Is this Ricordea dead?

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

Hi. I ordered a package from Aquarium Depot (no negativity please as I have heard about them from several people now). The package came with a ricordea in it. Can someone please tell me if it is too late for this little guy?

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

Another pic

ritter6788 · Feb 6, 2016

I'm not sure what part is supposed to be a ric???

aaron23 · Feb 6, 2016

im sorry but i dont see anything. if there was a ricordea on the rock it'd be there lol. the mushrooms that die usually melt. and disappear so i think that is the case here

Wh00pS32 · Feb 6, 2016

All i see is a bit of rock glued to a frag plug.

ritter6788 · Feb 6, 2016

aaron23 said:
if there was a ricordea on the rock it'd be there lol. the mushrooms that die usually melt. and disappear so i think that is the case here

Or they sent a rock glued to a plug. Same company sent a friend of mine a bad of rubble rock as coral once.

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

ritter6788 said:
I'm not sure what part is supposed to be a ric???

On the frag

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

ritter6788 said:
Or they sent a rock glued to a plug. Same company sent a friend of mine a bad of rubble rock as coral once.

It's actually really soft so it's not a rock.

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

Wh00pS32 said:
All i see is a bit of rock glued to a frag plug.

There is no rock there at all.

Reef Pets · Feb 6, 2016

A better focused photo similar to your second picture would help. Otherwise it's hard to tell what we're looking at.

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

Umm that was only supposed to b 2 pics :/

Reef Pets · Feb 6, 2016

How old is the reef? It doesn't appear to be ready for coral due to the bad diatom that can be seen. Is the green thing a fake coral?
From the looks of your frag, I don't see a Ricordea at all.

Duke4Life · Feb 6, 2016

I think what everyone thinks is a piece of rock is the mushroom.

Clayalaleona · Feb 6, 2016

Did it come in with cloudy water or was the water clear?(there is no ricordea in the picture you're posting) But if the water was cloudy its proof that at one point there was one there

jeanne · Feb 6, 2016

Clayalaleona said:
Did it come in with cloudy water or was the water clear?(there is no ricordea in the picture you're posting) But if the water was cloudy its proof that at one point there was one there

It was clear