thanks in advance.

[dc]

So I'm wondering, when you frag them, perferably just in half. How long does it usually take to attach?

[MauiReefer]

I have a nice little 10 gallon nano, and would love to aquire a few different color ricordias...anyone reccomend a great place to get them..please..anyone wnat to trade? I have really nothing special, but I do have some $$$$;)


Jared

[dc]

Originally posted by Anemone
Just a reminder folks - we don't sell anything on the main boards (or at least we try not to). To help with this, we also don't put "want to buy" type posts in the main forums either.

The appropriate place for hobbyist-to-hobbyist trades is here (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=89).

And the appropriate place for hobbyist-to-hobbyist sales is here (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=140).

Please keep in mind these forums are for non-commercial sales. I highly encourage anyone looking for specific items (live or otherwise) check out our sponsors (http://reefcentral.com/sponsors/) (some of whom specialize in ricordeas).

Kevin

This should help :D

[MauiReefer]

sorry bout that, i didnt know about that, wont happen again

Jared

[Anemone]

Originally posted by dc
This should help :D

There's debi, lining 'em up and knocking 'em down :D

Kevin

[dc]

Moderator abuse! :D It's kind of a fine line. And you forgot the vender forum. :p Venders (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=8)

[Anemone]

Originally posted by dc
Moderator abuse! :D It's kind of a fine line. And you forgot the vender forum. :p Venders (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=8)

Abuse? At least I'm not a nazi today :lmao:

Kevin

[MauiReefer]

hey now, its my fault, and I apologize, no need for any disgruntled reefers now..so everyone play nice;) ;)


again Im truley sorry I wasnt aware of the policy. Thank you all for understanding.

Jared:fish1: :fish2:

[carolina98]

This is what a Yuma looks like stretching for more light. I really need to change these bulbs...
http://www.theimac.org/yuma_front1.jpg

[carolina98]

one more... (These are in a tank with only a 27W pc and an 03 Actinic)

http://www.theimac.org/pinkricsoriginal.jpg

[chopper320]

Those look great Carolina! So how do I go about getting one from you?;)

[NewJack]

Just got a close-up pic. of my favorite piece in my tank. Hope this works..
<img src=http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL52/1065987/1999743/23954538.jpg>

Shot of whole rock. hope you all ENJOY!

<img src=http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL52/1065987/1999743/23954504.jpg>

[Azurel]

Those are very nice!!!!

[Azurel]

So are yours Newjack

[Jovanam]

ok I gotta add my fav. piece, the picture is a little blue so you cant see the true beauty but I dont have my camra to redo it now. it's really a nice peach ricorida not pink not orange. :)

[carolina98]

Thanks for kudos, Azurel. :D

NewJack, your Ricordea Florida is simply beautiful. I just love the macro shots of Ricordea.

Jovanam, is that a Yuma behind (in front of?) your pretty peach piece?

[bsempel]

I have a neon green ricordia and can't seem to get it to attach.. I've tryed to put it in a bowl with gravel and it seemed to jump out.. I'm not sure how much pressure to put on it if I try the X with thread.. any suggestions??? got 2 of these that were attached to a clam and 2 have jumped ship and seemed to dissapear in the tank. Don't want to lose this one.. Thanks

[Azurel]

Make it so it's tight but not so tight that it starts to cut into the tissue and then place it in a section of the tank where the current won't wiggle it around and slip out.

[Mariner]

These pics are truly beautiful. Any chance of keeping ricordia successfully in a 75 gal. with four 40 watt flourescents (2 daylight, 1 actinic, 1 50/50)? Are there species/colors that fare better than others in in low light?
I'm a newbie, so be gentle!
thanks,
Mariner

[Azurel]

They are one of a few mushrooms that like bright intense light, and a little water flow. With your set up you would have to IMO put them in the top 1/3 of the tank close to the lighting Although that is not the rule always. Then if you up grade your lighting in the future you can move them down.
They are some of the prettiest mushrooms around I don't blame you for wanting them.
Good luck,
Jim

[acroporas]

I personally collected my ricordea in Florida 3 years ago. I found the green ones in 20 ft of water, and the orange ones in 60 ft of water, I assumed that this was because the orange ones didn't like as much light. Is this true? I found several green colonies in shallow water but only the orange ones once in deep water. I did not have an aquarium with me, when I collected them, so I kept them in a 5 gallon bucket. The only problem was that I found them on the first week of a 4 week vacation. By the time I got home, to Indiana, all of them were white when the colours restored the green ones were green, but the orange ones never returned to the bright orange colour they were when I collected them. I have them under VHO. I plan to replace the lights with 250 MH in a few weeks. Might my orange ones return to their previous neon-orange, or has it been too long.

https://umsis.miami.edu/~wheaton/OrangeRicordea.jpg
https://umsis.miami.edu/~wheaton/GreenRicordea.jpg

[Newreeflady]

Originally posted by Palmetto
Oh, and the most rapid multiplication comes from my razor blade.

:)

http://www.PalmettoReefs.com/images/prop_ricordia4.JPG

Good lighting and water quality, and occasional brine/ mysis feedings will help them thrive and reproduce.

:)

Do you just chop them in half? Or wait for them to start folding like they want to split, then cut them?

Also, I tried feeding mysis, but they don't close up or anything... do they just eventually absorb some? How do you keep the hermits away!!?

thx!
Angela.

[Palmetto]

Originally posted by Newreeflady
Do you just chop them in half? Or wait for them to start folding like they want to split, then cut them?

