May, 2020 POTM contest - Ricordea!

Mr_Knightley · May 23, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:

I believe those are Rhodactis, the subject of this contest is Ricordea. Beautiful shrooms though, nice pic!

esther · May 23, 2020

Here's my entry (I think that this is a ricordia... lol)

- Nikon D90
- AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
- ISO 800
- ƒ/5.6
- 1/250s

The coolest thing about this coral is we had no idea we had it. It just started growing on this rock with our Fire Cracker Polyps. :)

CheckeredPants · May 23, 2020

The only true yellow and gray Ric I’ve ever seen and owned. Pics were taken with an iPhone 8 Plus and and Orphek Lens Kit with one of the filters. They multiply like crazy for the local reefer I got them from, but for me they are slow growers.

Ray Madrigal · May 23, 2020

Shawn_epicurious · May 23, 2020

Here is one : )

Mr_Knightley · May 23, 2020

esther said:
Here's my entry (I think that this is a ricordia... lol)

- Nikon D90
- AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
- ISO 800
- ƒ/5.6
- 1/250s

The coolest thing about this coral is we had no idea we had it. It just started growing on this rock with our Fire Cracker Polyps. :)

That's a Rhodactis indosinensis, super nice find! Too bad it doesn't qualify for the competition, I would vote that up in a heartbeat.

God bless!

Shawn_epicurious · May 23, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
Here is one : )

Oops... just notice the part where it’s supposed to be a rocordia

Shawn_epicurious · May 24, 2020

How about this one... that “might” be a ricordia... this was a hitchhiker that came in on my live rock... he is kind of small and has not been positively ID’d as a ricordia...

Mr_Knightley · May 24, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
How about this one... that “might” be a ricordia... this was a hitchhiker that came in on my live rock... he is kind of small and has not been positively ID’d as a ricordia...

That's a Ricordia for sure, just a young one. Keep it fed, and it should grow pretty fast!