corals

How can you tell if your ricordia are splitting? I have tried my hardest to find a good website on corals and info about them but I always get online stores, does anyone have a good link?

 

Usually, the ricordia polyp will develop another mouth before it splits. That being said, I have had double mouthed ricordias for a long time and never saw them split. These corals are very slow growers.

 

Here's some helpful links:

GARF'S RICORDIA PROPAGATION 11/30/01
Blane Perun's Ricordia, Mushroom Coral info. on Aquaculture and Propagation

 

Well The Reason I Am Asking Is Because One Of The Rics Looks Like There Is A Stretching/tearing In An Area And I Wanted To Know If That Meant It Is Damaged Or It's Starting To Split.

 

Well I'm Gonna Pickup A Timer This Weekend And Start Them Later So I Have More Viewing Time When I Get Home. Can You Feed Them When The Lights Are Off? I Usually Feed Them 1/2 Hr After Lights On And Then At Dinner Time But If My Lights Come On Arounf 11am I'm Not Home To Feed So What Do You Do?

 

Well, I don't feed ricordia but if you feel the need to, I would do it when the lights are on as they tend to shrivel up when the lights are off. Personally, I think that you're headed for trouble feeding your tank and corals as much as you do.

 

do you think two times a day is too much? How often should you feed?

 

oops just noticed that somehow when I answered another thread it got in here. I have never fed my corals, I add a small amount of phytoplex and zooplex every other day and not the recommended amount alot less. I feed a small amount twice a day, how often do you guys feed?

 

i target feed my leather marine snow every other week and my ricordea a small piece of formula 1 every three weeks or so and everything is happy, my ric even made three little babys!

 

As I mentioned earlier, I don't direct feed any of my corals (unless I'm keeping nonphotosynthetic species). My feeding schedule is detailed in this thread:

http://www.3reef.com/forums/coral-health/what-do-you-feed-your-corals-37468.html

Keep in mind that I have a tank that is full of sps and lps corals so my feeding regimen is much more "extreme" than yours needs to be.