Coral of the Week- Ricordia

[aquaman3680]

This weeks coral of the week is Ricordias. They are fairly common in the trade and have some awesome colors!

Lighting Requirements- These can take moderate to high lighting. If they have too much lighting or too little then they are known to just melt away.

Waterflow- Ricordias don't like waterflow, they can take a light flow across them but nothing that is going to blow them around.

Colors/Types- These guys come in many different colors and types: orange, blue, purple, red, yellows etc. There are Ricordia Florida and there is Ricordia Yuma. There is just a basic appearance difference between the two. Ricordia Yuma generally has a larger mouth and is bumpier. In my experience the Ricordia Yuma likes more light than the Ricordia Florida.

Feeding- These corals are mostly photosynthetic but can take extra frozen foods and will benefit from this.

Aggressive- They aren't that aggressive as they don't have sweeper tentacles, but anything they touch can be stung. After handling a ricordia it is recommended to wash your hands as the skin has some toxins on it.

They are relatively hardy once in an established tank and in a good spot in the tank. Most of the time they will come to you in single polyps. 95% of these come from Florida where the rock is illegal to take so they take the ricordia off and ship it as a single polyp.

Ricordia Florida-



Ricordia Yuma- (these pictures are not mine)



Feel free to post pictures of your ricordias and ask questions!

Ask away!

Matt

[Woodstock]

Outstanding photos!

I would like to know... who feeds theirs?.. what do you feed it? and how often?

[Witfull]

my rics will feed on cyclopeeze and fine mush leftovers when chop my shrimp and squid. they are lil anemones and feed similarly.

[Dragon Wrasse]

Nice....great info....I like the coral of the week post....Thanks!!!

[Travis]

Love them rics...

Here's a link to the reefpedia article on ricordea. Take a look at the info or (PLEASE!) feel free to add to/edit it...

Ricordea on ReefPedia

[Woodstock]

Great info on ReefPedia

[wonderloss]

I have 5 Ricordia polyps. I believe they are Ricordia Florida. They are on a rock at the bottom of the tank, half-shaded. The ones that are under the rock seem to open much more than the ones that get more light. I have considered moving the entire rock into the shade, but have not done it yet.

They eat mysis when I feed the tank. The ones that are open more tend to catch some of the shrimp that fall on them. I target feed sometimes, but not on a regular schedule.

They all seem pretty healthy, and all of them look like they have two mouths. I am assuming that means they are getting ready to split.

[aquaman3680]

Thanks guys!

My rics, the orange ones in the first pic, eat mysis shrimp when i feed the fish.

Wonderloss I would probably say that the ones under the rock get bigger because they have to expand more to get light, the ones outside don't but are healthier as a result... Just my opinion...

Matt

[Snelly40]

if anyone wants to frag any of these just let me know

[cheeks69]

Here's mine











If you feed them they will grow ! I had one orange Ric and fed it regularly and now I have about 12, at least the last time I counted. The blue and green one's have not been fed because it's impossible for me to reach them without removing the rock and have only 4 of them. Here's mine eating a good size piece of scallop.

[Witfull]

is that the Teri orange? i lost mine 2 yrs ago. can i have one?

[cheeks69]

Originally Posted by Witfull

is that the Teri orange? i lost mine 2 yrs ago. can i have one?

I'm not familiar with that one, is that from reeflady ? Sure you can but I have never shipped so really don't how to go about it.

PS Very nice aquaman3680, spectacular Yuma !

[Witfull]

yes, reeflady~

[cheeks69]

Originally Posted by Witfull

yes, reeflady~

Do you have a photo ? The one's I have were from my LFS.

[Witfull]

all orange no frill edge color.