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MMAX
12-20-2008, 05:26 PM
What's the best way to get a ricordea to split other than doing it yourself? Any particular area in the tank better than others? I have a single purple ric on a small piece of rock on the sandbed leaning up against a bigger rock.
Kabong
12-20-2008, 06:07 PM
Feeding them will help speed up the growing/splitting cycle
dkcrx
12-20-2008, 06:20 PM
just how you have it, in time it will spread to the other rock then you will have two.
FlamesFan
12-20-2008, 07:58 PM
just how you have it, in time it will spread to the other rock then you will have two.

+1

my single ric has split into 7 or 8 since since I got it 10 months ago. and its trying to split again right now.
marie
12-20-2008, 10:10 PM
I have found a closely watched ricordea never splits :lol: . I have one that I've been keeping a close eye on and it's still just one, another that I had forgotten I had is now 5
scumchug
12-20-2008, 10:24 PM
IME, this recipe for forcing them to split.

Feed them every second day
High light (MH)
after a couple months put them into complete darkness for a couple days. This is the tricky part. Too long, and you will kill them. Not long enough, and they won't split. I found around the 24 hour mark works well. +/- a few hours depending on type.

If all goes well each one will split into 3 or 4 smaller ones.
theredben
12-21-2008, 01:30 PM
Although this is not specifically about a Ricordea, I had a bit of salt creep fall on my Rhodactis, right in the center, and it has now split into three. NOT the nicest way to do it, but pretty natural in my opinion.
niloc16
12-21-2008, 05:18 PM
if it is on its own rock, rotate the rock so that the shroom it is away from the light and leave it there, it will eventually crawl back towards the light and leave babies along its path
MMAX
12-21-2008, 05:46 PM
It might have a tough time crawling, it was floating around when I first got it so I glued it to the rock that it's currently on.
Oscar
12-21-2008, 06:24 PM
IME, this recipe for forcing them to split.

Feed them every second day


What do you feed them?
ColinD
12-21-2008, 11:34 PM
I feed mine brine and mysis shrimp. They gobble it up, just have to make sure my piggy clownfish get their fill first or they snatch it right out of the Ric's mouth. One of mine split last week and is already feeding well.

This is before it split, just after eating.
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp54/CDone_photos/IMG_3608.jpg?t=1229905984

Colin
MMAX
12-21-2008, 11:49 PM
That's my problem just like when I try to feed my sun coral. My two cleaner shrimp are a couple of thieves. I did notice a few weeks ago a brittle star hanging out of the ric's mouth.
ColinD
12-25-2008, 04:59 PM
And here's its offspring about a week afterward.
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp54/CDone_photos/IMG_3685.jpg?t=1230227838

And here's noe of my Yuma's attempting a split
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp54/CDone_photos/IMG_3715.jpg?t=1230227887

The yellow at the base is all that is left from its foot, I'm assuming a new Yuma will grow from there.

Colin