Ricordeasfrom both the Atlantic florida and Pacific yuma species have long held a special place in the mindshare of reef keepers for their colors and their unique appearance. Despite their shaggy, long pseudotentacles that makes them resemble a small anemones,Ricordeais in fact a corallimorph meaning that they do very well in aquarium conditions, and can grow to develop into beautiful colonies of polyps.
Ricordeascome in a rainbow of colors including orange, pink, green, yellow and some combinations thereof but an exceptional ‘strain’ called Rainbow TopRicordeasare pushing the envelope of how colorful these shrooms can be. This particular harvest of Rics was imported byACI Aquaculturefrom Haiti and while they’re notcompletelyunlike the bestR. floridawe’ve ever seen, the quality of these is something remarkable.
这个特定的pseudotentacles批哈itian Ricordeas have an unusually high mixing of colors including orange, green, and yellow with a deep blue base. Couple that abundant color with surprisingly long pseudotentacles and these are some of the best and showiest Ricordea that ACI Aquaculture has ever seen.
Close up images of these Ricordeas’ long pseudotentacles greatly resembles either arainbow carpet anemone, or a shortEuphyllia cristata, two groups of reef animals which are very highly sought after right now. The best part of these Rainbow Top Ricordeas is that there’s more than a handful to go around and we collectively know how to keep and grow these very well, so they are already getting fast tracked for captive culture in aquariums around the country.