Also, I tried feeding mysis, but they don't close up or anything... do they just eventually absorb some? How do you keep the hermits away!!?

thx!
Angela.


I slice them off the stem, then cut them in half. Or, I wait until they form two mouths and slice between them. When slicing off the stem, the stem becomes a new Ric.

They will not always respond to being fed. They also do not close up like a drawstring most of the time like the big fuzzy mushrooms- they sorta use the tentacles to pass the food to the mouth and curl slightly in to get it.

:)

Darren Walker

[Palmetto]

Acroporas, those are very cool!

I would love to go collecting sometime. I have not noticed any difference in lighting preference of the various colors- but I do find it interesting that the Oranges were only deeper.

I have found that they can radically change in coloration once they adapt to their new environment, and it is hard to tell what color they will end up! I doubt you will see them return to the wild color though- if it has been 3 years.

Brighter lighting may deepen the coloration sometimes, or at least I have found that 250-watt halides make them really blossom! (they look great under Radium 250s!)

Darren Walker

[Newreeflady]

Thanks, Palmetto! I'm gonna try it:D heheh I love slicing :hammer:

Angela.

[Palmetto]

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricdarren_6023.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricdarren_6022.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricdarren_6015.jpg

Darren Walker

[dc]

*sigh* Total envy.:D

[Doe5ia14]

Finally got some pics
http://oregonstate.edu/~maili/Aquarium/Fishies/OrangeRic.JPG
http://oregonstate.edu/~maili/Aquarium/Fishies/RicMacro.JPG
http://oregonstate.edu/~maili/Aquarium/Fishies/RicMacro2.JPG

[Azurel]

those are very nic pic's and rics...

[sjediets]

a couple of mine

[Bryan Thompson]

A few new ones.

http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/CP027.jpg

http://www.blowfishaquatics.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/CP029.jpg


Bryan

[stereomandan]

Doe5ia14,
Awesome rics and pics. Hey, that rhymed!

Bryan,
Beautiful greens.

Palmetto,
Great as always

Dan

[va_reefman]

Here are some of mine from Blowfishaquatics.com

http://members.cox.net/johnw3/rics-1.jpg

Enjoy,
John

[Doe5ia14]

stereomandan- thanks

va_reefman- very nice. did you get those from the cherry pick section? must of set you back a little bit eh?:D

[va_reefman]

Doe5ia14,

Yes, all of those are from the cherry pick section. Some of them Bryan didn't even posted on the page cause I bough it before he had a chance to put them up...hehe.

Here's another pic that kinda showing my whole colection. I am still trying to take some closeup. Still learning my new camera.


http://members.cox.net/johnw3/side-1.jpg

[jetor]

Hello all you ricordia nuts.......quick question as I wipe the drool off my face after visited Darren and Bryan's websites. Are the purple with neon green tips pretty common? I hardly ever see them on Darren's website so I figure they must be. Thanks for the great pics guys.

[Palmetto]

Most of the green varieties of R. Florida are considered common, and are generally in less demand in the marketplace.

However, I find some of the electric green combinations to be particularly beautiful, and sometimes even the most drab R. Floridas will color into spectacular patterns under certain lighting/ current/ PH? / Salinity?/ Nitrates?

It is sometimes hard to tell what color some of them will end up when they adapt to their environment. They are very flexible about almost all living conditions, (except too much current or heat) but they are very unpredictable in terms of coloration. Fortunately, the beautiful ones stay beautiful through all their shifts!

:)

Ricordea Yuma seems to hold color more consistently, although they may lighten or darken, they do not seem to actually morph into something else the way R. Floridas can.

(R. Floridas remind me of Hydrangia (sp?) flowers- (they are pink or blue or somewhere between - depending on the PH of the soil they grow in.) There are some factors in the way these change colors that I have not pinpointed yet, although I suspect it is a combination of environmental changes!)

FWIW, I have experimented with R. Floridas and R. Yumas under 1,000 watt Metal Halide to see how they responded. Within about a month they opened fully and comfortably, as long as they did not have too much current. I am getting some interesting coloration under big lighting, although I find the 250-watt Radiums on Sunlight Supply Pulse start ballasts to be my favorite Ricordea lights. :)

Darren Walker

[got chow]

Great, so I'm up late at night cruising around... and I figure I'd check out what all you ricordea freaks are raving about. I mean, we all know the SPS freaks in their little forum are up to no good.

So I guess it's time to get up in the AM and shop around for some ricordeas now. Look what you guys have started!!!! GRRR I'm mad at all of you now. ;) But then again, Darren and Bryan will probably be getting another customer in the future. I'm in need of orange in my tank. Reds would be awesome too, and of course yellow, and pink. The only "rare" color that I don't need right now is blue, spent a buttload of cash on blue SPS already. Time to even out the tank with ricordeas now. *sigh* Another expensive thing I want to keep. LOL

BTW great pics from everyone around here. And I think it's nice that Bryan and Darren are both ricordea sellers, but aren't at each other's throats. Both of you guys know the other has great stuff as well, and we can all live nice and happy in here. I will be shopping from you guys.

Hope I will be posting a pic up in the next 12 hours or so. :)

[Mantis]

I've had this Ricordea strain for over 10 years. It's time to thin the herd if you know what I mean.

Brad

[dc]

Did you need my address???:D

[Mantis]

This is a newest addition

[Mantis]

I have these as well, always in such for new Ricordea.

