Soon you'll notice that there are two separate Ricordia. You will notice that the space between the two mouths seems to be pinching toward the center. As these two mouths mature they start to move apart so they can divide into two Ricordia. When Ricordia start to divide you will notice that they have two mouths. This beautiful blue Ricordia is in the process of dividing. Many of these Ricordia have naturally reproduced creating colonies of from 6 to 12 new Ricordia in just one year. These Ricordia are pictured on this page and they are grown less than 6 in. sps reef are growing at the very top of the tall Aragocrete Arch Sculptures. At first we often treated Ricordia like we do other Mushrooms. We have been collecting Ricordia for five years and we're starting to learn how to grow them very well. The Ricordia in this picture is one of the more rare colors that we have in our genetic bank it has a beautiful orange center. These pieces can be placed in gravel until they attach. The easiest method involves simply cutting the caps from several Ricordia and then dividing the caps into four equal pieces. The Caribbean Ricordia can be propagated using several different methods. There are several species of Ricordia, but the most beautiful one comes from the Caribbean. These corals will join all of the other species that will be moved into our future breeding greenhouse. Our colonies will be grown for several years until we are certain that the oldest individual polyps are fully mature. GARF is in the process of collecting as many types of Ricordia as we can. If you have an opportunity to purchase or trade for any captive raised Ricordia I am certain that you will be very happy with your new coral. After these cuttings have attached to the gravel we use GARF Reef Glue to mount them on a Reef Plug tm. This 30 liter Farm-In-A-Box holds 36 reef plugs and has enough space under the racks to allow several dozen cuttings to attach to the Coralline covered Grunge. This picture shows the Ricordia plugs in one of the plastic trays that comes with a Farm-In-A-Box. This deeper tank acts as a sump and a brood stock tank. Our newest cutting units have two of these trays above a 1 ft. The water for each set of these cutting trays come from one of our large reef aquariums. We are using three - 40 watt bulbs above each of these trays. These Ricordia plugs are thriving in a 30 liter tank with one-22 watt power compact light. I simply split them in two with a pair of scissors and place the cuttings in a tray of course gravel. It is very easy to propagate this size of Ricordia. These Ricordia will be a beautiful blue green and several of them have distinct turquoise mouths. The Ricordia in this picture have been mounted on reef plugs using super glue to attach the gravel that they attached to in the cutting tray. You can use the bottoms of your systems to produce the other types of Mushrooms, but give your Ricordia the top center of your reef. Most Mushrooms do seem to do better in older tanks, and many of them often need less light than many corals. They often grow in among the Zoanthids and Protopalthoa colonies without causing harm to either species, the larger types of Zoanthids can crowd the Ricordia for space. You do not want to place these types of corallimorphs too close to the surface if you have Halide lighting.Ī new giant picture for your desktop wallpaper.Ĭorallimorphs can be kept with many types of soft coral in the brood stock aquarium. We have found that they do best when we place them under VHO lighting in parts of the reef aquarium that receive a good amount of light. Ricordia can be kept in brighter light than the Mushrooms from the group Discosoma. Fortunately we were able to purchase some farmed Ricordia that are bright green. Collection of Ricordia Mushrooms in the United States was made illegal in the early 1990's but it is often possible to buy single polyps that are farmed. One of the most beautiful Caribbean Ricordia in GARF's collection is neon green with a contrasting colored mouth. Ricordia often have several different colors on one mushroom. Ricordia are one of the most popular corallimorphs in the hobby because of their beautiful colors and their tentacles that terminate in round balls, called clavate tips. GARF'S RICORDIA PROPAGATION 11/30/01 Our favorite Mushrooms that we are working with here at GARF are in the genus Ricordia. GARF'S RICORDIA PROPAGATION 11/30/01 GARF'S HOME PAGE | GUESTBOOK | SEARCH ENGINE | SITE MAP
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