show me your rics !!!!!

[Magickiwi]

I'm a little curious why you fellas have decided to put the ricordia on the sand vs. attaching it to some of your rock work. They won't grow and propagate unless they can grow outward will they?

Beautiful specimens, and I have a couple on the way for me too Waiting for a MJC order is like trying to sleep on Christmas eve.

[Coral Hoarder]

wow awsome !!!!! they will grow mouths then you cut inbtween the mouths then you have two

[thmh]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

I'm a little curious why you fellas have decided to put the ricordia on the sand vs. attaching it to some of your rock work. They won't grow and propagate unless they can grow outward will they?

Beautiful specimens, and I have a couple on the way for me too Waiting for a MJC order is like trying to sleep on Christmas eve.

We like to do "gardens" style with rics so we can control their propagation.Plus we find that rics get really big under shaded area.

~Tony

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by thmh

We like to do "gardens" style with rics so we can control their propagation.Plus we find that rics get really big under shaded area.

~Tony

So fixing them to live rock would let them propagate as they wish and keeping them attached to rocks in the sand bed forces them to stay small.

My plan is to use them as coverage for my rock over broad areas in the middle to low portions of my tank.

[thmh]

I just like to control where my coral grows, but you can put them anywhere you like. In my experience i find mushrooms love shades / low light area.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

So fixing them to live rock would let them propagate as they wish and keeping them attached to rocks in the sand bed forces them to stay small.

My plan is to use them as coverage for my rock over broad areas in the middle to low portions of my tank.

mushrooms split so i dont think it matters where they grow as they are not encrusting

[lastlight]

mine have split just growing on the sandbed. it's become a problem now tho as the flow has been carrying them into the back of the tank and they get lost or buried.

[typezero]

Mine in its first stages were just on plugs but the last 2 stages they are attached to their own island rock stuck underneath some shade. I like to group them tightly together because they look the best folded onto of each other for the rippleling look and you can add more rics

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by typezero

Mine in its first stages were just on plugs but the last 2 stages they are attached to their own island rock stuck underneath some shade. I like to group them tightly together because they look the best folded onto of each other for the rippleling look and you can add more rics

I'm screwed... I don't have really any shady spots in my main tank unless I can give some growth hormone to a monti colony and fabricate some.