[got chow]

Oh man... I think I got real lucky on my first ricordea. Got me a red polyp for $60! It's actually a highlighter pink right now with a fluorescent green mouth, but it's only been in the tank for about 30 mins. I'll give it some time to expand and adjust and see what it turns out to be. :)

OK here are the pics. No color correction, 250W Hamilton 14k bulbs, 1 actinic VHO, 1 50/50 VHO. The colors here are probably a bit more saturated than they are in real life, but the colors are brighter.... if that helps anyone. ;)

http://www.got-chow.com/pics/aquaria/ricordea1.jpg

http://www.got-chow.com/pics/aquaria/ricordea2.jpg

[Bryan Thompson]

Brian,

Nice work. Looks like a nice pink yuma. Welcome to the addiction. Enjoy.

Bryan

[pacificaquatics2000]

hey all i have a red pacific ricordia it pictured in ths thread has any one ben sucessfull in cutting the red yumas?? my buddy tryed it and said what he thought was a bacterial infection the they croked how should i go about cutting the shroom divide the cap or cut the cap off??? thanks cam b

[Doe5ia14]

got chow- put me in first in line if you ever decide to frag that ricordia:D

[Palmetto]

Nice looking Ric, Chow!


This is a pic of one of my all-time favorite Yumas- this one was from about 8 months ago. I have some of this variety now that are more colorful, I need some new pics! They look incredible under 400-watt Radiums in a deep tank!

This old pic was under VHO:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/DCP_2060__.jpg

Darren and Laurie Walker

[Palmetto]

Originally posted by pacificaquatics2000
hey all i have a red pacific ricordia it pictured in ths thread has any one ben sucessfull in cutting the red yumas?? my buddy tryed it and said what he thought was a bacterial infection the they croked how should i go about cutting the shroom divide the cap or cut the cap off??? thanks cam b

You can either cut the cap off or slice a small piece off. I have cut the cap off and sliced them up like pizza and had about 60% of the pieces make new mushrooms. They must be kept under just the right amount of flow, and low light while attaching. (at least that has reduced bacterial infections for us)

The stem grows into a new mushroom, too! With rare colors, I just slice a big fat one in half with a new razor blade, lean a little piece of rock or something to keep it from healing into one big one again, then it will become two shrooms. Slicing them when they are as open as possible is a key to success as well- it does less damage. You only have a second to do that, though! :)

The awesome SuperYuma that I pictured in my previous post was propagated by slicing a piece of the edge of the shroom and leaving it dangling. Note the small clone that formed from a tiny but of goo cut off and left dangling! I have sort of shredded them in places to have 2-3 quickly form a small colony.

Feel free to contact me about any propagation questions- Darren@PalmettoReefs.com .- I have been farming these guys for about a year now in a very obsessive way. :)

Darren and Laurie Walker

[chicken]

One of my Ricordea rocks. Hard to tell where one starts and the other ends.

http://gallery.xfiler.com/albums/ChrisRicordias/Picture_094.sized.jpg

[Winged Ocean]

Just a baby
http://community.webshots.com/sym/image3/0/34/23/74103423voVzSY_ph.jpg

[melev]

I had a few given to me yesterday. :D They are quite small, but maybe they'll fatten up more in the coming days.

This is in my 55g with 330w VHO:

http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/ricordias_052503.jpg

[mnreefman]

mine

[mnreefman]

another

[Palmetto]

http://www.PalmettoReefs.com/images/ricred_6123.jpg

Darren Walker
Palmetto Reefs

[Mantis]

Your going to propagate that one, right ?

Please contact me when you do.

Brad

[dc]

That's mine right??;) :D Looks georgous!

[sixpackrt]

here is some pics of mine

http://members.aol.com/sixpack70rt/shroom/shroom.jpg

http://members.aol.com/sixpack70rt/shroom/shroom1.jpg

[sixpackrt]

more

http://members.aol.com/smoke47756/coral/shroom.jpg

[chet-tonja]

Here's an updated pic of my red that is now 3. Hopefully this comes out big enough. http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/517/1640Red6-8-03.jpg

[Azurel]

Very nice!!!!

[cb747]

Hi All i ordered my first ricoderas from someone on Ebay! There coming tommorrow. What is the best and quickest way to get them to attach to a rock. I read somewhere about putting them on a rock and covering the rock with a piece of pantyhose??? Anyone try this or have a better suggestion? Thanks for the help :)

[Palmetto]

Hopefully, whoever is sending it to you knows to leave a small chip of rock attached to the foot. Ricordea can suffer when being shipped without being attached to anything at all, and sometimes will not grab onto new footing after the stress of being shipped. (At least not right away)

If there is a small chip of rock, you can use superglue gel to attach it to another rock. Just be sure not to get any glue on the shroom itself- they really hate it.

If it really is not attached to anything at all, you should place it in a small, shallow bowl of gravel in the bottom of your tank. Be sure there is just a bit of flow, but not enough to blow the polyp around. A healthy Ricordea will attach within about a week. Allow more time for the grip to tighten before placing them in current. Good luck!

:)

[cb747]

Thank you for the advice! Ill post tommorrow and let you know how they fared and hopefully theyll be attached to something! Im fairly new to reef keeping so i have to ask .. LOL What is the kind of superglue i can use?? Is it marine specific or is it like crazy glue?? I know its a dumb question but im clueless LOL Thanks again :)

[Twist N Go]

Y eah I had someone send me an orange ricordea and they were loose. They ultimatly got blown away in my aquarium.

[melev]

Originally posted by cb747
Thank you for the advice! Ill post tommorrow and let you know how they fared and hopefully theyll be attached to something! Im fairly new to reef keeping so i have to ask .. LOL What is the kind of superglue i can use?? Is it marine specific or is it like crazy glue?? I know its a dumb question but im clueless LOL Thanks again :)

I found the Super Glue <b>Gel</b> that is sold at Walmart worked perfectly.

