I've got a number of baby ricoridia that are all on a cylinder shaped rock. They are pretty much on all sides, and so no matter which way I position it, some are nearly in the sand. There are also three parents polyps on the same rock, again, on different sides, so they are also hard to position.

So, my challenge is to move at least some of them to a better mounting. Has anyone had any luck, or have any tips on how to move these guys from this rock? I could try to see if I can scrape/peel them from the rock, but I'm not familiar with how hardy these guys are. Are they hardy enough to handle this, or should I try to cut the rock up (which will be a pain and a bit of a challenge in itself) and keep them attached to little pieces of rock? The good news is I'm really happy about how prolific these have been, I started out with three parents about 6 months ago, and now have 4 parents, and 4 babies. One of the parents was nice enough to move off into the sand, and I was able to glue the sandy base to another rock which it seems happy with. And if I get them off by peeling the off, what the best way to reattach them? Will they stand up to super glue like I've done on some zoas? Or should I use netting to hold them next to a rock until they attach?

Any tips would be appreciated. These are the green ricordia what I'm told are yuma that I had taken pictures of a few months back. Don't have any pictures of the baby colonies, but they are little minitures of the parents, and seem to be growing. I'm sure they would do even better if I could get them where they aren't buried in sand every few days.

Yeah, they are Yuma's. You can tell because Yuma's have the tentacles on the mouth, and florida's don't.

Don't peel them off. Thats just a nightmare waiting to happen. I've been told that rics are far more hardy than people give them credit for, but in my experience, don't fix what ain't broken or you'll be sorry. Is there a way to glue the rock down to a bigger rock so that they spread onto that?

It's a bit strange, the rock is shaped a bit like a fat cigar, and they have grown almost all the way around it. I may try to prop the rock up a bit and see if they will move to the top, toward the light. I'm not sure how they got on here this way, but, I just noticed the rock has a bunch of little baby colonies, I guess they came from the parent colonies having been moving around a bit lately and leaving little bits of their base. The biggest parent colony looks to be extending it's base and is starting to get color on it like it may be growing another child colony. All of a sudden they are really growing. I'll take our advice and leave it alone for a while and hope they will move themselves into better position on their own. Just don't want to bury a bunch of them in the sand by accident.