Rics-

[chicagophil]

SO i am looking to build a ricordea Garden, anyone have experiance with steady growth on these shrooms? Flow? Lighting? Direct feeding?

 

[poidog]

For me they have grown very slowly. If you want repid expansion it is best that you cut them in 1/2 with a razor blade.

 

[misenplace101]

I started a ric rock with 5 head about a year ago and now has 8 or 9 head. Not a fast producer but does grows big on size.

I don't spot feed, I have it high up now and moderate flow. It did well lower in the tanks also.

 

[KiLaGo]

I bought a ric, my first ric, at the fall frag swap in September. It hasn't split yet. I have been debating cutting it in half, but I worry that it will melt if I do cut it in half. So far me so far, they have been a very slow grower.

 

[KiLaGo]

I will also add that I feed it spectrum pellets about once a week. I don't know if it helps at all or if it can even process them, but it does eat them. I also add oyster feast twice a week.

 

[ReefChick]

I have about 40 ricordeas in my nano,they grow way too slow.Never tried cutting them,so I don't know.

 

[CheetoFingers]

Im with KilaGo. I used to have a ric garden in my last tank, and I fed them pellets and they sprouted mouths MUCH faster than before I did. They usually develop many mouths, and then split.

 

[ColaAddict]

You get the best color in lower lit areas.