[Palmetto]

Originally posted by melev
I found the Super Glue <b>Gel</b> that is sold at Walmart worked perfectly.

Same here! It is called Locktite, and has a cool little squeeze bottle with grippers that helps you to use it while wet.

It is thicker than most of the other gels, making it a bit easier to work with also.

Just be sure to grab the gel version and you are set.

Have fun!

[cb747]

Ok my stuff never made it out of Florida......... gotta love FedEx! We shall see how it all goes being packaged up for 48 hours. I couldnt find the Locktite super glue gel---I found a 5 minute epoxy gel made by Devcon. Now for my second dumb question---will the stuff harden up under water? Or do you keep the ricordea out of the water for a period of time while it hardens?? Im new at this glueing stuff to rocks thing LOL

[Palmetto]

I personally do not use Epoxy, and it is not the same thing at all. It may cause your skimmer to go nuts if you have one.

I highly reccomend some type of Superglue gel- composed of cyanacrolate.

[cb747]

Ok i will find the correct gel! I dont want to poison my tank or anything. One more question and then im done driving you guys nuts LOL How do i go about glueing the stuff to the rock? I assume everything has to be out of the water for a few mins right ??? Sorry about all the dumb questions but im new at this and id rather ask then do something wrong and kill everything :) Thanks again !!

[Palmetto]

Questions are no problem! That's what RC is about.

I just dry the bottom of the chip of rock that the mushroom is on, put a big glob of the glue on there, then just stick it under water and hold it firmly to where you want it for about 10-20 seconds. Cyanacrolate gel hardens very quickly under water, and it really is just that simple. Again, just be sure not to get glue on the Ricordea itself.


HTH!

[cb747]

Wow i didnt realize it was that simple :) Now i just hope they will be alright from being in transit for 2 days...........Fed Ex was at a loss to explain why they were still at there station in Fla. I have some gorgonians coming as well. Well see what happens. Thanks again for all the information and help!!

[goofball310]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/517/14331rici.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/517/14331ricis.jpg

[goofball310]

Okay, I've never kept any corals w/o halides and now I'm gonna have to start. These beautiful ricordeas you've just seen are being kept in a 18gal nano tank w/ 72w of PC lighting. My question is this:

Is this enough lighting to sustain these beautiful creature or will I require halides.

[Azurel]

Stunning, simply beautiful...I think they need to be in my tank here in Michigan to really thrive, so ship them to me as soon as possiable Before anything happens to them...........lol..

[liusteven]

Looking for some nice Yumas or Ricordea.... Darren I am still waiting for your site to come up...

[Keith Sheridan]

Here is mine, not as nice as most of those already posted, but hey you gotta start somewhere.

http://images.yorkphoto.com/337%3B%3B%3B5523232%7Ffp8%3Enu%3D3237%3E%3A52%3E2%3B9%3Ewsnrcg%3D32324%3B32694%3B8nu0mrj

[Azurel]

I wouldn't say that m8 the differant colors are very nice and that blue is very pretty...

[rmendis]

Keith: Awesome ric! Where did you get it?

[Keith Sheridan]

Originally posted by rmendis
Keith: Awesome ric! Where did you get it?

Thanks, I actually got it from The Perfect Pet. He is in the process of setting up a website. You can pm here on RC as his handle The Perfect Pet is also his business name.

[Sallylightfoot]

Hey Bryan,
Its Melinda, you are holding out on me, ;) .

[DvSkIn]

Here are some of mine

http://dvskin.smugmug.com/photos/338513-M.jpg

http://dvskin.smugmug.com/photos/347186-M.jpg

http://dvskin.smugmug.com/photos/347169-M.jpg

http://dvskin.smugmug.com/photos/347183-M.jpg

http://dvskin.smugmug.com/photos/338503-M.jpg


The pics arent the best, but you get the idea!!LoL



DVS

[Palmetto]

Very cool, DVS!

:)

[DvSkIn]

Hey!!!! Thanks a lot, nada like yours at all, but I like em!



DVS

[lilswanwillow]

bump with a question(s):

I'm getting two green rics tomorra, dunno if they will be attached or not, hopefully
now, for the questions:
I notice alot of the rics are at the bottom of the tank... I'm assuming on rocks, right?
why?

and the glue you guys are talking about, is it the airplane glue stuff? seriously, my friend does model airplanes, and its cyanacrylic glue... he has 5-15 second, 15-30 second, and theres one that has 30-60 second attach time... is it the same thing (in other words, can I steal (errr, borrow) a bottle for a day and use that. I know he uses it on cuts and abrasions, and its SUPER sticky...)

[Keith Sheridan]

Originally posted by lilswanwillow

I notice alot of the rics are at the bottom of the tank... why?

I think this might be just because it is easier to take a decent picture from there, and since they look so great you wanna really be able to see them.
Originally posted by lilswanwillow

and the glue you guys are talking about, is it the airplane glue stuff? seriously, my friend does model airplanes, and its cyanacrylic glue...
I am not positive on this, but cynoacrylic is cynoacrylic, so I would think it is fine. Try to let it cure before putting it back into the tank, to be safe. Gluing a ric might not be the best way to attatch one though.

[lilswanwillow]

i was thinking of a little rock

glueing the rock that its on to one of my rocks.

hmmm, I'll experiment tomorra!!!!

thanks for the info

[Sallylightfoot]

Mine says, "cyanoacrylate".

