Ultra Florida Ricordea Mushroom

About this coral

Ultra Florida Ricordea Mushroom is a Ricordea “false coral” mushroom for reef aquariums, typically used as a hardy, beginner-friendly soft-coral option that can add a low-profile, spreading look to live rock and frag racks. In practice, it’s a good choice when you want an easy corallimorph that generally benefits from stable water quality and gentle placement rather than heavy, direct blasting flow.

Features:

• Beginner-friendly care profile for many reef setups (easy care).
• Uses low–moderate lighting and low–moderate water movement for everyday husbandry.
• Best placed in a low–mid zone to balance light capture and comfort.
• Generally considered semi-aggressive in the sense that it benefits from spacing away from other corals (reported 3–6 inches).
• Can respond well to attachment on live rock, helping it settle and reduce stress after placement.
• May be fed with a mix of small meaty foods in addition to its photosynthetic needs.
• Useful for filling open rock areas where you want a soft-coral look without SPS-level demands.

Specifications:

• Care level: Easy
• Lighting: Low–Moderate
• Water flow: Low–Moderate
• Placement: Low–Mid
• Temperament / spacing: Semi-aggressive; provide ~3–6 inches spacing
• Temperature: 76–80°F
• pH: 8.1–8.4
• Salinity (SG): 1.025–1.026
• Calcium (Ca): 380–430 ppm
• Alkalinity (dKH): 8–10 dKH
• Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm
• Feeding / diet (in addition to light): Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, finely chopped seafood, zooplankton, microplankton, powdered coral foods, small sinking pellets