Half angry Florida Ricordia

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My Florida's have been super happy this far, but about a week ago, half of my three mouth Ricordia bleached and shrank a little bit. I have been slowly bringing my light intensity up (two Kessil 160s over a 25g peninsula).

Oddly, it's the lower half that gets less light that is unhappy. The other half gets more direct light and seems fine. My other two rics close by are happy. I do feed a few times a week (reef roids, frozen mysis/krill, coral cane).

Maybe it is just because it is about to split? The happy/unhappy demarcation is pretty apparent.

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My Florida's have been super happy this far, but about a week ago, half of my three mouth Ricordia bleached and shrank a little bit. I have been slowly bringing my light intensity up (two Kessil 160s over a 25g peninsula).

Oddly, it's the lower half that gets less light that is unhappy. The other half gets more direct light and seems fine. My other two rics close by are happy. I do feed a few times a week (reef roids, frozen mysis/krill, coral cane).

Maybe it is just because it is about to split? The happy/unhappy demarcation is pretty apparent.

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i have 10 different ones on 1 rock, and i often see one or the other would just close up/shrink for a day or so, then open back up
 
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