ricordia's

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 04:56 PM

Hittin the key's this weekend with the fam and I am taking my snorkel gear in tow and debating on wether or not to take the dive tanks. Are ricordeas fairly common in the keys? What depth can they be found?Do I have any chance near shore? I've dove the keys before but I don't remember ever seeing ricordias but then again I wasn't specifically looking.

BigAl07 · 09-15-2008, 05:01 PM

I Can't answer ANY of your questions but I Can say:

A) I am VERY jealous of you
B) Be VERY careful about "harvesting"... I don't know the laws but I wouldn't risk breaking them just for fun

C) I'm JEALOUS

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 05:06 PM

having boated, snorkeled, and dove in Florida all my life I am pretty familiar with the rules even though they seem to change daily any more. I'm not 100% sure I am going to try to collect anything this trip but I want to go looking. I know there are a couple of licensed collectors in the Keys and they sell them bloody cheap so there has to be a pretty good supply of them there.
I actually went snorkeling this weekend in the gulf and picked up some new macros for the tank. Red grape, spider algae to mix in with the chaeto and a species of gracilara that John Maloney had to identify for me.

reefer4200 · 09-15-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigAl07

I Can't answer ANY of your questions but I Can say:

A) I am VERY jealous of you
B) Be VERY careful about "harvesting"... I don't know the laws but I wouldn't risk breaking them just for fun

C) I'm JEALOUS

I know that taking the ric. rocks from fl. is against the law...however u are allowed to take the polyps off the colony i believe. Just not the WHOLE rock...

and i am jealous too!!!

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 05:06 PM

oh and come down here any time Al. We can check out the gulf, the atlantic or go airboating in the everglades.

seafansar · 09-15-2008, 05:06 PM

Look on the Florida Game and Fish website to look up collection rules.

I've snorkeled the Key's several times, but I've never seen a ric. They are in deeper water and I'm not sure how common they are. There is one person on RC who knows were some are off the Lower Keys, but he's not sharing his secret.

BigAl07 · 09-15-2008, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigJay

oh and come down here any time Al. We can check out the gulf, the atlantic or go airboating in the everglades.

Are there an "Sea Plane" trips out that way? I'd love to catch a sea plane and have it "ferry" us way out there for some diving & snorkeling. I'll do anything that allows me to FLY some

Sea Planes ROCK!!

Allen

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 05:20 PM

only been on a plane with floats in Alaska. There are express planes from my neck of the woods to Key West but I don't know of any floaters.
Thing about the keys is once you get off the reef it plunges from 100' to over 1000' in a very short distance. Come to think of it I've never dove the edge of the reef. But you have depending on where you are about 5 miles of shallow reef to dive anywhere in the keys so no need to fly anywhere. A lot of people dive and snorkel just off the side of the road.

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by seafansar

Look on the Florida Game and Fish website to look up collection rules.

I've snorkeled the Key's several times, but I've never seen a ric. They are in deeper water and I'm not sure how common they are. There is one person on RC who knows were some are off the Lower Keys, but he's not sharing his secret.

I've got them. Several friends and family in FWC and sherriff's department marine patrol. But the Key's are a different animal so I'll be checking in when I get there on whats what.
I'll be going all the way down to Bahia Honda and some friends of mine have boats in Big Pine key. So if its the lower keys where they are I might have a chance to check it out.
Taking the family to see Bahia Honda beach so I don't know how much they'll put up with me snorkeling and diving.

BigAl07 · 09-15-2008, 05:24 PM

Sounds like a PLAN to me

Drive & dive.... life is GOOD

Witfull · 09-15-2008, 06:54 PM

if legal,,,ill take a few~

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 07:45 PM

I'll let you know if I come back with anything witt. I might snag an atlantic jawfish while I am down there. Those things are everywhere.

Witfull · 09-15-2008, 07:49 PM

oh,,,im a gorgonian freak too....most of those are leagal.....hint hint~

BigJay · 09-15-2008, 07:54 PM

lol. You drive the getaway vehicle.

Witfull · 09-15-2008, 07:59 PM

i know a few folks that collect in tampa all the time.....take the animal,,,leave the rock is the general rule.

09-15-2008, 04:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	ricordia's Hittin the key's this weekend with the fam and I am taking my snorkel gear in tow and debating on wether or not to take the dive tanks. Are ricordeas fairly common in the keys? What depth can they be found?Do I have any chance near shore? I've dove the keys before but I don't remember ever seeing ricordias but then again I wasn't specifically looking. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

09-15-2008, 05:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ricordia's I Can't answer ANY of your questions but I Can say: A) I am VERY jealous of you B) Be VERY careful about "harvesting"... I don't know the laws but I wouldn't risk breaking them just for fun C) I'm JEALOUS __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

09-15-2008, 05:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's having boated, snorkeled, and dove in Florida all my life I am pretty familiar with the rules even though they seem to change daily any more. I'm not 100% sure I am going to try to collect anything this trip but I want to go looking. I know there are a couple of licensed collectors in the Keys and they sell them bloody cheap so there has to be a pretty good supply of them there. I actually went snorkeling this weekend in the gulf and picked up some new macros for the tank. Red grape, spider algae to mix in with the chaeto and a species of gracilara that John Maloney had to identify for me. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

09-15-2008, 05:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's oh and come down here any time Al. We can check out the gulf, the atlantic or go airboating in the everglades. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

09-15-2008, 05:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
seafansar Elegance coral Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 1,191 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's Look on the Florida Game and Fish website to look up collection rules. I've snorkeled the Key's several times, but I've never seen a ric. They are in deeper water and I'm not sure how common they are. There is one person on RC who knows were some are off the Lower Keys, but he's not sharing his secret. __________________ -Sara SW since Jan. '08 150 gallon SPS reef 20 gallon BTA/clown tank 90 gallon bowfront mixed reef 45 gallon cube 150 tank thread 45 cube thread My Reefnook

09-15-2008, 05:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's only been on a plane with floats in Alaska. There are express planes from my neck of the woods to Key West but I don't know of any floaters. Thing about the keys is once you get off the reef it plunges from 100' to over 1000' in a very short distance. Come to think of it I've never dove the edge of the reef. But you have depending on where you are about 5 miles of shallow reef to dive anywhere in the keys so no need to fly anywhere. A lot of people dive and snorkel just off the side of the road. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

09-15-2008, 05:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ricordia's Sounds like a PLAN to me Drive & dive.... life is GOOD __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

09-15-2008, 07:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's I'll let you know if I come back with anything witt. I might snag an atlantic jawfish while I am down there. Those things are everywhere. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

09-15-2008, 07:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
BigJay Golden Moray Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ricordia's lol. You drive the getaway vehicle. __________________ Reefing off and on since '92 BigJay's Oceanic 90g bowfront chronicle See my pyrex products and target feeders here

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