Where to find rainbow Ricordea?

[siobhan2086]

I've been looking on the coral forums and realized that I'm really interested in collecting some Ricordeas(yuma and florida) and fuzzy mushrooms. I specifically liked the rainbow and more unique/vibrant colors (bright red/yellow/bright pink/turquoise/purple). Where can I find this in the Rochester and surrounding areas? LFS suggestions? (willing to do some driving) Talked to someone at a LFS who told me if they order them, they don't usually get the top notch colors, its hit or miss. Online? People around willing to sell?

Thanks for your help/suggestions

 

[Eastamherstbias]

I know A Reef Creations got in a ton of Ricordea a week ago of various colors.

~Austin

 

[magdelan]

I'm all for supporting the LFS's however, check out the Diver's Den on Live Aquaria dot com

 

[The J Man]

ABC 2 and ABC reefs in Syracuse have had really nice ones in. Not sure if they have any now so I'd call...

 

[Jacwil]

ABC Aquarium in Fairport has some nice rics/yumas as well as a nice selection of shrooms.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

JMO- I would avoid "fuzzy mushrooms" of the green kind. A lot of us here know what a PITA they can be. Red and pink yuma are ALWAYS in demand.
All Ricordea are highly toxic but it's rarely a problem in a well filtered reef aquarium.
Ricordea aren't difficult to find for sale in LFS's as they're very popular easy to grow. To start, I would search LFS's to see what they've got.
FWIW Tropicorium (in Detroit) usually had a lot of nice Ricordea/Corallimorphs every time I stopped in.

 

[Jstn]

Coral morphological, google them, they have deals on variety packs.

 

[ReddyW]

I was just at a reef creation on Thursday. They had a few nice ones. They said that several hobbyist suppliers were breaking down tanks for the summer so they had lots of stock.

I don't remember seeing any at saltwater paradise, but that is a really nice store.

 

[siobhan2086]

Thank you for all the reply's

Stopped at a few local stores and came out with this, thanks to G at ABC

Also planning my first trip to ARC

I would avoid "fuzzy mushrooms" of the green kind. A lot of us here know what a PITA they can be.

this kind of mushroom?

What makes them bad?

 

[Jacwil]

Nice pick up!!!

Re: the hairy mushrooms, they can grow very large, 10"+! They also can spread quite quickly, dropping bambinis all over.

Check Reyoms tank pics out some time.

 

[siobhan2086]

Thanks for the info/warning on the mushrooms. The green guys are being sent to live in the work tank tomorrow.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

this kind of mushroom?

no- that's not the kind I was referring to.