Discosoma Mushroom

Discosoma sp.

Care Level	Easy — great beginner coral
Lighting	Low
Water Flow	Low
Placement	Low rock or sand
Aggression	Peaceful
Coloration	Red, blue, green, striped, spotted

Overview

Discosoma mushrooms (corallimorphs) are round, disc-shaped, and beginner-proof — thriving in low light and low flow where many corals struggle. Available in an endless range of colors and patterns, they are one of the best first corals.

Care & Placement

Prefer low light and low flow; too much of either makes them shrink or detach and “walk” to a better spot. Place them low in the tank on rock or sand. They multiply by splitting and by dropping small daughter discs.

Feeding

Photosynthetic; feeding is optional. Larger mushrooms will accept small meaty foods placed on the oral disc.

Propagation

Frag by cutting the mushroom in half through the mouth (each half regenerates) or by cutting the rock it sits on. Placing a cut mushroom in a container of rubble encourages it to attach to a new frag.

Cautions

Under too much light/flow they detach and drift until they find a spot they like. Generally peaceful, though large Rhodactis/elephant-ear types can eat small fish (this smaller Discosoma type does not).