Ricordea garden

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  1. Dr. Reefenstein

    Dr. Reefenstein Fire Shrimp

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    Here are 2 shots of what I'm trying to grow into a Ricordea garden. The ones on the bottom(except for little orange one in the middle) are from Morphologic.. I have to say, the ones from Morphologic are like none I have found locally at any LFS. Pictures were taken with my best camera, my iphone..:-/
     

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  3. mikev15101

    mikev15101 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Great shots; what kind of growth rate have you seen? Do you feed them often? I love the blue ones.
     
  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Beautiful garden, Yes Coral Morphologic has the most unique rics
     
  5. Dr. Reefenstein

    Dr. Reefenstein Fire Shrimp

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    The green ones and the orange ones I have had for a while and they have doubled in size and a few have split. The little orange one on the bottom spit from the ones above. I don't "target feed". I feed the fish directly above them and they get some good undertow current from my vortech. The blue ones I got about 2 months ago and have really puffed up since..
     
  6. dowtish

    dowtish Horrid Stonefish

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    Did you follow similar instructions that coral morph gives on getting them to attach to something? or did you do another method?
     
  7. Dr. Reefenstein

    Dr. Reefenstein Fire Shrimp

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    All of the ones I got from them had already attached to at least a small piece of rubble. I super glued those pieces of rubble to some rock and that was that.. I did get some glue on one of the ricordeas top side and started to panic, but within a day it "shed" the glue, I was amazed that it had no ill effects... I got lucky..
     
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  9. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    Nice garden,love the colors,great pics too.
     
  10. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    They look to be doing really well for you Dr Reefenstein

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  11. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Beautiful Ricordia garden, well done.
     
  12. Coastie Reefer

    Coastie Reefer Millepora

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    I love Ricordea gardens and yours looke great. One of my favorite corals.