Question for Yuma Keepers

[46gReef]

I just got a nice Yuma rock & was wondering what lighting/flow successful yuma keepers out there have found works best. From the research I've done it seems low light/low flow. Thanks in advance.

 

[currentking]

Indirect light. Some depends on the color. I'm having trouble with one now trying to find the right place.

 

[TJ's Reef]

IME would say at least medium light and flow. The other thing that seems best to me is to keep them on the slant/diagonal to the light source. They are much more mobile than R. florida and give us the advantage to induce propagation by rotating the LR or ??? they are on away from light source in which they will track back towards usually leaving tissue remnants/offspring behind.


Cheers, Todd

 

[46gReef]

Thanks for the help everyone

 

[_Alex_]

I have found with out feeding them they slowly get smaller and disappear. With feeding they seemed to stay fatter and happier. I have some I'm feeding directly and some I'm not and see the difference.

 

[46gReef]

That's interesting, admittedly Im not great about spot feeding. My biggest reason being all the shrimps&oceans I have steal food before most corals can eat!I do feed my fish heavy and use cyclopeeze and oyster eggs. I've got them in medium light&of low right now. I'll give them a week or so&see how their looking.

 

[amppdx]

From the same mother mushroom I have full grown babies that are 2 inches off the surface on a rack off to the side and others that are all the way at the bottom of the tank. All of them are fully open and doing great. Lighting is a 175W MH on a 29g and i feed one cube of prime reef every 1 to 2 days and always shake the cube around the ones near the surface. IME once they got acclimated they are pretty content anywhere in the tank. Flow is 2x Koralia 850's, kitty corner and pointed at each other.