Ricordea Mushroom Coral aquaculture or any Mushroom Coral aquaculture should be confined to dedicated systems. Each tank should be a closed system dedicated to one specific type of Mushroom Coral. I do not even attempt to mix Rhodactis and Ricordea Mushroom Corals in my aquafarm facility. While it may not necessarily be detrimental to mix species of live Mushroom Coral I have the space so it seemed the prudent approach.

Second area of concern is water quality. Concentrate on maintaining the highest possible water quality. The aquaculture tank should have excellent water circulation. Keep the tanks open and use splash trays and keep the turnover high. This will provide optimum gas exchange and promote smaller ph shifts. Do frequent and consistent water changes especially on tanks without skimmers. I prefer to forgo

the use of skimmers in my facility. Consistent feeding which in most cases will require close maintenance of your Mushroom Coral aquaculture facility.

Consistent feeding leads to increasing maintenance of your aquaculture facility. In my experience most important of all is the after care. It is important to isolate each propagated Mushroom Coral specimen. I find small plastic hanging beta tanks to be most appropriate. Each small square tank is perfect for sufficient substrate and the propagated live Mushroom coral. Each day for approximately 1 to 2 weeks I use a small pipette to keep the exposed surface of the live coral clean. Removing the excess slime helps prevent bacteria attraction. Lack of good water circulation and excessive slime infected with bacteria could lead fresh cuts on the preparations to become infected.