yuma ricordia

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fishy332003

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hi all,
does anyone have hard time keeping yuma ricordia then the regular ricordia. i have a reef tank fill with ricordia , mushroom and other softies. but ever time i bought a rock with yuma ricordias.they start melting away and left with only few that are still alive.
 
well, i just kind of inherited my tank with everything established about a month ago, but just tried fragging them for the first time last week, and they're coming along nicely. i now have one 3", one 1.5", 7 fragged and 6 little bitsy baby pink ricordea mushies in my tiny 14g biocube =P must find homes!

wow, sorry about the plug. i really didn't reply to this with that intent, lol. what's the lighting sitch in your tank? i heard that they might be a bit sensitive to too much, but i have some soft corals that are light lovers, and my mushies don't seem to mind

*shrugs*
 
I don't have any problem keeping the florida ricordeas, but am having trouble with the yumas as well.

Do the yumas need more light or current (than florida ricordeas)? cleaner water?
 
i haven't had ANY problems with my yumas. of course, it's only been a little over a month since i've had my tank, but other than occasional drooping when they want to drop (but can't because they're kind of on a shelf), they're super easy. and they're even in high flow and light, and i heard that was a no-no for yumas. =/
 
You're not the only one - I also cant seem to keep them alive - they shrink and go white within a few weeks of being introduced to the tank. Yet I have no trouble with morphs or rhodactis (we don't have florida rics in Australia). Maybe the ppl that have had success with them could post info about their setups?
 
The problem with most Yumas is acclimation to tank life and stress from shipping generally means that they are dying when you see them in the stores and simply finish the job in your tank. If you get aquacultured ones locally you might have a much better chance of keeping them sucessfully. Theyre kinda like xenia... they dont ship that well but they can grow like weeds when they are established. I have a rock that has probably 50 pink yumas on it simply from me repetedly cutting off the full grown ones. Whats left of the foot becomes 3-4 new babies that will eventually grow out, not to mention that the top part grows into 1-2 yumas depending on how much I frag them. I havent lost one frag of my yumas yet, and I have probably fragged them 20 times or so.
 
i also this kind of problem, i believe there are some chemistry inbalance once there are alot of type of corallimorpharians in the tank.

i have some yuma b4 i start putting more of species like discosoma, rhodiatics & rics florida

now i dun put any yuma as they tend to melt after sometime
 
I have a ton of yumas, and have sold more than I can count, somewhere around 100, and have only had a couple DOA's in shipping them. I grow all of my yumas out in my tank, so they are all aquacultured and maybe that's the difference.
They are in a ricordea only tank, and have had great success in keeping them, and getting them to spawn in my system. Not just dropping babies like most. I run high nutrients in the tank, and have had incredible reproduction.
I also have yumas in both of my display tanks, mixed reefs, and they do great.
Yumas do not like high lighting or flow IME. I do run mine in my frag system under T5's about 8 inches from the ric itself, and in my displays they are near the bottom, under MH, and moderate flow. They tend to wash out a little under the T5's, but the reproduction is off the charts.
It seems some people can grow them while others can't. Like icy1155 said, they are kind of like xenia in that matter.
 
My LFS told me that a LOT of them die in shipping (wild caught), which is also why they are so expensive...collectors trying to recoup their costs.

I think a good rule of thumb is not to buy one unless it is either aquacultured OR has been at your LFS for at least two weeks. I've seen several dissolving at the LFS, even though they have huge tanks with pristine water...so I think if you buy one that has just arrived at the LFS you are assuming the risk of the stress from shipping.

In contrast: I've NEVER had a hard time with Ric. Fl.
 
My guess like I said before is shipping stress. The problem is most yumas (unless you buy from someone like hexdedagain) have to be collected in the indopacific somewhere, wait a few hours in a bucket in the sun untill they are done being collected, then in a holding system maybe up to a week while the rest of the order to be filled. After that they have a 18-20 hour flight just to get in the US. Then they sit in a wholesaler's tank for at least 2 days usally before being shipped to your LFS.

Quite stressful on them, which is why I think they slowly wither away. Much better off buying aquacultured. Mine grow so fast that I sell them locally for 5-10$ a piece.
 
buy aquacultured... problom

solved



i went throu alot of wild rocks and such... most died..

all the cultured ones i bought are happy
 
Ive only had a handful of yumas. Kept them in a low nutrient sps tank for a couple of years and they never grew one bit. But they were super healthy and happy. They were aquacultured to begin with

I just built a tank for my polyops and of course moved them into there as well so i am hopeful i can get these guys to actually give me some babies before i die.....


here are pics of a couple of mine ricecakeguy

yumas-1.jpg
 
I have found it best to error on the side of darker to acclimate them to your system. They can do well in high light, but take it slow. By far the best info I have found on the web is located her:
http://www.ricordea.org/
Included are techniqes for propagation......
If you find this info helpful feel free to send me some of your Yumas :)
 
Beautiful looking ric I must say. I just bought another ric, my first one is a florida and this new one is a Yuma baby pink in color. So far it looks really good. I have been feeding it brine shrimp but I would like to ask you is there something more I should be feeding them??

My tank is a tiny 1 gal pico that has just corals and one crab. So I don't want to cause water issues but if there is something they should be fed please let me know.

Most have told me that light is all they need.
 
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