Reef Goddess

Today I wanted to write a bit about Discosoma neglecta mushrooms, commonly known as "Umbrella mushrooms".You may have noticed them on our website in the ricordea section recently, wondering what exactly they are. These are an easy to keep type of mushroom coral that occur throughout Caribbean waters. In the past the only colors that were collected and imported into the U.S. were tan, greys, and green color morphs.    (tan & green morphs) More recently divers have been learning that most of us reef aquarists like bright and exotic colors in our aquariums and have been harvesting much more brilliant,...