Anyone with Mushroom Ricordea?

[dangit2001]

Was wondering why type of lighting should they be under. Should they be in bright lighting or medium?

 

[weaglereefer]

Medium to low. Mine did great under PC's in a 10g on the sandbed.

 

[dangit2001]

okay, I had mines just abit above the middle of the tank under some t5's. Just decided to do some reading on them and found out that they do better in a low light setting.

 

[weaglereefer]

They can do fine in high lighting, but I found that I had better colors under PCs than MHs.

 

[tdam]

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/member.php?u=2957"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #22229c">au01st</span></span></a>,
Not trying to highjack this thread, but what kind of zoa's are those in your profile pic? they look cool.

 

[weaglereefer]

Lunar Palys from "JAustin". Growing like a wildfire in my 90 now, started with 2-3 polyps, probably 50+ now a year later.

 

[jaustin]

Glad you like them and that they are doing so well!

 

[acroholic]

My rics look great under 400 watt halides. They are very adaptable to different light levels, IME.

 

[dangit2001]

I notice mines looked like they were fading so I moved them towards the bottom of the tank and they have more color. I think one has two mouths so does that mean they are going to split?

 

[weaglereefer]

Not necessarily, sometimes they get up to 7-8 mouths.

 

[coolsurf]

The one's that are under T5's in a low flow area and not under direct light are doing great.

 

[eliphant]

mine seem to shrink in direct light. I have 4x24watt t5ho. rics are about 12 inches under the light (shallow tank). When i put them in the shade they expand a LOT