Relocating a Ricordia

[docshipwreck]

Hello all,

 

I recently got a small 1/4 inch ricordia on the big salt critters sale. It's tiny and came off the plug ( I thought it became a snack like my brain frag and it was a goner). Doing some maintenance this AM and I found it settled in a happy spot and apparently grew some. My dilemma is this, it settled in a depression on top of some rock that is part of the base of the rest of my LR. I cn possibly try to switch it out (the rock) so I could break it apart and not disturb.

 

Is there anyway to get this guy to release to try to find a happier spot and be visible?

[drgibby]

Ricordia in my experience dont like a lot of flow. I have heard of them letting go if you point a powerhead at them.

[Clown79]

If it settled there, its happy there. They move when unhappy with the light and flow in their location

[ajmckay]

Oddly I've never attempted to move rics... I'm sure there are youtube videos.

 

Mushrooms I normally just use a razor and cut close to the base as possible then use some fishing line to carefully hold it down on a new rock (or some nylon mesh if I have it).

 

I have seen a method though that I'm interested in trying that uses some small forceps to grab it at the base and then rock/twist it at which point the corallimorph lets go. 1/4" is probably too small to try that with though.

 

Probably the easiest with such a small one is to just take a small chisel or something and chip off a little rock from under it.

[docshipwreck]

I get thats where it settled and I understand that but its in a depression in the rock where you cant even see it unless youre standng over the tank. I guess maybe it will overgrow and want to move again. Maybe I can swap rocks and face it forwards.....