Sunburst Orange Yuma Mushroom (Ricordea yuma) 4″ – Conditioned in Key West

Description

You are buying the exact coral in the photo — a 4″ Ricordea yuma carrying one of the cleanest solid orange fields we have had in the shop. The entire disc is packed edge to edge with fat tangerine vesicles, deepening to blood orange where they overlap and lifting to sherbet yellow at the tips. A magenta oral disc sits at the centre and the same magenta bleeds up between the vesicles, which is what stops an orange animal like this from reading flat. Photographed under blue spectrum reef lighting. Conditioned in our Key West systems.

About Yuma Mushroom (Ricordea yuma)

Solid orange is one of the harder Ricordea yuma morphs to source cleanly. Most orange animals in the trade are muddied by brown zooxanthellae or break up into patchy blotches as they grow; holding a saturated, even field across a 4″ disc is uncommon. Yuma carries its beaded vesicles over the whole oral disc rather than in a ring, giving the dense texture that separates it from Florida Ricordea and from Discosoma mushrooms. They grow slowly and split rather than spread, so a large specimen represents real time in a system — this is not a coral you can rush to size.

Care Guide

Straightforward to keep, and the one thing that will ruin it is enthusiasm — too much light or flow and the disc shrinks and pales.

• Lighting: Low to moderate — PAR 50–150. Orange morphs in particular wash out under high intensity; keep it dim and blue-heavy.
• Flow: Low — soft, indirect movement only.
• Placement: Sandbed or shaded lower rockwork.
• Feeding: Low — largely photosynthetic; an occasional fine meaty feeding encourages splitting.
• Aggression: Peaceful. Give a 4″ animal a few inches of clear space so it can open fully without touching neighbours.
• Water Parameters: Temp 76–78°F, salinity 1.025–1.026, Alk 8–9 dKH, Ca 420–440, Mg 1300–1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.

Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee

Ships UPS Overnight every Tuesday and Wednesday from Key West, Florida. Packed with insulated box and heat or cold pack appropriate for current conditions. Specimen is carefully secured to prevent movement during transit.

Live arrival is guaranteed. If your coral arrives DOA, photograph the animal inside the unopened bag within 4 hours of delivery confirmation and contact us right away. We will work with you on a resolution.

Placement: Sandbed or a shaded lower ledge. At 4″ it needs room to expand without shading anything behind it.

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