Ricordea not staying in place

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I received a nice large green Ricordea from a buddy not too long ago, but I'm having a heck of a time getting him to attach anywhere. His "foot" is latched onto a bunch of coarse sand and seems to not want to change his mind about that. Spent 2 weeks in short glass with rubble, but no luck.

As of the last 2 days it's just on the sand bed in the shade, and hasn't seemed to get blown around in that time which is good.

Every hole I stick his foot in seems to not work either...any suggestions?
 

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I received a nice large green Ricordea from a buddy not too long ago, but I'm having a heck of a time getting him to attach anywhere. His "foot" is latched onto a bunch of coarse sand and seems to not want to change his mind about that. Spent 2 weeks in short glass with rubble, but no luck.

As of the last 2 days it's just on the sand bed in the shade, and hasn't seemed to get blown around in that time which is good.

Every hole I stick his foot in seems to not work either...any suggestions?

Time, that's all you really have...
Leave it in the shot glass with some rubble
 

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If his foot is attached to some rubble/substrate, can you glue this portion to a larger piece, or location that want?

I have previously read that a good method of 'convincing' mushrooms to attach to something is to rubber band, or lightly tie them down to it.....
 
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I will try the glass again. I have had bad luck with gluing shrooms before, so would like to steer clear of that route. He has been messed with so much that I don't want to hurt him
 

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We use holey rock and we can usually tuck the 'shroom into a hole far enough to be out of the majority of the flow and it will usually settle in and stay put.
Usually...
 
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Ya I stick it in a hole, it eventually slides backward through the hole until it pops out wherever and blows around lol
 
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Is currently mostly disappeared in a rock at the moment, maybe I'll see it tomorrow drifting....he's been a real pita
 

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I was told you could super glue it to a rock, although that didnt work for me, it just pulled itself off. When i got mines to attach i left in on the substrate, right next to a rock.. in an area with lower flow and it attached itself to the adjacent rock.
 

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They don't like SPS flow or SPS light.

If you give them either one they will try to run away.

Slower flow and medium to lower light if it's a Florida, or brighter light and moderate flow if it's a Yuma.
 
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So since I last posted I stuck the foot in a hole (lower light, low flow). Since then it has traveled into the rock, disappeared, and then re-emerged from a different hole where he has remained in for the last 24 hours. The frustrating part is that it's the same dang hole i had him in originally lol.

Oh well, hopefully he stays and is happy. At least I found out that rock is quite cavernous lol
 

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