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Wife bought me this killer Yuma


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she didn't want to spend a car payment on coral...WTF? :o thought they were around 50-100 bucks apiece, I have to get the skinny on the cost of these...she said the other two were a hot pink and hot pink/red, I may have to go and see those after doing some research on prices.... heres a no flash with just a single Blue+ bulb and super actinics

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And with flash

 

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with flash is exactly what it looks like

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if they were the real deal hot pink ones then those go for a LOT, usually around 100 per polyp

you can usually find them on fs forum for 50-80

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where'd she get these?

 

i live in the bay area too

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She got it at Lucky Goldfish in Oakland, in the display tank he has 3 more, two are the real hot pink ones, one is a baby, around a quarter in size...150.00 :mellow: The large one was 200.00, and a red one was 200.00, the higher priced ones are ~2.5-3" in diameter.He has several green and beige ones in the side tanks. They are high priced over there, even if you bribe them with crab, and spend $$$ they don't really negotiate. I must say, that I have never had anything I've bought there die, or infest my tank. Hunter can get almost anything you want, he actually knows a lot about coral/fish

 

still can't believe she spent 200.00 for a coral... but like everything else in the Bay Area, we bend over and get it dry everytime, compared to anywhere else in the country.... B) Case in point....paid 4.25/ g for reg unleaded today....120.00 to fill up the truck

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Very cool, but I'm also interested in the cost...

 

I love how the underside is blue. Congrats!

This one has an orange and pinkish base, along with the blue underside, it actually looks like it's dropping a baby, I will take a pic of the orange/pink base tonight, it's really cool.

 

I found out the cost is as follows: for the really nice pinks, hot pink, multi colored red, with the white stripe, 2-3.5" diameter, are all 200.00, for the little quarter sized pink was 150.

for the green, or beige, more common colored ones, like rainbow, they are 30-75.00

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yeah that's a little out of my budget -and a little far from san jose.

 

does lucky oakland and lucky san jose have the same owner? because nothing i ever buy from lucky san jose lives...

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yeah that's a little out of my budget -and a little far from san jose.

 

does lucky oakland and lucky san jose have the same owner? because nothing i ever buy from lucky san jose lives...

 

Nope, two different operations, isn't it Lucky Pet Shop in SJ? It must be the same place as I remember when i was in college. Man amazing those places can stay in business for so long.

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We got these at the lucky gold fish in Oakland as well. We have bought many things from them, best fish store we have been to in bay area.

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too bad it is a dirty trick on u by yr wife. lol

just wait till she comes home w a $500 purse or something. i can GUARENTEE she will be reminding u of those beautiful exoitc corals u have. hahaha nah jk

nice grab though

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too bad it is a dirty trick on u by yr wife. lol

just wait till she comes home w a $500 purse or something. i can GUARENTEE she will be reminding u of those beautiful exoitc corals u have. hahaha nah jk

nice grab though

 

LOL she just came home with a Coach purse.,...wonder what that costs?

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LOL she just came home with a Coach purse.,...wonder what that costs?
Don't worry until she starts to bring home Chanel, I would love if Coach was my only worries. omgomgomg
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she didn't want to spend a car payment on coral...WTF? :o thought they were around 50-100 bucks apiece, I have to get the skinny on the cost of these...she said the other two were a hot pink and hot pink/red, I may have to go and see those after doing some research on prices.... heres a no flash with just a single Blue+ bulb and super actinics

Picture035.jpg

 

And with flash

 

Picture052.jpg

with flash is exactly what it looks like

 

 

I am in bay area too ... got to go check them out at lucky then .... you have a great wife ... I showed this to my wife and she approved a pink one too ... thanks to you :)

 

So for Yumas, I heard they are not as easy as ricordea. For wild yumas ... you might want to ensure it stablized in the LFS before you buy it ... hate to lose a $100 or $200 after a week. I heard the pink ones are hard to keep.

 

Any maintenance tips for Yuma lovers?

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fishez4alivin
I am in bay area too ... got to go check them out at lucky then .... you have a great wife ... I showed this to my wife and she approved a pink one too ... thanks to you :)

 

So for Yumas, I heard they are not as easy as ricordea. For wild yumas ... you might want to ensure it stablized in the LFS before you buy it ... hate to lose a $100 or $200 after a week. I heard the pink ones are hard to keep.

 

Any maintenance tips for Yuma lovers?

I keep mine in low flow, and low light. Yeah these are imported, but like I said, I have never lost an animal from them, been lucky in that regard. I went in there a couple of days ago, and there was one hot pink yuma 2.5", and there was a little pink one with a baby, and one green yuma. He gets his stuff on Tuesdays.

 

Glad to hear your wife gave the thumbs up, just be prepared to reciprocate in the near future ;)

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Just got this hot pink yuma today, LFS had it on hold until I got my new tank set up.

 

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