[lilswanwillow]

I'll do an experiment...
I'll put a dab on a small rock or something, and throw it in with George. If it kills him, it will kill anything!!!!
okok, that isn't as morbid as it sounds. hes a nice mantis, i promise!!!

[Sallylightfoot]

LOL, I have some neighbors I would love to try it on, LOL!!!!!!!!!!

[lilswanwillow]

well, I already know that its non-toxic : my friend uses it to close wounds he recieves from the x-acto knife when hes not paying attention: he just pours the stuff on, holds the cut closed until the stuff hardens, and hes fine... I hate men!!!
(sorry, didn't mean that last part, its just that they figure out too much, well, stuff, and are too lazy to get up and go to get a bandaid.... arg)

[Sallylightfoot]

too lazy to get up and go to get a bandaid.... arg)





LOL, I hear that!!!!!!!

[Rezzan1]

I have posted most of my other rics on another thread, but I just got these yesterday. Not a bad price either. There are a total of 5 on the rock and I hope they open up soon.



http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jyoakum11/oyuma.JPG

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jyoakum11/oyuma2.JPG

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jyoakum11/oyuma3.JPG

I hope these ric yumas multiply fast.

[Rezzan1]

Double Post

[Rezzan1]

Tripple post

[lilswanwillow]

i have a question:

what are decent prices on rics? I've heard differing opinions: does it mostly depend on what different people like, or is it completely different?

I know yumas are more, but why are some polyps $10 while others are $100?

[Rezzan1]

It depends on how rare the ric is. Also if your lucky or not, I've seen tri color yumas(very rare) go for $150 or more, but your run of the meal green yumas can go $10-$20 a polyp. I saw one bright oarnge yuma the other day for $80, I got this rock at my LFS for $70 pretty good price. I have a couple that are really bright That I will eventually frag and sell for 30-40 a polyp.

[Westpat]

Hi,
I have been bitten by the Ric bug also, I got a tri color yuma for 50 bucks and it seems to be doing alright, though I really don't know since I am new to this. It has a black/navy body with orange and red polyps and a yellow mouth. It is priority so please give advice. I also picked up some FL ones for 5-15 dollars a polyp. They seem to be more full than the yuma. I have a 13K 175 halide about 12inches from the yuma and two FLs. The ones I put down in the sand(18") seem to be a lot fuller, I just ran out of room. I put the yuma up higher because I understood it needed more light.
Another thing, my salinity had gotten low and today was the first chance I had to do a water change, back up to 1.023 from 1.0205.
So we will see how that works. What trace elements?
Also, two of the Fls I bought have two mouths, one is starting to pinch. Am I to assume two mouths mean eventual splitting, or will I need to help the process.
Palmetto-What is the mortality rate on cutting off the heads from the stalk? I got a blue one that is about 3" across, and I am thinking of using it as a guinea pig.

Thanks for any and all responses,
I have a new love and her name is yuma!
David

[cris]

a couple of pics of the farm...

[cris]

one more..

[Mantis]

Westpat,

Try moving the yuma down, and it will most likely expand more, also you might want to raise your salinty to 1.025 slowly

[Keith Sheridan]

Price...
I don't know about Yumas, but I got my Rics for a pretty good price. Even the multicolored was under $20.

Lighting...
The Rics close to the light are not expanding as much, but should do well there. The ones lower are expaning more as they try to capture more light. So you will probably be fine putting them anywhere in the tank. I would put them all in a place where you can plainly see them. Some one might chime in and disagree, but this is my understanding on rics.

Salinity...
I think your salinity is too low. You may not be able to keep some inverts with it so low. You should try raising it to 1.025-1.026, I keep mine at 1.026, but anywhere in that range is good.

Splitting...
I thought that two mouths would mean that I would soon have rics splitting, but I have had mine for 4 months now, no splits and 3 of the four have two mouths.

[Sallylightfoot]

I have one that has 4 mouths and others that have 3.

[Westpat]

Thanks,
The water change brought me back up to .o22, and I usually keep it at .o23. So I will probably do another small change in a week.

David

[melev]

David, you can gradually raise your salinity by topping off with saltwater at 1.023 or better. Each day that 1/2g to 1g of water will increase it to the desired 1.026.

[Westpat]

Marc,
You always show up with the right advice at the right time, thanks!

David

[Westpat]

I guess I need to post some pics of my 5$ rics. All three are mainly white, but have accents on the bubbles/polyps/tentacles, whatever you call them...
One is red and orange with orange mouth
One is navy on white with a navy rim
the other is has bright green and orange highlights

I am interested to see if they color up or stay pale, especially the red and orange.

They are all under my halides on frag row down in the sand.

David

[KikoRTAW]

I got a 3ft q-tank with MHs and a 4X2X2 reef, with 150watt MHs on the q-tank and 2X250watt on the 4ft reef. I currently have my multicoloured Ricordea Yumas about 50cm away from the MHs.

I want to ask, how come my R. Yumas arnt expanding much. Or are R. Yumas are like that.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~hackenlee1/Mike/MVC040S.jpg

Thankyou very much
Mike
:confused:

[KikoRTAW]

Here is my new Ricordea Yuma, colour is not clear, but will take better shot soon.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~hackenlee1/Mike/MVC051R.JPG

My multi-coloured R. Yuma.

