billdeluz Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 hey guy i have a question about my Florida ricordea i have search all over and found many diagnoses (its like using webMD to see why your coughing and find out your dying in 10 mins) please if you guys could give me your opinions on whats gong on thank you Parameters pH 8.2 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 5-10 ppm (depending on what kit i'm now using) Calcium 420 ppm Salinity 1.023-1.024 (refractometer) Temp 78 degrees tank is 36 days old topped of with Ro/Di added purigen today to help with nitrates ( LFS Recommended) frag is placed on sand bed low-med flow pictures are dated last night before lights went out LEFT side of picture is at lunch time today RIGHT side is 2 hours after lights come on in the a.m tonight 40 mins after lights out (this is what it has looked like the last couple of days till the morning after lights out) and 3 hours after lights are out (now) never seen it so tight shrunk) please help thanks many again Link to comment
ml86743 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Maybe the lighting is too strong? What light do you run? Ive never seen one curl up like that. Link to comment
billdeluz Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Maybe the lighting is too strong? What light do you run? Ive never seen one curl up like that it is a current marine led nothing powerful maybe 20(watts) and there at 60% and i started at 25% and worked it to 60% this is the first i seen it curl like that its been fine for a couple days i would see it retract at night which i was under the impression it was suppose to then fluff up with the lights so i didn't think anything now i went to look and it looks like that i panicked Link to comment
ml86743 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 it is a current marine led nothing powerful maybe 20(watts) and there at 60% and i started at 25% and worked it to 60% this is the first i seen it curl like that its been fine for a couple days i would see it retract at night which i was under the impression it was suppose to then fluff up with the lights so i didn't think anything now i went to look and it looks like that i panicked Rics will melt..Ive had a few melt on me But the tissue on your little dude looks fine. Id keep an eye on him and see if he stays retracted. If he does, move him to a shady area. Maybe somebody else on here knows some more information. I just picked up a beautiful blue ric today. Possibly one of my favorite corals. Link to comment
billdeluz Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Rics will melt..Ive had a few melt on me But the tissue on your little dude looks fine. Id keep an eye on him and see if he stays retracted. If he does, move him to a shady area. Maybe somebody else on here knows some more information. I just picked up a beautiful blue ric today. Possibly one of my favorite corals. now this is crazy i just watched it open still no lights just flash from camera am i going crazyyyy!!!!!!!! Link to comment
keydiver Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 You're ric is likely fine. Looks perfectly healthy to me and they do curl up like that every so often while eating or trying to squeeze out a big poop. As long as tissue isn't sloughing off and it's not getting white it will be ok. Word of advice, if it doesn't look puffed up on a regular basis- move to shade. If it looks like it's stretching it's body to get light- move closer to light source. Link to comment
billdeluz Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 You're ric is likely fine. Looks perfectly healthy to me and they do curl up like that every so often while eating or trying to squeeze out a big poop. As long as tissue isn't sloughing off and it's not getting white it will be ok. Word of advice, if it doesn't look puffed up on a regular basis- move to shade. If it looks like it's stretching it's body to get light- move closer to light source. thank you so much for the advice i really appreciate it Link to comment
Veng Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 It looks like this is a very new tank that's barely had any time to mature. There's simply no substitute for letting a tank mature, i.e. it doesn't show in params. That being said, the ric looks fine to me. Link to comment
billdeluz Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 spoke to soon lol closed back up even tighter. it looks like its trying to leave the rock or something sorry im just nervous i really like it Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 spoke to soon lol closed back up even tighter. it looks like its trying to leave the rock or something sorry im just nervous i really like it 20150312_222136_resized.jpg The majority of my R. Floridas looks like that when my lights are off, thought there are a few that are semi-open like the one in post #5. Link to comment
Amy Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 One of my absolute favorite corals ever. I am giving a Ricordea garden a try again. This time no LED lights, yep I have killed many with these dam lights, I have also learned by many ricordea experts all over that LED lights are not for Ricordeas. Most Rics are grown under T5 or PC. I have gone back to PC myself a 50/50 10,000K bulb as my tank is only 3 gallons. I started the hobby using these bulbs and now I am going back there as of yesterday. One fellow in Germany said, "using LED lights on Rics is like shining a laser beam on them and sunburning them". There are people out there that might be having great luck with LED lights but I personally am done with them. I do use the all blue strip on this tank for that pop they give but no whites at all. If you can turn your lights down a bit try that or better yet. Move that ric to the far side of the tank so it gets some light but not much and see if it will open back up. As mentioned your tank is quite new as well, maybe when its open try and give it some cyclopeez or something as well. Link to comment
clownfitch Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I agree with Veng. Your tank is still very very young. At that stage you want to pick the hardiest corals you can find which are usually those out of another hobbyist's tank if you wish to have coral. That's not to say you can't keep any coral in there but you should expect to have issues like this if you do. One example: The brand new white sparkly rock and sand are a sign that there is not an established bacteria colony. So where you may not have ammonia and nitrite at this second you surely may after you feed the tank the next time. These things take time and patience which is by far the hardest hurdle to overcome for a new hobbyist as everything is so new and exciting. Good luck to you. Link to comment
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