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justthewife
03/26/2013, 07:16 AM
Where is a good reliable place to buy ricordia online? I am looking for blues, pinks, or anything else but orange. All the LFS carry here are the orange. I am a little nervous about buying live online.

meisel1
03/26/2013, 07:58 AM
this would be your best bet..
http://www.liveaquaria.com/

Pearson
03/26/2013, 07:59 AM
this would be your best bet..
http://www.liveaquaria.com/

This

blackthunda77
03/26/2013, 08:39 AM
http://www.reefgardener.net/search.php?search_query=ricordia&x=-1412&y=-49

coralsnaked
03/26/2013, 08:53 AM
Austin Aqua Farms has two really nice Yumas for sale right now on their site. One is a mult-color blue and green and the other is green. Both are in the 2" size. Not a better online dealer in the country. They are a sponser here on RC, but I know these guys and have been in their shop many times. Best quality I have seen. Check em out, Right now I have benn looking at their new collection of SPS that came in, as they are outstanding!

justthewife
03/26/2013, 09:36 AM
Thank you all for your quick response :)

Laddy
03/26/2013, 10:57 AM
Aquascapers, formally Coralmorphalogic, you can't go wrong with their selection, and Colin is great.

http://www.aquascapers.com/

....they're so great that they sold out of ricordea at the moment, but the morphs they get are awesome.

lockus
06/28/2014, 12:41 PM
Any suggestions on sources for rics these days. Have used Coral Morphalogic in the past but look like they are currently working on a much better project.

radobahn
06/28/2014, 04:40 PM
Only time I've ever purchased Ricordea online was from this guy and was very happy with what was shipped. All were approx. 1.5"-2" and looked great.. check out his positive feedback.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/seelife2012/m.html?item=151327950511&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

If you're interested, maybe he could sort thru and send all but orange for you?
Hope this helps..

lockus
06/28/2014, 04:46 PM
Do you have any pics of your order? Was you order a good variety or mostly orange or green?

footballdude2k3
06/28/2014, 05:33 PM
Austin Aqua Farms has two really nice Yumas for sale right now on their site. One is a mult-color blue and green and the other is green. Both are in the 2" size. Not a better online dealer in the country. They are a sponser here on RC, but I know these guys and have been in their shop many times. Best quality I have seen. Check em out, Right now I have benn looking at their new collection of SPS that came in, as they are outstanding!

Night and day opinions here. I would never tell anybody to ever shop here, I have tried to contact them, stop in on their "open" days, I have had zero luck even getting somebody to speak with, let alone shop. The previous owners ran the place infinitely better.

radobahn
06/28/2014, 05:35 PM
Do you have any pics of your order? Was you order a good variety or mostly orange or green?

Yup, I took some pics when they arrived but they aren't the best.. and yeah the seller sent a nice variety of colors.

Here they are right out of the bag

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e175/nine2cg60/180/20140617_121910_zpsd4444f07.jpg

Shortly after gluing them to frag plugs, they were looking a little better but still weren't real happy. This was with 250w 14k halides and T5's..

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e175/nine2cg60/180/20140617_151227_zpsbeb19e58.jpg

and another one I took a little later. This was just with T5's.. it was getting late and the halides had turned off by then

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e175/nine2cg60/180/20140618_085146_zps5fc75886.jpg

I have them all spread throughout the bottom half of my 180 now.. all of them are fat/happy and doing well.

Edit: The second pic shows 3 rics on the two plugs on the right, and 2 each on the left. Once they started to fill out I realized that 3 per plug was gonna be too cramped. So the last pic has 2 Rics per plug after I had to cut and re-glue a couple..

albano
06/28/2014, 06:20 PM
Reeftopia .com in the Florida Keys is also a good source for Florida Ricordeas

Crooked Reef
06/28/2014, 10:38 PM
I got mine locally at a place called gateway aquatics in St. Louis. They are on facebook and do ship, but are more of a lfs so they cant reall compete with the likes of liveaquaria. Also a place called salty underground. Just google them.