Lighting for Ricordea Yuma

[Rupture Reefer]

Hey guys, so I've had this ricordea for about a month, and it started on the bottom of my tank, but it seemed to be reaching upward so I assumed it wanted more light (contrary to the low lighting needs I heard they had). However, now it just looks really different. I'm not sure if it just got comfortable, or if it does not like the light. Any opinions on this?

 

[thaistalyn]

Ricordea's do like medium to high light and medium flow. I can't really tell from the photo what the flow is like in that area. From my experience I have my ricordea in about 100-150 par range and in indirect flow. I can see the polyp wave just a little from flow. My ricordea has naturally split (actually dropped babies) 3 times in about 6 months.

I'd also try and direct feed it some reef roids or brine shrimp and see how he looks after a direct feeding.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Moderate light and water flow and feed lightly 1-2X per week

 

[Rupture Reefer]

Ricordea's do like medium to high light and medium flow. I can't really tell from the photo what the flow is like in that area. From my experience I have my ricordea in about 100-150 par range and in indirect flow. I can see the polyp wave just a little from flow. My ricordea has naturally split (actually dropped babies) 3 times in about 6 months.

I'd also try and direct feed it some reef roids or brine shrimp and see how he looks after a direct feeding.

Thanks for the reply! I'll try feeding it

 

[NanoDJS]

whats your alk in that pic ?

 

[Rupture Reefer]

whats your alk in that pic ?

My alkalinity is at about 8.5

 

[NanoDJS]

Mine always seem to like that 9 the best , and from my experience if its not a shy yuma , it will soak up and puff up more and more with more light , mine move up the rock wall to get more. It really starts to bring out the colors also. Yumas are tricky because of the lighting , some are super sensitive but once showing signs of being ok with your setup will thrive , they tend to just melt if your parameters are off so I have no doubt your system is good. I have gone up to as much as 250 -300 par I estimate on them but over years of aquaculture. I would shoot for like 100-150 and closer to 15k-18k main photoperiod for best colors , thats a juvi hes gonna take some time to grow they are very long living creatures and keep developing over time.

 

[Rupture Reefer]

Mine always seem to like that 9 the best , and from my experience if its not a shy yuma , it will soak up and puff up more and more with more light , mine move up the rock wall to get more. It really starts to bring out the colors also. Yumas are tricky because of the lighting , some are super sensitive but once showing signs of being ok with your setup will thrive , they tend to just melt if your parameters are off so I have no doubt your system is good. I have gone up to as much as 250 -300 par I estimate on them but over years of aquaculture. I would shoot for like 100-150 and closer to 15k-18k main photoperiod for best colors , thats a juvi hes gonna take some time to grow they are very long living creatures and keep developing over time.

Thank you for your reply, it was very informative and helpful!