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Old 05-03-2014, 09:40 PM
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Hi I just started collecting yuma ricordea (not florida type). Please share your thoughts on the husbandry of this ricordea. In the past I've had them melted on me for no apparent reason. After reading several articles I realized my mistake and placement was the problem, I liked to put them close to the top of the tank. My new colonies are the bright red yumas with several babies on the rock. I put them down at the bottom under the frag rack and they are looking good but I plan to slowly move them in the open. My yumas are about 2" and I've seen red yumas growing to 5" in aquarium before. My question is do yuma like to be fed and what kind of food and how often you feed them. Any advise is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Old 05-03-2014, 10:41 PM
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hey mike ask Bill , i saw a yuma in hes jellyfish tank for almost a year and they both were doing well under 1 strip blue and some fluorescent
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Old 05-03-2014, 11:00 PM
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i feed rotifers to my tanks,as well as live brine shrimp
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Old 05-03-2014, 11:01 PM
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I don't want to just keep it I want to grow them. I had 1 orange florida ricordea for 1 yr and it's still 1 head not growing at all. My leather frag is also not growing. The only thing growing in my tank is zoas. My 1 head rasta (down from 3) just grew 2 new heads in like 1 month. I don't know if this is good growth rate or not.
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Old 05-03-2014, 11:24 PM
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I don't want to just keep it I want to grow them. I had 1 orange florida ricordea for 1 yr and it's still 1 head not growing at all. My leather frag is also not growing. The only thing growing in my tank is zoas. My 1 head rasta (down from 3) just grew 2 new heads in like 1 month. I don't know if this is good growth rate or not.
I had a orange florida ricordea that I got a new mouth every 2 weeks and my rastas and sunny D zoos get 3-4 new heads per week.
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Old 05-04-2014, 01:41 AM
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how funny now that you mention about Sunny D, mine never grows. It's still a 2 head polyps for more than 8 months I think. I think I need to break the frag and glue them on a plug. The 2 heads are sitting on the edge of a small rock and sometimes the fish knock them over etc. I saw your tank build journal. You got some serious setup there.
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Dj they are pretty much the same car as Florida Rics. However overall in general yumas grow slower. Maybe that's why you haven't noticed any growth? My rics would split new mouths 3-5x before I even notice a new mouth on my ric.

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