Ricordea Yuma

Ricordea Yuma and Coloration

 

Typical Ricordea Yuma live coral appear in various intensities of green and  orange. Rare specimens, this live coral may be deep red and/or hot pink. The spirocysts on Ricordea Yuma live coral appear to vary, in size, shape and density from Ricordea Florida live coral. Another noted difference between Ricordea Yuma live coral and Ricordea Florida live coral are disk colorations.

 

Ricordea Yuma and Variety

Ricordea Yuma shows only some minor variation in disk color while Ricordea can have 6 or more colors. Pictured above is one of my personal favorites, it’s a green Ricordea Yuma specimen, the coral base streaked purple and pink.

Ricordea Yuma General Care

From my experience Ricordea Yuma live coral requires more general care than Ricordea Florida especially when propagating. Ricordea Yuma are fairly hardy in captivity and will live for years in the reef aquarium They are safe with fish and other coral though some caution should be used as Yuma live coral can burn other coral when close contact is made.

Ricordea Yuma Feeding

The Ricordea Yuma live coral feed using the process of photosynthesis. They are also able to filter feed. Ricordea Yuma spirocysts can trap small food and the disk can retract to push the food to the mouth of the Ricordea Yuma live coral.

Ricordea Yuma Possibilities

 

Pictured above in a close-up view are 100% aquaculture Ricordea Yuma live coral. Nearly 1,000 of this aquaculture live coral were distributed in both retail and wholesale markets. Working with Ricordea Yuma live coral is challenging and culturing it is demanding but it is time well spent.