Ricordia or yuma?

[apollo'sowner]

Is this a ricordia or yuma or are they really the same? I have been buying them from a LRS as ricordia. They are a bit more orange than my camera depicts. Forgive my stupidity. I don't know corals like I should, keeping reef and all.

[ItsHardwick]

thats a ricordia florida, yumas are rics too just different species

[apollo'sowner]

thanks

[rickzter]

That looks like a yuma species to me. What I've noticed when looking at yumas and ricordeas is that yuma's tend to have elongated bubbles that stretch. Whereas ricordea has a lot of fine short bubbles (very round). I dunno, maybe a shroom expert can shine more on this thread.

[jonathan]

i second the florida....

[JustPhish]

The easiest way to tell, which you can't from this picture is the mouth. A florida will have a smooth one. no bubbles on it. A yuma will have bubbles that go all the way up the mouth.

So take a look and let us know which you have.

[JustPhish]

Here's a couple of examples. Man I really hate that the pics automatically get resized. Hopefully you will still be able to see the difference.

Ricordea florida


Ricordea yuma


See the bubbles around the mouth of the yuma? It's smooth around the florida.

[apollo'sowner]

here's one with the mouth exposed. So this would be Florida, right?

[JustPhish]

Yep, Ricordea florida

[coral reefer]

Cool...that is great to know. Thanks all!