Lost Ricordea

[DoomervilleG]

My Ricordea detached itself last night, and I have thus far been unable to locate it. I have a 32g biocube, and while it may resurface sometime, my primary concern is, if it dies, what danger is there is to the tank? (7 months old, so it's young).

 

[Goaway]

Brown jelly is the normal reason of death. If you have other corals, that disease is highly contagious.
The other event is, starving and shrinking. Not likely to kill other corals.

Edit: if the coral dies to brown jelly, could pollute the tank and cause ammonia to spike.

 

[Cell]

Very little risk. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

In a 32, you're probably fine. Mushrooms melt away for the most part if they're going to. I've lost a bunch..

 

[DoomervilleG]

Yeah, I was just worried about not being able to find it if it did melt, dead things rot, and since the CUC won't eat it up, I assume this applies to coral too? (It was relatively healthy as far as I could tell, no brown jelly incidents).

 

[Jeffcb]

I found one in a filter sock the other day.

 

[JayA]

I lost one for weeks... or was it months... before I found it relocated in a cave

 

[Goaway]

Yeah, I was just worried about not being able to find it if it did melt, dead things rot, and since the CUC won't eat it up, I assume this applies to coral too? (It was relatively healthy as far as I could tell, no brown jelly incidents).

Some amphipods will eat dying corals. And hermit crabs.

 

[DoomervilleG]

Update: Found it. Best practice for getting him reattached to something? Glue (He was glued to a frag when I bought him) apparently does not work.

 

[Goaway]

Rubble in a cup. Usually works for me. Or a flat rock with low flow

 

[DoomervilleG]

Thanks, I will give it a shot.

 

[GeoSquid]

I have a field of the metallic green shrooms and they detach and float around all the time. I have a 180 gal and I have no idea where they end up. I see them float/roll around the bottom for awhile. Sometimes I grab them and put in container with rubble. Once they reattach, I put them in a different spot. Most of the time I just let them go where they go. I bought a red shroom and it left it's spot after a month never to bee seen again. I'm sure it's somewhere I can't see it. Wasted $20 ;Meh.

 

[Cell]

Sounds like an incoming mushroom takeover.

 

[GeoSquid]

Sounds like an incoming mushroom takeover.

They will have to out compete my GSP! Good luck.....the march of the GSP is unstoppable.

 

[DoomervilleG]

My gsp refuses to open. Everything else in the tank is happy as can be, it's very annoying, hah