Best way to transfer Ricordea to another rock?

[RLiu818]

I got a Ricordea Florida on a piece of rock rubble and i want to transfer the polyps to piece of rock in my tank.

Should i set the rubble next to the rock and let the ricordea travel/expand to the larger rock or should I cut off the polyp and set it on the big rock.

Tying the polyp, if i cut it, to the larger rock is not possible cuz its a big rock and the placement makes it impossible for me to tie a string or rubberband around it. So if i cut the polyp i may have to just let the ricordea sit on the rock until it attaches itself.


What do you guys think i should do?

If i just set the rock next to the big rock how long will it take for the ricordea to move to the big rock?


This is for my 10 gallon nano btw which is why i am so concerned with placement cuz space is very limited.

 

[Anonymous]

Wow, this is a toughie. You could try using danmHippo's mushroom moving technique of using a Waterpik with freshwater aimed at the base.

Good luck!

 

[danmhippo]

Actually, in your case, I would not do it in the 10Gal nano tank. Water volume of that size won't tolerate salinty changes very well.

I would store some old tank water from water change, mix with 50% ASW in a bucket, and perform the surgery in that bucket instead of in the display tank.

BTW, if that doesn't work (some mushroom just won't budge), you could cut it, and place the cutting in a 1" PVC endcap filled with LR fragments. Wrap the PVC endcap with bridal veil, place back into the tank. Ricordea should attach to the coral fragments within weeks. After attached, you can take the ricordea out, and glue the fragments to the LR placement of your choice.

 

[danmhippo]

BTW, if you make a clean cut, the leftovers on the base should grow into another ricordea.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a few of these and I'm just letting them spread onto the adjacent rock. I figure, whats the hurry?

 

[wally311]

So is ricordea as easy to propagate as any other mushroom?

 

[Bobzarry]

if its on a piece of rubble I would chip away as much of the rubble as posible without disloging the shroom. Then glue or epoxy the piece to the rock where you want it.


Bob

 

[Rich-n-poor]

I have propped over 100 shrooms from an original 10 or so.

RICORDIA is very difficult IMO I have only succeeded in transplating them by cuting a small surface layer of rock off and glueing this in a new place.

I have not suceeded in multiplying them by the slice and dice method and i have been 95+% successful with regular shrooms this way

rich
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