Ricordea florida

Care Level	Easy to moderate
Lighting	Low to moderate
Water Flow	Low to moderate
Placement	Low to mid rock
Aggression	Peaceful
Coloration	Vivid green, orange, blue, rainbow

Overview

Ricordea are jewel-like corallimorphs covered in tiny rounded bumps that glow with fluorescent color under reef lighting. Hardier than most corals and more colorful than plain mushrooms, they are a hugely popular, high-value beginner-to-intermediate coral.

Care & Placement

Give moderate light to bring out the best fluorescence, with gentle flow. Place low-to-mid on rockwork. Two common types are Ricordea florida (Caribbean) and the larger Ricordea yuma (Pacific).

Feeding

Photosynthetic and also captures food — target-feed small meaty foods (mysis, coral foods) once or twice a week to speed growth.

Propagation

Frag by cutting cleanly through the mouth; each piece with part of the mouth will heal into a new polyp. Let cut pieces settle in a rubble container to attach.

Cautions

Generally peaceful and hardy. Slower to spread than plain mushrooms, so fragging is the main way to multiply them.