Mushroom - Doughboy Bounce Ricordea Yuma

Mushroom - Doughboy Bounce Ricordea Yuma

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1" or larger, grows to ~4"

The Ricordea Mushroom Coral is a member of the order Corallimorpharia (Stephenson, 1937), and has short, club, or berry-shaped tentacles. It shares some similarities to stony corals and is also termed a Disc Anemone. 

It requires a medium to high light level, but metal halide lighting may be too bright. It prefers a low water movement within the aquarium, and it may not be as hardy as some of the other mushroom corals. It is considered semi-aggressive and requires adequate space between itself and other corals. It reproduces by longitudinal fission.

The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within it provides the majority of its nutritional requirements from the light driven process of photosynthesis. It also eats plankton and smaller invertebrates such as crustaceans.

Care Level - Easy
Temperament - Semi-aggressive
Color Form - Orange, Purple
Water Conditions - 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Family - Discosomatidae
Lighting - Low
Supplements - Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Waterflow - Low
Placement - Bottom