Very interesting. Have you done any splitting of your yumas? Also, besides low lighting, what do you do for your green yumas? I have trouble them.I would have to agree, at least in the tank why they change. I have noticed high placed lemon ricordias change toward green and lower placed stay pretty much the same (MH), pink and blue darken to more intense hues under higher lighting same with orange. Don't think feeding has alot to do with color much, just growth and mouths produced.
I have noticed that splitting occures much faster under less intense light levels, PC vs MH (not shadowed lighting or low light levels).
Lately I have played around with T5 HO actinics and have noticed the colors of all my corallimorpharians intensify, not just ricordia, along with zoanthids (also an increase in growth, especially in the zoanthids and new polyps appearing) which seems to me to almost contradict what I just said before.
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By splitting if you mean cutting them I only cut FL ricordias, though I have with much success cut yumas in the past. Once they are established, remain firm once withdrawn due to a physical prodding with the finger or such, they can be cut through the mouth, but can still regrow if the mouthpart is missing on a portion.Very interesting. Have you done any splitting of your yumas? Also, besides low lighting, what do you do for your green yumas? I have trouble them.
One question people.
Would multi colored rics and yumas be a seasonal coloration as they transition from one color to the other or are some varieties permanently bi or tri colored?
Before I buy a fancy rainbow Ricordia and have it go all green. lol
thank you in advance.
... the rarest are the nicely colored rainbows becuase they are each unique.
Would have to agree. They are beautiful indeed and my LRS is due to be getting some in tomarrow. And it probably isn't hard to guess who will be there panting like a dog with his wallet in hand. :whstlr: