Question about white ricordias. *pics included*

[SCIronMike]

I've never seen these before. Anyone have them? Are they white because of a lack of zooxanthellae? Is that healthy? What kind of light do they like? These really intrigue me.

 

[Len]

Hey Mike. Could be a bit beached, but my guess is it's just naturally that color. I've seen my share of "white" ricordeas collected from all depths, so I really can not say what lighting preferences this specimen has. It is definitely unique and cool looking, and I'm sure you'll do fine with it.

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
Neat coral. It is not that bleach.... I would say it looks like light green to me, not white.

Recently, there is a huge surge of Ricordia florida, and many of them are colored morph other than green/blue.

 

[Bryan Thompson]

Those are Yuma ricordia. The color seems to be natural. Here is a shot of some yellow Florida we just got in:

Bryan

http://www.blowfishaquatics.com

 

[Anonymous]

ANybody fragging those yet? the white or the yellow!

Let me know when you do!

Brett

 

[JeremyR]

The "white" r. yuma is pretty common from indo sources, and reproduces plenty fast on it's own. It's not a true white tho.. if you saw a bleached one next to it you'd see a major difference.