Too much flow could cause this corallimorph to not extend fully or blow around in the tank. Low to medium flow would be best for Ricordea. When it comes to flow, try to keep it more modest. Lighting is a loaded topic, so for a more in-depth discussion of lighting, please see our Deep Dive article. This amount of light will allow them to color up nicely. Ricordea tend to enjoy a medium to high light due to normally growing in shallow waters where they are exposed to more light in the wild. Moving on from basic information about the Ricordea florida and the Ricordea yuma, let’s get into some care tips starting with lighting and water flow.ĭespite coming from 2 different locations, the florida and the yuma are not all that different in terms of husbandry. The Ricordea yuma is found in the Indo-Pacific region, and the Ricordea florida, you may have guessed already, is located in the Caribbean region. There are two locations that Ricordea can be found. Ricordea yuma on the other hand tend to have alternating rows of large and small tentacles on its body that radiate outwards from the mouthĪlthough both come in a wide variety of colors, the Ricordea yuma’s colors are by far more vibrant and mind blowing than those of the Ricordea florida.
Ricordea florida’s tentacles may show distinctive rings of colors, but the distribution of the tentacles themselves is pretty random. Ricordea yuma’s mouth almost always has a large concentration of tentacles surrounding it, whereas Ricordea florida’s mouth is usually small and isolated from any tentacles.Ī more subtle difference is the pattern of the tentacles on the body. The way that I tell them apart is the orientation of their tentacles, first near the mouth and then on the body. There are two species of Ricordea mushrooms, Ricordea florida and Ricordea yuma.Īt first glance they are hard to distinguish from one another. Update: Several readers informed me they’ve had luck with the aiptasia/majano wand for mushroom removal.Mushrooms from the genus Ricordea are a highly desirable corallimorph in the reef aquarium hobby due to their unique bubble-like appearance. Finally, while you can completely remove the rock the mushroom coral is on, but sometimes that rock is a central part of your aquascaping and can’t be removed.Ĭlearly simply cutting the top off the mushroom coral won’t get the job done.
Injecting the coral with a kalk slurry takes skill and luck as the coral usually retracts quicker than you can inject the kalk slurry. Kalk slurry bombs also are ineffective as the slurry won’t stay in place long enough to kill the coral.
The slime makes the glue not stick and fall off. Other mushroom eradication methods I’ve tried include supergluing over the base, which doesn’t work as the coral will slime. I’ll also add enough epoxy such that I cover an extra inch (1″) of the rock around the base of the coral to make sure it doesn’t somehow find light and start growing again. If the smallest amount of the base is left uncovered, it will regrow a new top and the coral will start growing again. The only way I’ve ever successfully eradicated mushroom corals from a tank is by cutting the top off, then completely covering the base with epoxy. The rest of the story: Whoever said must have fantastic luck or be completely delusional. Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): Eradicating mushroom corals requires simply cutting the top of the coral off. Tagged as: fragging coral, mushroom coral, terrible advice tuesdays Category: Coral, Reef Enthusiast, Reef Junkie, Terrible Advice Tuesdays
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