yumas harder then sps?
- Thread starter madadi
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I have green yumas that are doing great. I belive they came from Florida, but I also have orange ones that came from Indonesia and they are alive but are not doing as well as the ones from Florida. If that helps you I do not know?
spanishmack
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also with the lighting stress when these corals are collected in indonesia and then transported to you guys they will spend alot of time in the dark then if they are forced into bright light straight away it is definately gonna stress them out.
I'm going to move mine in the shadows and see if they get better
JMCAquarium
They are among us!!
They are just as hard to get going but unlike SPS if your able to get them stable and happy they spread like mad in most cases. Some love the light some hate it I have two diffrent neon green yuma's one sits about 14 inch from my MH the other almost died that close and sits in the sand of my 90 gallon
buffalo123
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I have an orange one of about 6 all died but one , it seem to like it a little shaded. My guess also is that some colors seem to be dependent on the amount of light it gets. I have a rock that have about 10 yuma; were multi colored as in brown green purple yellow some of the colors have faded. It sits in the middle of the aquarium about 8 inches under 250 MH. Will be moving it. Waiting to remove my plenum. Waiting for my rsdb to cycle and start working before i remove the plenum.
The yuma don't seem to mind being that close to the mh but i think it would be happier further away.
The yuma don't seem to mind being that close to the mh but i think it would be happier further away.
spanishmack
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i'm friends with an exporter here in Aus who ships to USA so there may be hope yet.........i'm probably 12-18 months away yet tho till i'm turning out a decent amount per week.
both times i've been to your country it is about 18 hours of flight from Perth to LA. i just recieved a shipment of aquaria hardened propogated rics from one side of Aus to the other that got held up, 30 hours in the bag, they all survived, one bag though had a few too many in it and they were unhappy to say the least, but they are now looking much better, another week and you wouldn't know. if they were all bagged separately it would have been fine so i don't see any dramas getting Rics to you guys.
but as i'm doing this as a hobby and i'm patriotic i'll be sending them around my own country first before sending them to you guys
Azurel
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I do run a little carbon, I used to use Reef Crystals and couldn't keep yumas to save my life. For about the last 2 years or so I have used Red Sea Pro with RO/DI water. I do about 10g-15g every week to week and a half. The longest I have gone is 2 weeks. This tank I have set-up now is just a year old and the stuff that is in it was in another tank for about 5 years. I also run off and on phosguard. I have had an algae problem form about 2 weeks out on this tank. Two weeks ago I started dosing Stress zyme +, it's like another product called Cycle. Basically just bacteria to help clean excess nutrients I have seen a major change in the amount of bryopsis, and hair algae. In fact some areas of the rock it has completely disappeared....Can't wait till I get my new skimmer as well which will be rated double my tank volume.
As far as the white stripes go I have some that have them and has always had them except one ric that is exactly the same but about 3''-4'' across has lost the white stripe while the smaller ones still have it.
spanishmack
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i try change 15% weekly at the moment of Red Sea Coral Pro and RO/DI. the majority of reefers here in Aus use NSW but i cannot afford to loose my collection due to a foreign batch of NSW, i'm a 5 min drive from a decent collection point too.
also run carbon and rowaphos passive in the tank at the moment in front of a pump outlet, i will put it in their own fluid bed filter when i get the chance.
yumas and only yumas in my prop tank, sps in my display with LPS and softies.
i also have yumas that have white stripes, some times they vanish for a while then return.
madadi i was never notified of your pm, will change my profile settings to be notified, thanks for the heads up
spanishmack
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i'm running 8xt5's but i have them 250mm(10in) above the water and have 14in(350mm) of water. this gives me 20-85 PAR.
i was going to lower the light but they seem to be doing okay and its easier to access the tank how it is at the moment
i was going to lower the light but they seem to be doing okay and its easier to access the tank how it is at the moment
madadi
ReefOG
i had them high like that on the old tank and now with just 6T5s and 4 inches above the water, its a bit bright. i just replaced half of my new bulbs with older ones and things look better. in the main display tank i have 400w MH bulbs in lumenbright reflectors so im afraid to keep yumas within 10feet of that.
thanks spanishmack
thanks spanishmack
spanishmack
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not yet, but i plan on a couple of tangs to take care of algae on the 6ft prop tanks when i get them sorted, fish poo is good for yuma colouring according to a mate of mine.
i'm reading calfos prop book 2nd edition at the moment and the topic i'm up to is lighting/pigments and how the lower light corals have pigments that glow in low light to recieve the light needed for photosynthesis and if you give them too much light them pigments go away. considering the pigments in question are the brightly coloured ones one has to think about overlighting shaded/deep water corals.
i'm reading calfos prop book 2nd edition at the moment and the topic i'm up to is lighting/pigments and how the lower light corals have pigments that glow in low light to recieve the light needed for photosynthesis and if you give them too much light them pigments go away. considering the pigments in question are the brightly coloured ones one has to think about overlighting shaded/deep water corals.
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