🔹 Cosmic Bubble Ricordea Yuma
Ricordea yuma (XXL Ultra Rare – Red, Blue & Grey Morph)
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Easy to Moderate
Temperament: Peaceful
Colour Form: Oversized XXL polyp with a rare mosaic of bubble-like vesicles in red, blue, and grey. Under actinic or blue spectrum lighting, the colours intensify, creating a cosmic, galaxy-like effect across the polyp surface.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–12, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Ricordeidae
Lighting: Moderate to high (accentuates multicolour fluorescence)
Supplements: Trace Elements, Amino Acids
Water Flow: Gentle — ensures maximum bubble and polyp expansion
Placement: Lower to mid reef zones
🧬 Overview
The Cosmic Bubble Ricordea Yuma is an XXL ultra rare morph, featuring a spectacular blend of red, blue, and grey hues across its bubble-textured disc. Its size and coloration make it a true collector’s showpiece — an eye-catching coral that delivers maximum impact under actinic lighting. Few Ricordea morphs achieve such a unique, tricolour pattern, making this specimen highly sought after.
🍽️ Feeding & Care
This coral is photosynthetic but thrives with 1–2 weekly supplemental feedings of small meaty foods (mysis, enriched brine, reef roids). Target feeding enhances bubble inflation, colour vibrancy, and polyp health. Stability in trace elements and gentle flow are key to maintaining its ultra-rare pattern.
📈 Optimal Parameters
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Alkalinity (dKH): 8–12
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Calcium (Ca): 420–460 ppm
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Magnesium (Mg): 1250–1350 ppm
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Nitrate (NO₃): 2–10 ppm
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Phosphate (PO₄): 0.02–0.08 ppm
📍 Placement
Position in gentle flow zones at the lower or mid reef level. Allow space around the colony for full expansion. Under actinic or reef-blue lighting, the polyp glows with a dramatic galaxy-like colour fusion.
📸 WYSIWYG Note
This coral is sold as WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). The exact XXL specimen photographed — with its rare red, blue, and grey bubble pattern — is the coral you will receive.