Feedbook/Coral

Ricordea

Ricordea yuma

Also called Yuma mushroom

Portrait of Ricordea yuma: a round oral disc covered in short knobby bubbles, with a central mouth

Essential gear

  • Reef rock aquarium
  • Reef lighting
  • Powerhead / wavemaker
  • Refractometer / salinity meter
  • Dedicated attachment frag rock

Water temperature

24–27°C

Salinity

1.024–1.026SG

Lighting

80–150PAR

Flow

Low–moderate

Disc stays flat without curling edges

Growth

Spreads by fission / fragmentation

Isolating on a small rock is easier to control

Nutrition

Mostly photosynthetic

Occasional spot-feeding is fine

Suggested habitat

Lower–mid color-block zone. Mount on dedicated frag rocks for color zoning and to contain slow crawl.

Plates are husbandry references—not build plans or generator parameters. Check your own water, vessel, and stocking before you act.