cindyp Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 welcome back and love the new yuma! I had one, it was doing great and then one day, it just started declining. Ended up with a gaping mouth and hole right through the center into the rock. Really weird. Then I read that yumas are tougher than floridas. But I LOVE the yumas so I think I'm going to try another in a few months. thanks for the welcome back, stella! yes, that's what happened to me. my purple yuma was eating and everything. but i wanted to try the yuma before i'm willing to try acans or blastos again. or favias. Link to comment
vlangel Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hey, it's good to have you back! Welcome! Link to comment
cindyp Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hey, it's good to have you back! Welcome! thank you!! good to be back!! alas, will be off to SF again for author stuff for five days... but hope to not get sick and be gone as long. Link to comment
vlangel Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 thank you!! good to be back!! alas, will be off to SF again for author stuff for five days... but hope to not get sick and be gone as long. Wishing good health and and a speedy trip! Link to comment
owenj Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Love your new rics, Cindy! & yay for the yuma doing well. When can you share your publishing news Link to comment
DocReef Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 so i bought a yuma a month or more back. i was a bit leery, as i had one yuma just up and melt on me (a gorgeous purple one), but thought i'd try again. this one is thriving, and two inches across at least when it opens up. i have to keep nudging it away from my orange RFA, which is skulking all over. ha! it's the only RFA i have in the sand and on the glass. stinker. Nice Yuma. I have had inconsistent luck with Yumas as well. It's one of those coral that I cannot keep since I've had several die on me. I've had beautiful pinks and purples just melt away for no reason. The only ones I could keep are the orange ones, so hopefully you have the same luck as me. Looks like wild caught Yumas are extremely delicate. Look for tank raised ones if you can. I find Florida Rics much easier in my opinion. Also, not sure what happened to your Acans and Favias, but I find that they are very hardy as long as you feed them and leave them alone. Good luck. Link to comment
cindyp Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 i splurged on two new mushies! i can't resist them! and the two originals i had bought for my 3g that are pretty lackluster are getting TOO big for my tank. oy!! i ordered from Unique Corals for the first time. it came packaged very well, and i was concerened for the blue bubbly mushie and got a reply asap from them. it's since settled down. i got two rhodactis: a purple peony and a st. thomas blue. was hard to get a good foto... here they are a few hours in the tank. Big Red is near and coming off of its frag again. silly thing. and in the right corner, you can see my discoma (?) that had leaped off from its plug. now in the sand. surviving, but not thriving. Nice Yuma. I have had inconsistent luck with Yumas as well. It's one of those coral that I cannot keep since I've had several die on me. I've had beautiful pinks and purples just melt away for no reason. The only ones I could keep are the orange ones, so hopefully you have the same luck as me. Looks like wild caught Yumas are extremely delicate. Look for tank raised ones if you can. I find Florida Rics much easier in my opinion.Also, not sure what happened to your Acans and Favias, but I find that they are very hardy as long as you feed them and leave them alone. Good luck. thanks DOC! i'm hoping this orange one does okay. like you, i experienced inexplicable melt down with my one purple yuma too. it was so pretty. as for the canas and favias, they receded. like my lobo. i think either i've not got enough calcium (even though i do weekly water changes with high quality coral water from ASD) or i don't keep my stability in tank. gods knows the last time i tested for anything. ha! Link to comment
MrNanoReef Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Love your shrooms garden there Link to comment
gena Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I love your new mushrooms . Sad for naked duster but hey...bright side, that opens up some room for you to move things around. Nice to see you posting again...you've been missed! Link to comment
owenj Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oooh love the new mushies, Cindy! Link to comment
cindyp Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 10 months FTS. er. it's looking a little crowded? HA! the peach RFA is roaming on the center part of the dirt, and i'm constantly moving stuff away from it. otherwise, lobo is not doing so hot. super saiyans lost their color after dealing with grass algae on its plug while i was in NYC. that newest yuma is BIG. it keep spreading bigger. i swear it's at least 2.5 inches when it stretches. i think it's the reason the peach RFA keeps moving. it looks like a mushie yard sale. lol Oooh love the new mushies, Cindy! thanks, JAIME! i really love them too! i hope they do okay in the mushies yard sale tank. LOL I love your new mushrooms .Sad for naked duster but hey...bright side, that opens up some room for you to move things around. Nice to see you posting again...you've been missed! it's true. but then i went out and bought like 4 mushies. not sure if that has helped anything. Link to comment
