Securing Ricordia

This may be a silly question, but I'm new to coral and not really sure about this. Got a small green Florida ricordea and I'm not sure about tank placement. It came attached to a tiny rock chip and I've tried 'placing' it in a few places in the tank on some live rock, but it doesn't stay put. I suspect the snails or crabs are probably knocking it around a bit.

Should I somehow try to secure it, like wedging the rock chip into a piece of live rock, just let it sit on the sand bed, etc? It looks healthy, but I suspect i shouldn't just let it get moved around the tank.

Thanks!

 

try to get a really small piece of LR and put it on the bottom, put him on there and see if he attatches after a couple days.

 

you could use marine epoxy to secure it to a larger piece of rock and then place the rock where you want. the epoxy can be used under water.

 

If I understand you correctly it is still attached to the rock chip right? is it is use super glue jell and glue it to where ever you want. I bought a bottle of Gorilla Super Glue Jell at my Ace hardware for around 4.99 and its the same size tube that they sell for 9.99 at my LFS.

They like light but not to much, and a little bit of flow but not enough to fold it over because it will just detach and move.


EDit:
Marine epoxy heats up as it cures and will kill the ric if it comes in contact with it. Safest way is Super glue.

 

Really, super glue? I'm not sure how I should go about doing that? Do I take him out of the water, glue the rock chip to another larger piece of rock, then put him back in the water? It seems like it would be a bad idea to take him out of the water for any amount of time, but it seems like a worse idea to try and apply glue to the rock while in the tank. I'm also wondering how the glue would hold to wet rock?

I'll give it a try if you have some pointers on how it's done.

Thanks!

 

"Do I take him out of the water, glue the rock chip to another larger piece of rock, then put him back in the water?"

Yes, take it out, put a good amount of glue on the bottom and put it in the water and stick it to the rock you want it on. If possible clean a spot off on the rock in your tank, I use a toothbrush to clean it up. Stick it on and hold it for a moment and you should be set.

I do admit it took me a little bit of time to get it right but now I do it in none shot. Super glue will not hurt a thing , anyone who frags coral used it all the time to mount coral.

Edit: you might want to go get some finger nail polish remover, the kind that uses lacquer thinner because you are going to get it on your gingers thats a given and that stuff takes it off right away.

 

Thanks, this did the trick, he's secured quite well now on a small piece of rock. I now need to figure out the best placement in the tank, it's hard to find any one area where there's light but not at least some current flowing around. Every place I've tried so far results in one side of the ricordea lifting up a bit. Any location suggestions that work best or will it 'settle down' in time?

Thanks!

 

Glad it worked out... Give it a little time and see what happens. Mine usually settle down...