Ricordea Yumas taking over tank

[JohnnyVan]

My Ricordia Yuma has multiplied and taken over at least half of the available landscape in my 40 gallon cube. It's a beautiful coral but it is frequently bothering my zoas and candycanes. I didn't realize it was so prolific and aggressive.
Is there an easy way to restrict them to a certain area?
Regards,
JV

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Hi. I think you are showing off. hahaha I am totally kidding but I bet there are a lot of ppl that would like this problem...I am one of them!

 

[The cats wrasse]

You could frag them and give them to friends or trade them at your lcs

 

[The cats wrasse]

Lfs*

 

[Magellan]

Do you have a pic? I want to see

 

[JohnnyVan]

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I did not think they even grew lol mine stay single for ever

 

[Magellan]

Nice!! I’ve had this big green one for about 10 months now, it’s split once lol (I think it matters if they are pacific or Atlantic shrooms, one grows quickly and one doesn’t)

the orange/gold has 2 mouths but has only been in the tank about a month, it was really small when I got it.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I have removed over a hundred from my tank, and I STILL have probably 50 in there. Mind you they're small, but you pretty much have to remove them manually.

I take a pair of forceps or sharp tweezers and work them lose from the base. Then, collect them and sell them for $5-10 each!

You can kill them with kalk paste, but you have work at it. They are surprisingly resilient once established.

 

[biophilia]

What has worked for me in the past is to inject distilled white vinegar into the ones you want to knock back (around their margins works best) with a small syringe and needle. It usually doesn’t kill the individual ricordia, but rather causes it to shrink back and have some tissue die. Doing that once or twice per month while allow you to keep them corralled into the general vicinity they’re already in without spreading.

 

[Kellie in CA]

Wow, I am the killer of all mushrooms. I don't think I've ever had one multiply. They always just sit there, sad and alone.

 

[CEReefer]

Well, if you are bored and want to frag and ship them out, I am willing to buy one of each kind you have!

 

[will25u]

I’ve got a similar issue. They look nice though!

 

[Leslie Tabor]

I would take any of them! They are beautiful. The only mushrooms I have that go crazy are red ones. They are amazing. Otherwise I can't seem to get plague proportions of anything...

 

[CEReefer]

I’ve got a similar issue. They look nice though!

Same for you, if you have pics and willing to ship, I am happy to grab some!

 

[revhtree]

I think it looks great!

 

[JohnnyVan]

Thank you all for your responses and suggestions.they are pretty hard to cut off the rock cleanly when they get their feet in those crevices.
JV

 

[Gareth elliott]

i think i would be ok with this problem.
My yuma experience is not the same lol.

Mushrooms are rather easy to cut off a rock.

if want to frag the sections afterwards, put each section on top of a rubble piece, and invert a cup with some flow holes added, should attach itself.