Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

12gallonsofhex · Apr 19, 2019

Why-Me said:
I like it. You got a great price on a great looking coral.

Hemmdog said:
Looks like it. Nice one.

Thanks! I used to love mushrooms. My first reef was mostly mushrooms, and it took me 3 months to find one I liked.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 19, 2019

Yep, That's a Ricordea florida. I have 4 of them in my nano. Very colorful and hardy for me. I have melted 2 yumas now...

12gallonsofhex · Apr 19, 2019

They are. Their was one at the store that was almost black with green tips under the blue lights. Very cool looking.

Katrina71 · Apr 19, 2019

12gallonsofhex said:
It's nothing fancy or probably unique, but I finally found a regular mushroom coral. Seems everyone just sells the expensive OG stuff. I am so stoked over this pedestrian coral!

Picture taken with 'camera fv5 lite' app suggested by @dantimdad

That is very pretty. It looks like cotton candy.

Hemmdog · Apr 19, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
Yep, That's a Ricordea florida. I have 4 of them in my nano. Very colorful and hardy for me. I have melted 2 yumas now...

Yea yumas are trickier for sure. My interstellar is constantly swinging between “surviving” and “withering away”. It’s close to all my other mushrooms as well, which are all good looking perfect. So strange.

Musovski · Apr 19, 2019

dantimdad said:
@Musovski I am looking for a 1990 300td wagon. I would even take the TE but prefer the diesel.

I had a silver TE and miss it

theyre legit great.

12gallonsofhex · Apr 20, 2019

Katrina71 said:
That is very pretty. It looks like cotton candy.

Tastes like brine shrimp though.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Yea yumas are trickier for sure. My interstellar is constantly swinging between “surviving” and “withering away”. It’s close to all my other mushrooms as well, which are all good looking perfect. So strange.

I was told most yumas are wild caught, and take FOREVER to acclimate to captivity and artificial lighting. They need very low shaded light for weeks. Like put it in a cave low light. Then they might still melt. Aquacultured yumas do better, but are still harder than even a wild florida. I decided to just stick to floridas for the bottom of my nano dropoff. I only need about 300 more to fill it in all the way.

wesman42 · Apr 20, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
I was told most yumas are wild caught, and take FOREVER to acclimate to captivity and artificial lighting. They need very low shaded light for weeks. Like put it in a cave low light. Then they might still melt. Aquacultured yumas do better, but are still harder than even a wild florida. I decided to just stick to floridas for the bottom of my nano dropoff. I only need about 300 more to fill it in all the way.

I've had the same Florida for nearly 2 years and it hasn't grown or propagated...it's literally just sat there.

Hemmdog · Apr 20, 2019

Which propagates faster; ricordia Florida, ricordia yuma, rhodactis ?

12gallonsofhex · Apr 20, 2019

wesman42 said:
I've had the same Florida for nearly 2 years and it hasn't grown or propagated...it's literally just sat there.

That's not what a guy with a new Florida wants to hear. Haha

Hemmdog · Apr 20, 2019

12gallonsofhex said:
That's not what a guy with a new Florida wants to hear. Haha

Lol ;Woot

flchamp89 · Apr 20, 2019

I think Florida's like more light and flow than what some might think. I think that certain colors may like different par levels. I've also noticed for me the larger they are to start with the quicker they grow.