Are rics good for begginers?

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  1. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    My lfs has these beutiful 10$ Florida ric frags. Are they easier to care for?
    (I do not want mushrooms)
     
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  2. drew3

    drew3 Blue Ringed Angel

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    rics are ricordea mushrooms so you probubly wouldnt want to have them
     
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  3. NASAGeek

    NASAGeek Eyelash Blennie

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    I am a beginner and ordered some ricordea from coralmorphologic (a 3reef sponsor). They are beautiful and doing very well. As a beginner, I feel it was a good starter choice.

    Mark
     
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  4. NEW REEFER

    NEW REEFER Fire Worm

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    Shrooms are great and easy to care for, my best shrooms were hitch hikers....but ya rics are mushrooms, beautiful pieces too....
     
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  5. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    rics are shrooms but i dont think they spread near as fast as normal shrooms.
     
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  6. mikeHVAC

    mikeHVAC Spaghetti Worm

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    a ricordea was my first coral. Its really easy and doesnt really spread to fast. I also have them under PC lighting. Next to frogspawn its my favorite.
     
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  7. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    i got rics as my first coral too. mine were tiny and now they got lost in my 29 gal though lol.
     
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  8. mikeHVAC

    mikeHVAC Spaghetti Worm

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    A local reefer gave me a big green mouthed yuma and it floated away during the night before it attached to a rock, looked in my filtration and its not there so im hoping it will eventually come out of the rock work
     
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  9. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    yeah rics are easy to keep
     
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  10. veedubshafer

    veedubshafer Banned

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    I just got a couple at my LFS the other week. Same price. Well, they are normally $20 each but they were BOGO.
     
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