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ol'salty
11/04/2004, 12:50 PM
Here is the deal. I bought a 1lb piece of live rock at the LFS 3 days ago.I brought the rock home..and started to scrub some "stuff" off of it. The phone rang, and I dropped the rock into my quarentine tank. Went back later to scrub off the rock and there is 5 large mushrooms and 3 very tiny ones. They are brown in color with fluorescent green bumps all over it. From my research, it is a ricordia yuma (I think). So, I called the LFS and offered to return the rock, and or pay for the shrooms. NO REFUNDS and they did not get any mushroom rock in...so, end of conversation! My problem is, I have no clue what to feed this thing! Any help would be appreciated. 5 of them are a little bit bigger than half dollars, and the 3 smaller ones are about the size of a dime. I am sure they are hungry!

cee
11/04/2004, 02:00 PM
Could be Ricordeas or Rhodactis, but in either case, they primarily eat light and compounds which occur naturally in your water. You might try posting pics on the Corallimorpharians forum for more "expert" advice and a positive ID, but that is what I do with mine.

Dave

fishdoc11
11/04/2004, 03:28 PM
What Dave said.

ol'salty
11/04/2004, 05:35 PM
Thanks for your replys. I will photograph them tomorrow and post it there. Again..thanks...Dave

reefgirl7
11/04/2004, 06:54 PM
SO I take it you want to borrow my camara when we come to visit tomorrow:D :D :D

ol'salty
11/07/2004, 08:18 PM
There is a pic in my gallery of the mushrooms I came by, if someone cares to I/D them.

Torpus
11/11/2004, 07:32 PM
look like yumas to me too, usually ricordia florida dont have the white stripe...are there longer bumb/tentacles around the mouth?

ol'salty
11/12/2004, 06:34 PM
Yes, there are bumps around the mouth.