cindyp Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 had an amazing trip to SF for a major librarian conference. signed books, was on a panel. all very successful! but am exhausted! also, was there during PRIDE--amazing! but the crowds!! i made sure i cleaned the tank BEFORE i left the trip this time. and it fared A LOT better than after my NYC trip. also, my yuma is getting HUGE. it must be near 3 inches across. very pretty. even cooler? it came on a frag with two little baby yumas on it! they are currently maybe 1/4 inch each and white with green bubbles. Link to comment
Sancho Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Looking very nice. A bit jelly of that bubbly shroom. My yumas smothered a few of my high end shrooms. I am amazed at how fast the yumas grow. Link to comment
cindyp Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Looking very nice. A bit jelly of that bubbly shroom. My yumas smothered a few of my high end shrooms. I am amazed at how fast the yumas grow. sancho, really? i had no idea they were that aggressive. yikes! it certainly is *stretching*. Awesome. thanks, D! gonna check out your build thread. Link to comment
Sancho Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I didnt know that either till a couple weeks ago. My bright orange Yuma stretched out and completely smothered one of my acans. It wrapped it's body around it and I lost most of the heads. Had to move the remaining heads to my other tank. My cheap purple and green Yuma multiply so fast they like to set up right next to anything I have spent more than $50 on. Link to comment
cindyp Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I didnt know that either till a couple weeks ago. My bright orange Yuma stretched out and completely smothered one of my acans. It wrapped it's body around it and I lost most of the heads. Had to move the remaining heads to my other tank. My cheap purple and green Yuma multiply so fast they like to set up right next to anything I have spent more than $50 on. dude that sucks!! my florida hasn't multiplied yet! but Monster Yuma is looking a lot like godzilla more and more. yikes! Link to comment
cindyp Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 here are my baby yumas! i think there are THREE of them. i only saw the two white ones. they started out teeny and clear. now they have distinct neon green bumps. i ONLY just noticed today the OTHER baby yuma, which is deep purple in color with neon bumps. they are all about 1/4 inch big and growing fast! i do not know if they are all baby yumas of the monster MAMA yuma! (would think so, but two different color babies? not sure how it works.) Link to comment
teenyreef Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I love those baby yumas I had the same problem with my first yuma - it melted within a week. You are inspiring me to try again Congrats on your success with the book! Link to comment
cindyp Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 the purple peony rhodactis i got from unique corals is doing really well! so are the three florida rics from ASD-- though i had hoped they'd be more blue. alas, they are mostly neon green. so busy but NOT writing. alas. comic con this weekend. have two book panels i'll be on. I love those baby yumas I had the same problem with my first yuma - it melted within a week. You are inspiring me to try again Congrats on your success with the book! i love the baby yumas too, john! i'm pretty sure there are THREE now! and they seem to be growing fast. i will look at them again, and when significant change, i'll update with a photo. fascinating there are two whites and a purple one though! Link to comment
Sancho Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Looking at traffic on 5 south today. Looks Comic Con is gonna be crazy as usual. I have tried for the last 3 years to get tickets. I am blown away at how fast they sell out. I like the new shroom. tank is looking very nice . Have fun at Comic Con Link to comment
cindyp Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Looking at traffic on 5 south today. Looks Comic Con is gonna be crazy as usual. I have tried for the last 3 years to get tickets. I am blown away at how fast they sell out. I like the new shroom. tank is looking very nice . Have fun at Comic Con thanks SANCHO. i go as "pro" and for free cause i write fantasy novels. but yes, i've got some author friends and readers who are already there. i'm not a fan of comic con because it is seriously really crowded. you have to get into a line to get into a line. ha! been very happy with my unique coral shrooms. the other one is weird though, giant bubbles, not very blue but pale. maybe it's not happy. Link to comment
markalot Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Great tank Cindy, I love little shroomish tanks, sorry I missed this one. Those Yumas are mean, I also have an Acan that lost 3 heads to a little yellow one I have and then after I moved it the little thing attacked a bubble tip anemone and I had to save it. It was sucked under some rocks but has re-appeared behind the anemone, probably planning another attack. Link to comment
Sancho Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 The Yumas are very prolific in my tank. The Floridas, I have never had any luck with. I never bought my green/purple Yumas they were baby hitch hickers on some live rock and now the cover about 90 percent of the rock in my tank. Its strange the Yumas I paid good money for have not made any babies. I hate to do it but I have to thin down the Yumas as they are killing stuff I paid good money for. I think it is time for both of us to get a bigger tank. I am liking the 12 long or possibly the 20 long. The new stand I made for the 8 will accommodate a new bigger tank.....dont tell my wife Link to comment
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