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Hairy Mushroom Coral (Rhodactis indosinensis)
Hairy Mushroom Coral
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Hairy Mushroom Coral (Rhodactis indosinensis)
Additional locales and sizes may be available!
Additional locales and sizes may be available!

Quick Stats

Care Level Easy
Temperament Semi-aggressive
Color Form Green, Purple, Tan
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Family Discosomatidae
Lighting Moderate
Supplements Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Waterflow Medium
Placement Bottom to Middle
Compatibility View Chart
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Care Level Easy
Temperament Semi-aggressive
Color Form Green, Purple, Tan
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Family Discosomatidae
Lighting Moderate
Supplements Strontium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Waterflow Medium
Placement Bottom to Middle
Compatibility View Chart
What do these Quick Stats mean? Click here for more information

Overview

The Rhodactis Hairy Mushroom is a member of the order Corallimorpharia and occurs in many colors including brown, purple, tan, and the more colorful green. Like the name suggests, the surface of these mushrooms are covered with many hair-like tentacles, giving it a hairy appearance.

It is very easy to maintain in the reef aquarium, and a good choice for the beginner hobbyist. It is somewhat aggressive, however, and can harm sessile invertebrates and overgrow other inhabitants of the reef. It often grows in shallow water, so it prefers a medium to high light level combined with a medium water movement within the aquarium.

It reproduces by fission or laceration, and will do so in the home aquarium provided that water conditions are adequate, sometimes causing over-population. A small portion of the base or mouth will separate from the parent polyp and grow into a full sized mushroom within a few months.

The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within its body provide some of its nutritional requirements, but it also eats plankton and some larger organisms.

It ships as several individual mushrooms attached to one rock.

Approximate Purchase Size: Small: 1" to 2-1/4"; Medium: 2" to 3-1/4"; Large: 3" to 5"

Customer Testimonials

Steph A Troy , NY
Beautiful Mushrooms, with very vivid and lively colors, especially with an Actinic light. I started with two large mushrooms, and now I have four after only a few months, because they have split, and another one is now splitting. A great addition!
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