Our newest cutting units have two of these trays above a 1 ft. The water for each set of these cutting trays come from one of our large reef aquariums. We are using three - 40 watt bulbs above each of these trays. These Ricordia plugs are thriving in a 30 liter tank with one-22 watt power compact light.

I simply split them in two with a pair of scissors and place the cuttings in a tray of course gravel. It is very easy to propagate this size of Ricordia. These Ricordia will be a beautiful blue green and several of them have distinct turquoise mouths. The Ricordia in this picture have been mounted on reef plugs using super glue to attach the gravel that they attached to in the cutting tray. You can use the bottoms of your systems to produce the other types of Mushrooms, but give your Ricordia the top center of your reef. Most Mushrooms do seem to do better in older tanks, and many of them often need less light than many corals. They often grow in among the Zoanthids and Protopalthoa colonies without causing harm to either species, the larger types of Zoanthids can crowd the Ricordia for space. You do not want to place these types of corallimorphs too close to the surface if you have Halide lighting.ДЄ new giant picture for your desktop wallpaper.Д¬orallimorphs can be kept with many types of soft coral in the brood stock aquarium. We have found that they do best when we place them under VHO lighting in parts of the reef aquarium that receive a good amount of light. Ricordia can be kept in brighter light than the Mushrooms from the group Discosoma. Fortunately we were able to purchase some farmed Ricordia that are bright green. Collection of Ricordia Mushrooms in the United States was made illegal in the early 1990's but it is often possible to buy single polyps that are farmed. One of the most beautiful Caribbean Ricordia in GARF's collection is neon green with a contrasting colored mouth. Ricordia often have several different colors on one mushroom. Ricordia are one of the most popular corallimorphs in the hobby because of their beautiful colors and their tentacles that terminate in round balls, called clavate tips. GARF'S RICORDIA PROPAGATION 11/30/01 Our favorite Mushrooms that we are working with here at GARF are in the genus Ricordia. All these reasons along with their bright vivid colors make them a very desirable addition to any saltwater water aquarium.GARF'S RICORDIA PROPAGATION 11/30/01 GARF'S HOME PAGEВ |В GUESTBOOKВ |В SEARCH ENGINEВ |В SITE MAP Also they can be a little aggressive so you will want to keep them away from other corals. As for food, phyto-plankton and zoo-plankton will do. Once placed inside your tank, be sure to keep a low to moderate water flow and moderate lighting too. They generally reproduce rapidly in captivity and spread over rockwork moving toward the light. They are also very easy to maintain and good for the beginning aquarist. Ricordea also have a mouth and can have even more than one mouth. Their bodies are basically round in shape and covered with small bulbous tentacles and grow to be about 2 to 3' in diameter. One of the reasons why this type of coral is very popular with hobbyists is their bright colors which include blue, green, orange and red more. Many Standout Features and Easy To Care For In Your Reef Tank They have no skeleton, so they are often appropriately referred to as false corals (yep another name!).

At the end of the day, one thing is for certain. Some people call them Ricordea Coral, others Ricordea Mushroom. Ricordea Coral, Ricordea Mushroom вЂ“ ItвЂ™s All The Same Ricordea can also be found in the Pacific and those varieties are referred to as Yuma Ricordea. In fact the varieties we sell are often referred to as Florida Ricordea. Ricordea / Mushrooms Florida Ricordea CoralsДЇoxy Saltwater Tropicals is proud to offer a great variety of hand collected Ricordea from the warm waters of the Florid a Keys.

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