Ricordea yuma melting

[ntfish]

Just checking to see if anyone knows of or has heard of a remedy for the problem of melting yumas. I have experienced this myself and have seen it happen in a couple of different dealers tanks where I live. It seems to happen mainly to newly captive specimens. Sometimes they look okay for the first several days, then they start melting away one by one off of their rock. I have not seen this problem addressed in any of the books I've read.

 

[edwing206]

try putting them in a darker spot in your tank.

 

[kiknchikn]

The only solution I've heard that has worked is to chop the melting yuma off the rock leaving just the foot. Sometimes they grow back into a healthy one.

I'd wait to see what other people say though, since I've never tried this and I can't say for sure whether it works.

 

[ntfish]

I've tried keeping them in a shaded spot with no positive results.

 

[ntfish]

The chopping method sounds like it may have some merit. I once pulled one off a rock in disgust because it was starting to melt, there was a small peice left behind that eventually grew into an adult.

 

[BigScott]

after you pull off the rock you can cut the dead tissue off an keep the rest in a dark spot...ive had a coulpe live that way..but it can also cause more problems with a dead or dying piece of coral..


scott

 

[FLricordia]

Probably yumas as this seems to be the case for many collected colonies. They don't seem to tolerate being removed from the water like Fl ricordias and once they start melting there isn't much you can do for them.
As was suggested, try cutting off the melting yumas without removeing the colony from the water. You can also take an eye/ear dropper and syphon of the melted part and possibloe save the rest of what is left. I ahev had this work for me.
Greens and browns especially don't seem to tolerate being removed from the water or touched. Good luck. I know what you are going through. I have lost several yuma colonies till I stopped treating them like Fl rics.