detached yuma

[cla337]

I have a nice pink one with a pale purply green rim and mouth. But it's detached. I tried to set it, but in the morning it's back in the sand. This morning it seemed like it got cut from the edge to the center (like the radius of it). I'm afraid it's too late, but I heard you can cut mushrooms anyway. I have IC glue, but I use that as the last resort, but also, now that it seems damaged I'm more afraid of using at this point. If I do, how much do I use? and is it recommended that I use it? How can I make sure it survives?

 

[kevin2000]

If you don't want to use IC then you might consider placing a small shallow bowl filed with some rock rubble on your substrate and placing the ric within the bowl ... this can provide a sheltered area where the ric can attach to the rock rubble w/o being blown around.

Hope this helps.

 

[BillnJennh]

I agree with kevin2000. I recently received a loose yuma ric. I cut it into four wedges and put into a gladware bowl with some substrate in it. I put some wedding veil material over the mouth of the bowl to keep any snail out. After about a week, the rics had attached to the substrate and I was then able to glue the tiny pieces of substrate to another rock. Voila, a little yuma ric colony...

 

[cla337]

You just cut the one polyp into wedges? They'll just multiply then? Should I feed something to enhance the healing?

 

[cla337]

Actually Ithink it's too late. There is this slime growing around the polyp. Is this salvagable?

 

[BillnJennh]

If it's getty slime around it, I wouldn't try to propagate it by cutting it into wedges. I would just put it into the bowl of substrate. You'll be surprised at how hardy ricordea are.

 

[BillnJennh]

Once the ric has gained back its health, you can just cut it into wedges. At first it will look a little funny, but it will grow back into the circular shape in a while--then you'll have more pink rics with a purply green mouth to trade.

 

[michaelm2431]

I put mine on a rock, put screen on top and held the screening on rock with rubber bands. Screening was on loose. Adhered itself in a week. Mike

 

[cla337]

Well hopefully it gains back health. I'm afraid of the slime, it seems that the ric is either turning into the slime or it's being consumed by it. When I moved it into a glass cup with some rubble in it, it seemed to fall apart. If I'm successful, you'll be the first to receive a piece. It just looks grim. If it returns to health and I do cut it, will slime grow again...(is slime due to the splitting or due to the stress?)

 

[cla337]

Another quick question, is there a trick to using IC gel. Do I have to use a lot or a dab? Can it be used in the water (to stablize LR or glue corals to big LR that I don't want to remove from the water.)

 

[dc_909]

It will come back, they are almost impossible to kill. I have so many I constantly cut them off my rocks, but if you leave the smallest piece on the rock, it grows back. Iv'e cut one off to have 4 grow in its place.

Pain in my ***!!!

 

[cla337]

pain in your a**? I'd love it if they would spread everywhere, I like them more than my acans, and blastos

 

[cla337]

more slime, less yuma. we're talking about a yuma that was about half an inch or 3/4s inch, now just a hint of what it use to be. it's gonna be a long battle healing.