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robcropper
02/15/2007, 07:08 PM
Just trying to figure out which ones i have.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/zoomanchoo/101_0366-1.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/zoomanchoo/101_0359.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/zoomanchoo/101_0629.jpg

Gary Majchrzak
02/15/2007, 07:10 PM
yuma.

Ricordea are 'false corals'- not soft corals. Much more info can be found on them in the RC Corallimorpharian Forum.

NanoReefWanabe
02/15/2007, 09:39 PM
i thought yuma and florida were just two different species of Ricordea?

yumas having bubbly mouths and florida's not...the last pic looks like the mouths are plain..therefore being florida's

SDeckard
02/16/2007, 01:12 AM
those are yumas. nice colors :)

chronic
02/16/2007, 08:50 AM
how do you distinguish?

gflat65
02/16/2007, 03:39 PM
yumas have bubbles arund the mouths where floridas don't. yumas also have a different somewhat unique bubble pattern, but the bubbles around the mouth is the best way I know to tell them apart. Maybe someone else can chime in with a better determining factor.

Hormigaquatica
02/16/2007, 04:30 PM
R. florida typically has a 'bubble' pattern that is a pretty consistant size and tightly packed distrobution across the oral disk. R. yuma have kind of a mixed 'bubble' size, and are more widely distributed across the disk. I will guess that yours are Ricordea yuma.

As Gary pointed out, they are not technically a 'soft' coral; they are much closer related to stonies and zoanthids

55semireef
02/17/2007, 06:52 PM
Nice colors

socalnative
02/25/2007, 02:02 AM
Nice.