🌈🪸 Ricordea Florida – Assorted Colour Collection
Ricordea florida – Multicolour Caribbean Mushroom Coral
🔹 Quick Stats
Care Level: Easy to Intermediate
Temperament: Peaceful (avoid direct contact with other corals)
Colour Form: A dazzling assortment of Ricordea florida morphs displaying an explosion of colours — neon orange, emerald green, sky blue, violet, pink, and golden tones — each polyp forming a soft, bubble-like disk covered in radiant vesicles. Under actinic lighting, every specimen glows like bioluminescent confetti, creating a vibrant, natural mosaic of light and texture across the rockwork.
Water Conditions: 24–27 °C, dKH 8–11, pH 8.0–8.4, sg 1.024–1.026
Family: Ricordeidae
Lighting: Moderate to High – enhances fluorescence and saturation
Water Flow: Low to Moderate, indirect
Placement: Lower to mid reef zones, on rock ledges or rubble
🧬 Overview
The Ricordea Florida – Assorted Colour Collection brings together the most striking morphs of this beloved Caribbean species. Renowned for their intense pigmentation, gentle movement, and easy adaptability, Ricordeas are a staple of reef artistry.
Each polyp grows as a fleshy, dome-shaped disk with soft, bubble-like vesicles, producing a shimmering surface that captures light from every angle. Perfect for nano reefs, soft coral gardens, or as vivid accents in LPS and mixed setups, these corals combine beauty, resilience, and variety in one living palette.
🍽️ Care & Feeding
Mostly photosynthetic, but growth and colour enhancement improve with occasional target feeding 1–2 times per week using fine meaty foods (Reef Roids, Marine Snow, Coral Frenzy).
Maintain stable, slightly nutrient-rich water for optimal health — ultra-low nutrients may dull colour.
Trace supplementation with Iron and Potassium helps maintain vivid fluorescence.
📈 Optimal Parameters
| Parameter | Ideal Range |
|---|---|
| Alkalinity (dKH) | 8–11 |
| Calcium (Ca) | 400–440 ppm |
| Magnesium (Mg) | 1250–1350 ppm |
| Nitrate (NO₃) | 5–15 ppm |
| Phosphate (PO₄) | 0.03–0.1 ppm |
📍 Placement
Place on lower rockwork or substrate with gentle, indirect flow. Ricordeas prefer stable, moderate lighting and will expand beautifully under blue or hybrid spectrums.
Ideal for shaded edges, caves, or nano reef displays, where they can spread and form multi-coloured carpets of living light.
🌈🪸 Ricordea Florida – Assorted Colour Collection
A living rainbow from the Caribbean — resilient, radiant, and endlessly unique.