🧡🔥 Inferno Sun Ricordea Yuma
Ricordea yuma – Super Orange (Ultra Fluorescent Morph)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Blazing, ultra-saturated orange vesicles covering a thick, fleshy disc that glows like molten lava under actinic light. The entire polyp radiates neon warmth — from its fiery centre to its outer rim — producing an unmatched, retina-burning fluorescence. Under blue spectrum lighting, it becomes a living ember of pure reef fire.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Discosomatidae
Lighting: Moderate
Water Flow: Gentle, indirect
Placement: Lower rockwork or sandbed
🧬 Overview
The Inferno Sun Ricordea Yuma is one of the most striking colour morphs ever discovered — a coral that radiates with otherworldly intensity. Its ultra-orange tissue reflects and amplifies blue light, making it glow vividly even from across the room.
Perfect as a standout showpiece or to contrast cooler-toned corals, this Super Orange Yuma brings warmth, movement, and light to every reefscape. Its plump, velvety surface and slow pulsing motion create an irresistible sense of life and energy.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Ricordea yuma is primarily photosynthetic but benefits from supplemental feeding once or twice per week. Offer microplankton, Reef Roids, or finely chopped Mysis to boost growth and maintain colour saturation. Ensure trace element stability — particularly iodine, iron, and manganese — for sustained fluorescence.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 8–11 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 420–460 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1350 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 2–10 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.02–0.08 ppm |
📍 Placement
Position on sandbed or low rockwork with soft, indirect flow. Avoid excessive light intensity and contact with other soft corals to prevent stress or tissue recession.
🧡🔥 Inferno Sun Ricordea Yuma
A blazing gem of the reef — pure orange fire captured in living form, radiating warmth and light through every pulse of the ocean.