They also are not afraid to get a good meal by filter feeding on plankton and small crustaceans that are filtered from the water column.ĭescription Ricordea Florida is a very hardy mushroom coral that adapts well to a wide range of lighting conditions. Another words they use light to create zooxanthellae,and the zooxanthellae feeds the mushroom coral.
Ricordea florida mushrooms obtain their nutritional needs primarily from the symbiotic zooxanthellae that they host within their bodies. If the originally brightly colored ricordea holds its size but looses intensity, the ricordea should be moved to an area receiving stronger lighting. If the ricordea mushroom is loosing color and shrinks in size, the lighting likely is too strong. Observe your ricordea mushrooms to see that they are doing well where you placed them.
Once you have decided on where your Ricordea florida will be placed, carefully place each mushroom where it is at least 4 to 6 inches from existing corals so that they do not sting each other. With less intense reef lighting, a the best would be to move up to the middle level of your tank and place horizontally on your aquarium rock. Under strong lighting, we recommended placing in lower areas or shaded areas of the aquarium. If you are contemplating the best aquarium lighting for your reef tank Ricordea florida can tolerate strong reef aquarium lights much easier than most other mushroom corals, but they also do just fine in less well-lit tanks and in bright tanks where the ricordea are placed in more shaded areas of the aquarium or even taller aquariums where the corals are receiving less light. However, it is important to properly acclimate them to the aquariums water conditions via drip acclimation, which will let them slowly adjust to the aquariums water temperature, salinity, etc. What makes them such a good aquarium coral, is that Ricordea florida mushrooms are fairly tolerant of a wide range of both lighting and water flow conditions. Like all corals Ricordea florida mushrooms do best when housed in aquariums that provide habitat close to their natural surroundings they have in the wild. Therefore water flow, water temperature, and intensity of lighting all factor into the ricordea's coloration and depth of color. The Ricordea Florida Mushrooms coloration is heavily a result of their environment and water current conditions. Deeper waters also will show ricordea florida colonies, but they are found in smaller, tigher colonies or even as solitary animals.
Ricordea florida are very frequently found growing in large groupings that grow over the oceans rock formations and we find ricordea growing over coral rubble in the more shallow, turbid waters. Ricordea florida can even be kept with a wide variety of fish species that are normally too aggressive to be kept with other coral species. Their bright coloration, relative ease of care and hardiness with other marine species have made them one of the best ways to add dramatic color to any Fowlr (Fish only with live rock) aquarium or any reef aquarium. Ricordea florida mushroom corals can be found in a variety of color variations including in gold, orange, yellow, vivid purple, pink, blue, neon green and even rainbow. Some Mushrooms are even closely related to stony or reef building corals known as Scleractinia, and can even have similar characteristics, with the exception of the absence of a stony skeleton itself.Ricordea florida mushrooms are a very popular signature mushroom species in the tropical Western Atlantic and Caribbean waters. Some Mushrooms are immobile as well as colonial, while most species remain fully detached from the substrate in adulthood. Mushroom Corals contain zooxanthellae which allows the Mushroom nutrition through photosynthesis. In most genera, a single polyp emerges from the center of the skeleton to feed at night, while others have a narrow column topped with a wide disc, and tentacles that are short and arranged in rows radiating from the center, where the mouth is. Mushroom Corals are often found in tropical waters and has many forms that can be found in many different colors, consist of either a single organism or a colony if individuals. Ricordea Mushroom corals come in a variety of colors and this one in particular will be any shade of orange. The Orange Ricordea Mushroom is a great coral for beginners as it is easy to care for in the home aquarium.
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