Ricordia florida, or yuma?

[Caleb Kruse]

I got these from a guy 3 days ago but forgot to ask whether they are florida rics of yumas. What do you think? Also where should i put them in the tank, I have 440 watts of VHO, and they are up near the top right now.
Thanks and here's the pic

 

[kiknchikn]

Definitely yuma... and a beautiful one at that!

 

[lokelani808]

yeah, yumas have a bubbly ring around the mouth, where floridas dont.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Thanks, what about tank placement

 

[BigScott]

id start them on the bottom, to prevent them from bleaching.. them move up slowly if ya wish..awsum yumas..


scott

 

[Caleb Kruse]

I got a big rock of them, maybe 20 on it but it has a montipora digitata on it. What should I do? Keep it high, or move it low.

 

[kiknchikn]

Is it possible to dremel off the section of the rock with the monti on it? If not I'd keep them pretty low and slowly move them up while monitoring the health of both types of corals/corallimorphs. If one starts to look bad move it in the direction that will make that one healthier.

If you care for the monti more then move it up higher and as a contigency plan try fragging a few of the yumas off the rock so that if the others melt you have a few still.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Thats a good idea to dremel the monti off the rock. Can rics be out of water?

 

[kiknchikn]

I'm pretty sure they can be for a little while -- Long enough to dremel off part of the rock I would think.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Thanks for the help kiknchikn I'll probably frag the monti tonight.

 

[kiknchikn]

No problem. Let me know how it goes