Mike

[lilswanwillow]

yours are expanding about the same as mine.... hmmm, I thought they weren't supposed to expand much more than that.

btw, love your first pic!!! they look awsome

[KikoRTAW]

Thanks, I take the first pic with a professional photography camera i took off my brother and the bottom one is a pic i took off my cheap digital cam.

mike

[Oleta]

Hey Folks,

I just got these guys this week.. They told me they were just hairy shrooms and just found out that they're actually ricordea, LOL

Learn something new every day I suppose :D

[Oleta]

They weren't fully extended when I took these pictures, but the color turned out nice so I like em..

[Oleta]

And this one is from later on in the day.. Extended, but the color isn't as good as the first 2 pictures..

There are actually 10 polyps on this rock.. 2 larger ones (2"-2.5"), 4 medium sized ones (1"-1.5") and two little ones (<1").. I gave them $45 for it..

[lilswanwillow]

hmmm, looks like yumas to meeeeee
jmo
love the colors, i really need to get my mom to let me have her camera for a couple days.
my turquoise one turned silver, and the green one turned into turquoise.
quite interesting

[Westpat]

So Yuma commands a premium over Florida?
Is this true in all cases, and what would most of you consider to be the reasons for or against?

Just trying to educate myself,
David

[lilswanwillow]

there are a few previous posts where i asked the same question: but the long an short of it:
yeah, I think so

[TiGs]

Here is a pic or my yellow ricordea.
Pic was taken under PC 50/50 lighting. Picture doesn't capture the color that well, it's a little more of a golden yellow color

[Azurel]

real nice yellow is such a an odd color morph for shrooms

[blueleg]

Here is one of my favorites

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/27528/p/468096_5849673655192880893_vl.jpg

And another...

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/27528/p/480135_4345145066658444741_vl.jpg

Not the best pictures but they are ok!

[TiGs]

Originally posted by Azurel
real nice yellow is such a an odd color morph for shrooms

Thanks. I bought when I first started this hobby about 7 months ago. I thought it looked really pretty, didn't know it was an odd color morph :eek2:

[Azurel]

Yea you rarely see yellow such as that in mushrooms, even more so when the whole thing is bright yellow like that...very nice

[Sallylightfoot]

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/rf110_7519.jpg

[Azurel]

Those are very nice as well....

[Westpat]

WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Azurel]

They look like a cluster of white grapes....

[Sallylightfoot]

Westpat, I am dying to see yours!!

[Westpat]

I am sorry, I have been lazy lately. I had a strenous week at work last week, I helped with my wife's profession all weekend, and the week before I moved my brother to IN.(Laying Ground work to take over Premium Aquatics:D )
Anyway, Sunday I went into the LFS and they had a better selection of Ricordia than normal. I was stoked to find a rock that had 18 heads of R.yuma on it. They wanted 60$ and I thought that was fair considering the number of Rics.
They are an emerald green with navy blue bodies, and tan tips. They all have orange mouths. They seem to be doing fine and I think they are motivation enough to post my little round children.
Does everyone think that is a decent price? They range from 2" all the way down to .5".

Sally, my pink, orange, and white one shriveled away, and so did my 4 color yuma. The funny thing is there is a little dot of tissue on the rock where they were, so I am not giving up yet. I still have my pink and blue and my white and green.

Assuming anyone would want to, how would I frag my new rock for trade?

Thanks,
David

[ReefGeekster]

3" span when open :eek:

[Sallylightfoot]

WOW, I am sorry to hear about that. I will keep my fingers X'ed that they grow from the tissue. I have not fragged any of mine yet. They have been splitting on their own a little. I am thinking of trying cutting off the head and hoping it lives and the other grows back. Then I may get braver and slice one in two and so on. I am always interested in trades for Ric's. They seem to be my obsession!!!!!!

[Sallylightfoot]

Reefgeester, all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!! and I am jealous. I will get one some day!!! That brings a question to mind. I have been thinking I wonder why we have not seen more of the hot pink? I mean, do they shrivel up and die like westpat's??? Or are we just now finding them? I hate to spend 100+ dollars and watch it waste away. Please keep us posted with the outcome of yours.
Thanks for sharing!!

[Sallylightfoot]

OOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Reefgeekster, I just noticed you are in Oregon. Hum, you will have to let me know when/if you have any trades.

[ReefGeekster]

Originally posted by Sallylightfoot
OOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Reefgeekster, I just noticed you are in Oregon. Hum, you will have to let me know when/if you have any trades.


Yeah, just saw that your in Salem. We go to Salem every 3-4 weeks to vist my wife's mom and I usually get to do a Fish run in Salem and Portland, I graduated from High School in Stayton.

[ReefGeekster]

Originally posted by Sallylightfoot
Reefgeester, all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!! and I am jealous. I will get one some day!!! That brings a question to mind. I have been thinking I wonder why we have not seen more of the hot pink? I mean, do they shrivel up and die like westpat's??? Or are we just now finding them? I hate to spend 100+ dollars and watch it waste away. Please keep us posted with the outcome of yours.
Thanks for sharing!!

I think a lot of the survival rate of the Yuma/Ricordia has to do with fragging it or trying to remove it from a rock, rather than chipping of the rock people tend to try to peel it off which damaging the foot resulting in infection(s) and then melting away.
As far as cost goes Ricordia tends to split less often if they even do vs. a Rose bubble tip anemone. And of course everyone has green, blues, beige, browns making red/pink in more of demand and as things go as far as price it's demand and suppplies.

[Palmetto]

My new favorite from my personal collection:

(or will be once it opens fully! It will be over 4" wide! To give you some idea, the small ones to the right are larger than a nickel!)



My new Purple and FIRE! yuma! (Like the one in my sig from long ago!)

