Ricordea problems?

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  1. yeager003

    yeager003 Bristle Worm

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    One of my ricordea florida is looking quite odd. It used to have its mouth closed all of the time and it was purple. Now the mouth is open all of the time and white lobes are poking out. It has been this way for about 12 days now. My other ricordeas are all fine some have even grown multiple mouths and split. Water Conditions are as follows. SG 1.024, Nh3/Nh4 0 ppm, NO2 0 ppm, NO3 0 ppm temp 79. I only have basic tests and i am going to the lfs store tomorrow to buy them. I am also using ro/di water.
     

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    yeager003 Bristle Worm

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    so nobody has any ideas of what may be going on with this ricordea
     
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    ssgheislerswife Ritteri Anemone

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    Hey, can someone answer this question? I have no clue!

    Gin
     
  5. yeager003

    yeager003 Bristle Worm

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    is this the un answerable question of 3 reef
     
  6. gazog

    gazog Kole Tang

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    No its answerable, Mine do the same thing occasionally. Seems like they do it just before they are going to split to me.
     
  7. yeager003

    yeager003 Bristle Worm

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    how long do they do it for mine has been this way going on almost 2 weeks
     
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    gazog Kole Tang

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    You know I never paid attention, several days of maybe even a week. If its been 2 weeks then I wouldn't worry to much about it cause if it was bad I would kind of figure it would have been dead already.
     
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    yeager003 Bristle Worm

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    true i just think it is wierd and i am trying to see who all else has experienced something like this with rics