Can you post a pic of them?
And what lighting where they under in the picture that you looked at and what lighting are then in now?
I don't currently have any blue rics, just regular orange/purple right now but here's a picture of some blue ric's from LA, I've seen them at my lfs same color :
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=2043
They can look very different under spectrums.