any hardy mushrooms/polyps that dont overtake

[reefNewbie]

I like alot of the mushrooms and polyps but im scared of them overtaking my tank. anything that wont?

 

[Palmetto]

I have found that Ricordea tend to stick to their own rock much more than the discosoma mushrooms, which just appear on the other side of the tank from where they started.


The Ricordea seem to split/ move across rock area instead of letting go and showing up somewhere else entirely.

And, I just love the darn things!

 

[reefNewbie]

are you talking about Ricordea yuma?

I was told that these are very hardy and would do fint in my newly established tank. is this true?

 

[Palmetto]

Ricordea Yuma or Ricordea Florida, either one.

R. Yuma is Indo-Pacific, and the R. Florida is Caribbean. Both are similar in captive husbandry requirements.

And, yes, they are hardy and more tolerant of water quality and lighting than most.

I prefer the R. Floridas myself. Their texture and appearance is more beautiful to me. They have fatter, rounder tentacles.

 

[Will C1]

yes i like the florida also i find the coloring to be nicer, also all corals will spread and eventually overtake things you just have to watch them, i remove my excess mushrooms and sell them to my lfs i trade for live rock mostly to replenish the small rock i took out with the mushrooms on them.

 

[damicodric]

newbie,

palmetto is right. any discosoma is going to walk and seem to thrive in virtually any conditions.

i would try a small ricordea rock for now and see how things progress.

just gave about 4 discosoma rocks to my buddy. they were beautiful, but my sps are paramount.

good luck.

 

[Anonymous]

I've never had a problem with ricordea, but regular mushrooms are evil- don't put em in your tank. Green star polyps can grow over stuff and should be on a rock that is seperated somehow. People also have problems with yellow polyps. My zooanthids (multicolored) grew fairly slowly but some people have had problems with them too. There are zooanthid eating snails if they get too out of hand.