Ricordea Florida Garden Color Advice

[Just John]

I am working on a Ricordea Florida garden and have the typical green and orange ones, but plan on purchasing other colors. In my LFS they have "blue" Ricordea Florida, but they look very boring - blue on same shade of blue I guess. Are there blue ones that actually look blue?
Also, how about "violet" ones, or "pink" ones, etc. Can anyone provide advice or suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Just John]

@Kristopher Conlin I remember you once mentioning during a live sale that your fiancé had a Recordia garden. Could you help me with this one?

 

[Futuretotm]

Here mine, tiny one at that

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

There are pink and blue ones but they are pretty rare. I have some pictures I can share.

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

I shop WWC and Cherry Corals quite a lot but the rare colors don't come around very often.

 

[Just John]

Wow, that was fast! Thanks for all the pictures. I really appreciate it. So, the blue ones in your photos are not like the ones I described - almost grey looking in the tank?

 

[Just John]

Here mine, tiny one at that

Thanks for the picture!

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Wow, that was fast! Thanks for all the pictures. I really appreciate it. So, the blue ones in your photos are not like the ones I described - almost grey looking in the tank?

No they are very vibrant in person. My fiancé doesn't like a lot of blue light so the ricordea we get for her tank have color that pops in daylight spectrum

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Here is a cool picture of one splitting

 

[CoralB]

Try living reef or top shelf aquatics as well

 

[Kristopher Conlin]

Thanks for the picture!

This was the photo she saw that inspired her to start collecting

 

[Just John]

Thanks everyone. It's amazing how much effort people here are willing to put in to helping someone else!

 

[ZoWhat]

Start with getting a third part-time job that pays cash

 

[Just John]

Start with getting a third part-time job that pays cash

I prefer faking an injury that prevents me from going on that expensive cruise.

 

[Futuretotm]

Here mine, tiny one at that

I usually get mine for 7.99$ here at my lfs per piece, some are multi colored but you can’t really tell unless you’re super close to them FYI

 

[Just John]

I usually get mine for 7.99$ here at my lfs per piece, some are multi colored but you can’t really tell unless you’re super close to them FYI

What store are you going to?

 

[Futuretotm]

What store are you going to?

Aquatic dreams or something it’s called
In port Richey

 

[tritonpower]

Mine are growing and splitting quickly

 

[Just John]

Aquatic dreams or something it’s called
In port Richey

Oh yeah, Aquatic Visions on pine hill rd. I actually went by there last week. Unusual place. Sort of like a fish store straight out of the Dukes of Hazzard.