:D

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ryfiredw_8000.jpg

[Sallylightfoot]

WOW!!!!!

[millisec]

Originally posted by Oleta
And this one is from later on in the day.. Extended, but the color isn't as good as the first 2 pictures..

There are actually 10 polyps on this rock.. 2 larger ones (2"-2.5"), 4 medium sized ones (1"-1.5") and two little ones (<1").. I gave them $45 for it..

Awesome piece... Gotta love the occasional clueless pet shop piece. They look almost identical to the Yuma pair I found online at $69. You got quite a steal...

[millisec]

Originally posted by Oleta
And this one is from later on in the day.. Extended, but the color isn't as good as the first 2 pictures..

There are actually 10 polyps on this rock.. 2 larger ones (2"-2.5"), 4 medium sized ones (1"-1.5") and two little ones (<1").. I gave them $45 for it..

Awesome piece... Gotta love the occasional clueless pet shop piece. They look almost identical to the Yuma pair I found online at $69. You got quite a steal...

[fade2black]

One of my new ricordias. The color is off as I underexposed the picture by a half stop and it was taken under a blue moonlight. Still a cool picture though :D

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/179ricordia_closeup.jpg

Fade

[Palmetto]

Cool moonlight pic...

I found some pretty cool ones...


http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/DCP_2061.jpg


This one using flash:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/DCP_2068.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/DCP_2013.jpg

[millisec]

Cool Ric Darren... but where the hell is the fire for sale. Whats the holdup over there<G>. Ric junkie needs a fix LOL.

Plus... in your second pic whats that big Yuma on the right with the yellows??? I want one (actually how about that one?). Way cool and looks way nicer than the fires in that pic. Is it the same as those three babies below it?

[silverado_4x4]

Can anyone identify exactly what these are?

http://community.webshots.com/photo/84870609/84871941bwFNAZ

Make sure to hit "view full size" to see it alot better

[millisec]

Probably green or teal / probably purple (washed out in pic) yuma. Kind of hard to make out the ring around the mouth but they look too big for florida.

[Azurel]

Those are Yuma for sure....

[reefkeeper1]

I took some pictures of Tiger Shark's tank this week, and this is a preview of some of the beauties in the gallery:

http://www.reeftank.com/tigersharktank2003/index.html

http://www.reeftank.com/tigersharktank2003/images/DSCN0286A.jpg

http://www.reeftank.com/tigersharktank2003/images/DSCN0294.jpg

[ivyvine1]

Those are gorgeous !!
:)

[millisec]

Heres one I picked uplast weekend... This is a strange one that sometimes looks a little like reefkeeper1's second pic... I'm calling it burnt orange but sometimes it looks more red and its very different from my neon orange/purple. Reddish, orange who knows LOL Cool anyway.

http://mysite.verizon.net/millisec99/r27.jpg

[beerman0831]

Originally posted by Palmetto
:)

Taken with flash...

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/ricor_4945.jpg

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/rics_4885.jpg I have to have 1 of these.Do you have any more of them?

[beerman0831]

I do mean the yellow 1

[millisec]

Those yellows are way cool and I would love to get one myself. Yellow yuma?? They look like yellow florida to me (and the rest).

[beerman0831]

Ooopppppppppss I think you are right.Sorry

[jgoelz]

It's amazing that I didn't see anyone mention Mucho's Reef tank of the month for August ( or did they and I just skimmed past it)

If not here is the link again.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/totm

He has some awesome colonies

[Azurel]

Yea Your right he has some sweet shrooms$zoos, beautiful reef tank....

[millisec]

Its funny you should mention his tank... Don't know whether to thank or curse him. I was getting ready to move several months ago and thinking on what I was gonna do with the new tank I was planning on putting together. Then I saw that damn article. I've kept a variety corals mostly soft and LPS over the years, including zoo and some fl ric, but that article set me off. The first visit to Dr Mac set me back about $430. Now I can't stop buying zoo and ric... Hi my names Jim, I'm a reefaholic with an insatiable taste for Ric and Zoo :lol:

[Azurel]

You ain't the only one, my wife keeps asking me are you going to have a tank with on ric's(florida&Yumas) how boring.....ohh well guess she dont see the facination...

[Bone'Collector]

Darren, wow those Riccordia are AMAZING!!!!!! :D

[Palmetto]

Thanks!!

Yes, the yellow ones discussed above were floridas. They are few and far between, but very cool.

Here is another:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/rf-yel_8614.jpg

[melev]

I got me a very nice ricordia last night at our LFS. It only has one mouth right now, but I think it'll have a new one pretty soon. It'll probably open up more in a few days, but I had to post it now. :D

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1003/colored_ric_101903.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1003/colored_ricordia_101903.jpg

[saltaddict]

Here are a few of mine.

my latest shipment
http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/516/1923allrics.jpg


http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/516/1923blueric.jpg

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/516/1923multicolorric.jpg

http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/photos/data/516/1923orangeandblue.jpg

Thanks for looking, Rob

[millisec]

Originally posted by Palmetto
Thanks!!

Yes, the yellow ones discussed above were floridas. They are few and far between, but very cool.

Here is another:

http://www.palmettoreefs.com/images/rf-yel_8614.jpg

Hey Darren... about those yellows. The ones before look real yellow but I think it was Bryan who said there is no such thing as true yellow FL but rather green morphs. This latest pic you posted seems to support that being a green-yellow morph. Do you agree with that?

