Where to buy Sunkist Bounce Mushroom
Best known price right now: $20.30 at World Wide Corals. Prices are checked periodically and may change.
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About Sunkist Bounce Mushroom
Bright orange to yellow coloration with a distinctive bounce or mushroom-cap morphology. The oral disc is smooth with a contrasting center, and the polyp rapidly retracts when disturbed, hence the "bounce" common name.
Key facts
- Additional Notes
- Popular orange variant of bounce mushroom
- Care Requirements
- • Moderate, indirect lighting (PAR 75–150) — avoid high-intensity direct light • Moderate water flow to gently move tentacles; avoid strong currents • Feed small amounts of zooplankton (copepods, mysis) 2–3x per week • Maintain stable water parameters: 75–79°F, pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025 • Prefers sandy substrate; can encrust over time
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
- Care difficulty
- Easy
- Coloration
- Orange with distinctive bounce texture
- Placement Recommendation
- Middle
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Appearance Description
- Bright orange to yellow coloration with a distinctive bounce or mushroom-cap morphology. The oral disc is smooth with a contrasting center, and the polyp rapidly retracts when disturbed, hence the "bounce" common name.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Lighting Requirement
- Low to Medium (75-150 PAR)
- Family
- Discosomatidae
- Flow Requirement
- Low to Medium
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