yuma question..........with pics!!!!!!!!!!!

[saltyVT]

So I bought a nice yuma from my LFS. The first pic is when I first brought it home. I placed it in the shaded area on the bottom of my tank. Over the next week it has seemed to be going down hill. The bubbly green tentacles have diminished and it isn't opening up as well. The second pic is yesterday. All my parameters are fine, my xenia are groing like crazy my crocea is great my acros are growing??? I moved it it the other day to a more vertical position and out in to the light. My tank is a 8 gallon with a 70w MH 14k. Anyone have any suggestion???????? Please!

 

[chrisstie]

I would see what it does in the higher light. Mushies are funny in that they do their own thing and half the time make you panic. It looks fine just like mine look like at night.

Hopefully it should do better as it adjusts to your tanks water, temp and light.. i'd give it another week or so.

If you see any brown jelly stuff (not poo from its mouth) i'd worry but it still looks happy to me.

Also do you have any livestock that might be bothering it?

 

[FLricordia]

Yes, I would agree to move it too a different location. Maybe more flow. Not strong, just more across it and maybe try feeding it. Some times though I think that, with yumas over FL ricoredias, they don't take collection, transport and acclimation as well.

 

[anguswu]

This yuma need more light and small flow. You can feed it with small shrimp meal that the same size as yuma's mouth.

 

[BigScott]

NOT all yumas like alot of light , i had one melt under PCs..like
chrisstie, said thier funny that way..

SCOTT

 

[kiknchikn]

How did you acclimate it? I've read that yumas are very sensitive during acclimation. Much more so than floridas at least.

 

[ntfish]

Yumas are much more stressed out by transport and by acclimating to a new environment than most other corallimorphs. I have become very picky when purchasing them. I try to buy ones that have been established in a tank for at least a month.

 

[ntfish]

I might also add, trying a bit more light on the yuma would seem to be the next step. If that does nothing for it, it just might be on its way out. I have seen them melt away over a period of a couple of days. Out of frustration, I once ripped one off of a rock because it was melting. There was a small torn off peice left on the rock and it actually regrew to form a new yuma. It took about a year before it was the same size as the old one.

 

[saltyVT]

cool thanks for the tips! Their is a small dime sized one that seems to be doing good. the one thing I have noticed is the large one has lost most of its color??? i moved it into more light so lets see what happens!

 

[kiknchikn]

They "bleach" or lose their color when they are stressed, in which they basically release the photosynthetic xooanthellae algae that give them their color and provide them nutrients/energy. It's a bad sign, but it may recover its health and color with time if you can fix whatever is stressing it out.

 

[saltyVT]

The small one seems to be fine. The large one seems to be reduced in its green color, but is retaining its pinkish red background. I guess is it a matter of time it has remained the same for a while now. My sps and clams seem to be doing great so I bet its from acclimation. i bought it from my LFS, they might have just gotten it in that day so from one tank to another to mine. Lots of stress, too bad hope it makes it.........

 

[saltyVT]

No real change, same as before. the small one is doing good, weird?

 

[geoxman]

Your light is perfect for Yumas. Over the years I have also observed that they are more sensitive to water fluctuations--alk and PH. Ammonia will do them in pretty quick, nitrates doesn't matter. What are your parameters and will it take food?
I would just keep it where it is, let it adjust and feed it well. good luck

 

[saltyVT]

What's the best way to feed them? The large green ric melted away, the small green one is doing fine. I got a rock with 12 ric and laid them in the light and there are doing unbelievably well!! Never did find out why it melted away??? my parameters were 0 for all and 430 calc, and 8 alk.