[Max_Strandberg]

> It'll probably open up more in a few days, but I had to post it now. :D

WOW melev, that second photo is magnificent! I have a hard time thinking that it could get any better than that, but feel free to prove me wrong with an other photo of your ric in a few days. ;)

[melev]

Thanks for noticing Max, I was feeling a little ignored after being the proud photographer.

I'll likely add a 3x filter on my macro lens to get it a little closer.

[Westpat]

Mark,
I know you have not heard from me in a while, but you are the reefer I continue to strive to become!

David West

PS The mandarin is still doing very well!

[mgchan]

Here's what I found at my LFS. A total of 24 Yellow Rics on one rock!

http://members.aol.com/mgchan/ricordea1mgc.jpg

[TIGER SHARK]

Heres an orange and blue yuma I picked up recently:

http://www.geocities.com/dj_scotte/yuma.jpg

Orange and blue floridas

http://www.geocities.com/dj_scotte/orangebluerix.jpg

[TIGER SHARK]

Hmmm, didnt work. Heres a link to my webpage....

http://www.geocities.com/dj_scotte/ricordia3.html

[Stormbringer22]

Originally posted by melev
I got me a very nice ricordia last night at our LFS. It only has one mouth right now, but I think it'll have a new one pretty soon. It'll probably open up more in a few days, but I had to post it now. :D

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1003/colored_ric_101903.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1003/colored_ricordia_101903.jpg Melev, those pictures are really, really nice ;) AWESOME!

[SaltyDogg]

Originally posted by Stormbringer22
Melev, those pictures are really, really nice ;) AWESOME!


Very beautiful indeed..........:)

[millisec]

Originally posted by melev
Thanks for noticing Max, I was feeling a little ignored after being the proud photographer.

I'll likely add a 3x filter on my macro lens to get it a little closer.

Would'nt want you to feel dejected melev... Those are very nice. I just got some of what appears to be the same and you certainly have been far more succesfull than me at getting a decent picture so far. :lol:

[millisec]

Heres one I posted in a different thread... Finally got a decent pic of this yuma I've had a while... white/clear and teal with golden yellow mouth.

http://mysite.verizon.net/millisec99/r31.jpg

[larrylwill]

Heres a picture of my Ric. ALL the green/blue ones were $4 each and they came in all the same color green. Since I added them about 4 weeks ago they changed to different colors of green and 2 to blue. Lighting is 6700k floresent and atinic. I also took pictures with 6500k Iwasaki and combinations of atinic and 6700k floresent and they look pretty much the same. No flash was used.

[TiGs]

Originally posted by millisec
Hey Darren... about those yellows. The ones before look real yellow but I think it was Bryan who said there is no such thing as true yellow FL but rather green morphs. This latest pic you posted seems to support that being a green-yellow morph. Do you agree with that?

I posted a pic of my yellow ric on page 8 of this thread. I think that is way more yellow than green

[Two eye hooter]

here's a couple of mine

http://home.earthlink.net/~jay151/images/ricordias.JPG

[Azurel]

Hey two eye we need to trade something of mine for one of those yellow rics...they are super sweet...

[Two eye hooter]

? those are green.

[Azurel]

yea I was a little sleepy when I typed that now that Im awake they do look green.....lol....guess my eye's were playing tricks on me I guess..

[millisec]

Oh... I thought they were at least yellow green and posted in response to my question about yellow vs green/yellow morphs and someones response. Do they look that yellow in reality? Heres a very color accurate pic of typical green/purple yuma's

http://mysite.verizon.net/millisec99/r21.jpg

[Two eye hooter]

Azurel,

it was late for me too, so my brain wasnt fully functioning either. it just hit me that you might be talking about my ricordia avatar.

pic i posted in thread is a common electric green yuma.

pic in avatar is different story. i just got him last week. was kinda bleached. it is coloring up a bit. currently with it somewhat bleached out, the coloration doesnt look like any ricorida i seen. it has a peachish/pink middle with light green outside outer. when it really colors up, we'll see how it turns out. here's a better pic.



http://home.earthlink.net/~jay151/images/multicolor_yuma.JPG

[millisec]

Thats what mine looked like when I got it... The pic above of the white/clear/teal is the exact same one I believe. The pic above is after about a month of adapting to my tank and coloring up. The mouth is golden yellow on mine.



Originally posted by Two eye hooter
Azurel,

it was late for me too, so my brain wasnt fully functioning either. it just hit me that you might be talking about my ricordia avatar.

pic i posted in thread is a common electric green yuma.

pic in avatar is different story. i just got him last week. was kinda bleached. it is coloring up a bit. currently with it somewhat bleached out, the coloration doesnt look like any ricorida i seen. it has a peachish/pink middle with light green outside outer. when it really colors up, we'll see how it turns out. here's a better pic.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jay151/images/multicolor_yuma.JPG

[Two eye hooter]

millisec,

i dont think it's the same. the pic u posted looks similar to my electric green yuma but different. what lighting are u using? are u editing the pic? the colorization just doesnt seem natural to me.

mine distinctly have 2 different colors which i believe it not due to bleaching or lighting. there were several on the rock i bought. they all have the same similar pattern which leads me to believe that it is naturally bi-color at least.... peachish pink middle and light green outter. of coarse with time, the true colors will come out.

[millisec]

Both the pictures are only sharpened and under 4x 96w PC 10k and 03. Time will tell but what you posted could not be any more this ricordia which I have seen under halide lighting and pictures of the same online. The two greens I posted are accurate. Ones what I would call electric green/purple and this one is white/clear & teal. Thats the color and not bleached whatsoever.

http://mysite.verizon.net/millisec99/r31.jpg