Ricordia & Yuma

[drtrash]

What is the diff? Care requirements? I just bought a yuma and not sure what level of light? Do you feed them?

 

[drtrash]

Sorry, its early, Ric Floridea & Yuma

 

[PRESTO2345]

Low light for yuma is noramlly best at least at first. Feeding is not necessary but it does help them. Brine shrimp and cyclopeze usually does the trick.

 

[drtrash]

How do you feed them, syringe? mouth is pretty small.

 

[mastawong]

I would like to know about this as well, every time I try to feed my yuma the food just won't stick on the tentacles.

 

[drtrash]

I dropped some mysis near mouth and slowly pulled it in like a regular anemone.

 

[mastawong]

Hmmm, I can't seem to keep my yumas happy, for some reason they don't "puff" up like they used to, and their mouths are almost constantly open, and I couldn't put any food on them. Here are some pics:

I put these guys around a low-flow area, my water params are within the recommended area, I can keep LPS/SPS but I'm having trouble keeping florida/yuma rics.

 

[drtrash]

Well, I'm new at them so I have been trying diff things and just watching. Try putting mysis near mouth and wiggle food till it grabs. I started on sand bed now they are half way up with T-5, seem to be just as happy.

 

[mastawong]

do you feed your yumas at night or during the day?

 

[drtrash]

Daytime, your gold yumas look pretty good, pink is alittle off

 

[hexedagain]

Try placing them in a little more flow. They might not be getting enough food out of the water column.

 

[Azurel]

What kinda of lighting do you have the pink under? I have found the pinks of that sort are most sensitive to photo acclimation. I would start that under some shade and over a month or so slowly bring it out into more light. I have one that took about 2 months for it to finally accept full light from MH and T-5.....

 

[mastawong]

All of the yumas are under 2x24w T5 w/ individual reflectors, I just noticed that some of the bumps are peeling off, I'll try to put them inside a cave today.

 

[asianreefer]

hey mastawong, this is jack from nano reef. i had similar experience when i first got my yumas. for the pink one your best bet is to place it in the cave but still receives some light. try not to move it around too much though. your gold one should be good. yumas takes some time to settle in IME. good luck with them.

 

[mastawong]

Hey Jack, how long does it usually take for the yuma to settle in? Have anybody ever tried to move the yuma, and then some of the bumps fell off?

 

[mastawong]

I just moved my yuma in a low light, low flow area, is this good enough?
pink yuma in the center.

close up, bad pic

 

[asianreefer]

it took my yumas more than a month to settle in. you dont really need to move them around much so it will be easier for them to settle.