OG Bounce Mushroom

Mushroom frags are about 1/2-3/4″. The photo is the mother colony.

The all time favorite OG bounce mushroom is a must have to any collector. We have carefully selected this one from a reputable mushroom farmer to get the best overall piece for color, growth and stability. We like to add these to the lower parts of the reef in all our aquarium designs and installations. It is best not to have too much direct light or high PAR for overall good coral health.

Lighting: Low lighting 30-80 plus PAR.

Flow: Low

Care Level: Easy

Original Location Range: Indonesia, Coral Triangle, South Pacific

Grown in our California coral farm where we provide zero impact corals

Water chemistry: Calcium 400-450, Magnesium 1350, KH 7-9.5, pH 8.1-8.4, Nitrates .01-10, Phosphates .01-.1 salinity 1.026

Temperature Range: 74- 81 Fahrenheit

Feeding: mushroom will consume most foods and pellets and the target feeding can be placed directly on the mushroom disk.

Mushroom anemones are corallimorpharians and known as the transition of stony coral to soft coral. Most mushroom corallimorpharians asexually reproduce and can multiply well. These little gems can do very well and some have extraordinary colors. The rhodactis species have a little textured like surface where small tentacles protrude from the disk. Some variations of the rhodactis can produce bubbles better known as bounce mushrooms. Discosoma species have smooth disks. The ricordea species have small tentacles spread out over the disk resembling mini carpet anemones. Ricordea can have multiple colors and different patterns making them some of the more interesting of this genus. There are two different types of ricordea mushrooms. The ricordea Yuma comes for the south Pacific region and the ricordea Florida come from the Caribbean region.

In many of our reef tank builds we like to place these on a separate rock islands to keep them from spreading all over the reef. Some spread faster than others and some hardly spread at all and have to be forced to multiply.

Attachment: Use disposable gloves, a small flathead sculpting tool, coral glue and coral clippers. In many of our custom aquarium builds we like to use coral glue. It is recommended to try and break off as much of the disk safe enough not to damage the skeletal branch or underside of the coral. We do this by using coral bone cutters. Add a good amount of coral glue to the underside of the coral branch. Prime the reef area you wish to place the coral by smearing the glue onto the rock.  Press the coral disk onto the desired location. It does help to slightly twist, tilt back and forth the coral to help cure the glue. Press it down firmly and use your favorite sculpting tool to clean up and smooth out the excess glue. Be sure the coral is fully secure, the coral should never fall off the reef. Most frags will grow quite large so be a little generous with the glue to withstand the weight of the future coral colony growth. We find it helps using only the extra thick reef glue gel. Be sure to rub a little reef glue onto the reef section and there is enough reef glue on the coral plug to set it securely.