Some new Rics coming my way!
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Haha... don't do anything to tick her off or you might lose your tank... if not something more precious 
Not to take this thread way off topic, but I want one of those HD video camcorders that are like $1500+ so I can take high-def videos of my tank. It'll never happen but wouldn't that be cool?
Not to take this thread way off topic, but I want one of those HD video camcorders that are like $1500+ so I can take high-def videos of my tank. It'll never happen but wouldn't that be cool?
Travis L. Stevens
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FWIW, kiknchikn, I have one of those "good cameras", but what I want to do with my camera I can't because of the way it is set up. That was $400 wasted. I should have waited for $400 more and bought a Digital Rebel. FWIW, my Phyto sales should bring me in enough money in the next few months to get a new camera.
I was lucky and I confiscated my parents' very expensive Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z5 that they bought for an expensive vacation they were going on. It's point and shoot and generates pretty good macro photos with no effort on my part other than steady hands and a little patience.
I plan to eventually buy a macro lens for it and see if I can get even better shots.
I plan to eventually buy a macro lens for it and see if I can get even better shots.
lokelani808
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nice pics, i want a bubblegum ric! I like how you showed pics of with your tank lighting and then with whitebalance. I wish online vendors would do that.
Travis L. Stevens
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Well, you all know the phrase "Out with the old, and in with the new?" It seems like that was the case this weekend. I lost about 4.5 Ricordeas through the weekend.
This guy never did well from the start, fought hard, but ultimately didn't make it. I think that the move and new MH bulb just finished him off.
This guy was "split" by accident from a rock falling on it twice. Both pieces were healing up nicely, but then through the weekend, one of the smaller, less healthy splits jumped ship. Luckily, the larger one looks just fine under the circumstances.
I had another guy that I worked HARD wheeling and dealing with people to get a frag of. It is similar to my Orange ones, but it was peach-ish in color. It jumped ship the other night as well. Luckily, if I don't find it, there are quite a few local reefers that I can get a duplicate of.
I had a Blue/Slate Blue R. yuma that went through a bad fragging experience. It just gave up fighting on me the other day. I have another healthier one that wasn't chop suey from fragging on its way.
Lastly, this was the biggest hit. It took the roughest beating with the move and the new MH bulb. Ultimately, it melted away, and I'm VERY sad about it. Hopefully I can find another one like this somewhere. It was easily one of my favorites.
This guy never did well from the start, fought hard, but ultimately didn't make it. I think that the move and new MH bulb just finished him off.
This guy was "split" by accident from a rock falling on it twice. Both pieces were healing up nicely, but then through the weekend, one of the smaller, less healthy splits jumped ship. Luckily, the larger one looks just fine under the circumstances.
I had another guy that I worked HARD wheeling and dealing with people to get a frag of. It is similar to my Orange ones, but it was peach-ish in color. It jumped ship the other night as well. Luckily, if I don't find it, there are quite a few local reefers that I can get a duplicate of.
I had a Blue/Slate Blue R. yuma that went through a bad fragging experience. It just gave up fighting on me the other day. I have another healthier one that wasn't chop suey from fragging on its way.
Lastly, this was the biggest hit. It took the roughest beating with the move and the new MH bulb. Ultimately, it melted away, and I'm VERY sad about it. Hopefully I can find another one like this somewhere. It was easily one of my favorites.
Travis L. Stevens
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Nah, everything else is fine. I just think the stress from moving and the bulb was the culprit. Most of those were already stressed and fighting for their life before the move.
I hope I never have a die-off like that. I'd probably be freaking out. My rics are my babies lol
Travis L. Stevens
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Well, it seems like a lot, but because they were already struggling, I suspected them to either flourish or fail. Now, if my new ones died off, I would be worried. It's really just a coincidence that they all happened to die off roughly the same time.
Travis L. Stevens
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Good news. It turns out that I only truely lost two Rics. Unfortunately my Pink/Green Yuma is 100% lost (RIP my little yuma), and the unknown one is definitely gone. On the other hand, I found TWO of the orangish peach ones that jumped ship. They had been attached to some netting that I glued down to a plug. They forced their way through the netting and split. I found the Blue R. florida that was hit by a rock. Lastly, my Blue Yuma still has some tissue left on the frag disk. You just never know if it will recover.
Also, the "Superman Yuma" has some extra tissue on the side of the piece of rubble it is on. It looks like it will grow into a new one!
Also, the "Superman Yuma" has some extra tissue on the side of the piece of rubble it is on. It looks like it will grow into a new one!
Travis L. Stevens
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9808826#post9808826 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kiknchikn
Well, thats good news
Definitely the worst. This makes the score Hot Pink Yumas 4, Travis 0. Of course, I know the reasons of death for all of them, but it still hurts to have lost that much "value". I don't say money because I've wheeled and dealed for most of them.
I'm still on a quest to find my first pink yuma, so you don't get that much sympathy from me... pink yuma killer! 
Kidding aside, that really does suck. Not just for you, but for all of us that want a pink yuma and are hoping people can start propagating them at great numbers so they can be made less scarce.
Kidding aside, that really does suck. Not just for you, but for all of us that want a pink yuma and are hoping people can start propagating them at great numbers so they can be made less scarce.
Travis L. Stevens
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9809010#post9809010 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kiknchikn
I'm still on a quest to find my first pink yuma, so you don't get that much sympathy from me... pink yuma killer!
Kidding aside, that really does suck. Not just for you, but for all of us that want a pink yuma and are hoping people can start propagating them at great numbers so they can be made less scarce.
Yup, that is the reason why I've tried to get some good Yumas. The first one I lost was unhealthy in the first place, the second one was got knocked behing my rocks and promptly buried, the third one melted with my light meltdown, and even my Pink/Green one was nurtured to health in a friend's tank from being bleached. Then they new MH bulb and moving was too much for it. Now, I've finally got parameters extremely steady, the MH bulb is burnt in now, I don't plan on moving, and things are doing well. Now...I can't find a pink yuma.
Travis L. Stevens
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I've been lucky enough to have some very good retailers around my area that are willing to work with people. I definitely don't have the money to purchase one myself, but a lot of the retailers are able to find not-so-healthy stock of amazing animals at a great price. FWIW, out of all four, only one of them was a true Hot Pink Yuma like Blazer88's. The rest were close knock offs. I've had 1 True Pink Yuma, 1 Pinkish with a Red Skirt Yuma, the Green/Pink Yuma you've seen, and one that I can't remember. I think it might have been a bleached red one. On the other hand, this new Superman Yuma has started looking better and better as the days go by. I have some better pictures of it, but they're at home.
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