![]() ![]() Most of them can be synthesized by the organism but some cannot be and must be taken in by feeding. There are a little over 20 different types of amino acids. If you want to go the extra mile when it comes to feeding, adding amino acids to your regimen will also be very beneficial to your corals.Īmino Acids are simple organic compounds that play a major role in building proteins as well as other biological functions at the cellular level. ![]() They can eat whole mysis, but it will take them quite a while to do so. Ricordea florida and Ricordea yuma will both do better with meatier foods, but try to keep the food pieces to the size of half the size of a mysis shrimp. They'll check it out, realize they don't want that food, then ignore it. They will react to very fine foods, like a cloudy supernate that you would get by thawing frozen food, but they won’t actually eat it. I came across something very interesting when it comes to how these mushrooms feed. Generally the Ricordea yuma is going to be a lot more sensitive to water quality than the Ricordea florida, and will be more difficult to keep long term.ĭue to not having a hard skeleton like stony corals, you don’t have to be as strict with your calcium and alkalinity levels that are normally used to keep coral skeletons healthy, but that doesn't mean you get to ignore it altogether. If a Ricordea detaches from its substrate, place it in a low flow area of the aquarium with some rubble and it will reattach on its own.Įven though both the Ricordea yuma and the Ricordea florida are similar in terms of lighting and flow, there is a big difference when it comes to the water chemistry. 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. Mushrooms from the genus Ricordea are a highly desirable corallimorph in the reef aquarium hobby due to their unique bubble-like appearance. ![]()
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