Ricordea Coral moved under rock

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I recently acquired an aquarium from someone and it had a few corals, one of which I think might be a Ricordea coral?

Anyhow, it had been slowly creeping down the side of a rock, before falling to the floor, and eventually moved/got swept in under the rocks. There's little light getting to it, and I'm wondering should I try to get it out and back onto the rocks? Don't have a pic of where it is now, but here's a few of it before it went into the rocks.

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Get him out and rubber band to rock loosely.
Or put some sand or shell into a shot glass with ric on top. Cover with plastic mesh, like what oranges come in. He should attach in a few days, then you can glue the shell or sand wherevrr you want.
Ime, dont glue the ric directly, hell slime off and be back in that cave.
 
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Get him out and rubber band to rock loosely.
Or put some sand or shell into a shot glass with ric on top. Cover with plastic mesh, like what oranges come in. He should attach in a few days, then you can glue the shell or sand wherevrr you want.
Ime, dont glue the ric directly, hell slime off and be back in that cave.
Funny I actually kept some plastic mesh off my oranges 2 days ago thinking it would come in handy for the tank some day!

I thought I'd read somewhere that they move, so I was nearly going to let him be and hope he crawled back out! I'll rescue him tomorrow. Thanks!
 
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