Yuma's

[stingythingy45]

I just counted and I have 14 Yuma ricordea.Problem is they are all on a 30 lb piece of Fiji rock.I'm thinking about fragging a few off.What's the easiest way to do this underwater?I'm thinking maybe an exacto knife and try to get some of the rock the foot is attached to, maybe?
I think my biggest problem will be looking through the front glass and trying to reach the ricordea's.
Maybe I should put on a mask and snorkel first.
Anyone have any tips on how to do this,it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[fishindude]

I would use a scalpel and cut very carefully. What color do you have?

 

[fanaglethebagle]

Depending on how soft the rock is, you can chip away at the rock at their feet with a screwdriver or something. A razor is an easier way though.

 

[JackTheReefer]

Depending on how soft the rock is, you can chip away at the rock at their feet with a screwdriver or something. A razor is an easier way though.

x2, making sure you remove enough rock for the mushroom to have a secure footing is key to being succesful, it's less stress and then you don't have to worry about trying to get it to attach itself to a piece of rubble which I've found does not take every time and likely ends up in the death of the mushroom. Good Luck.

 

[afboundguy]

+3 with the rock. I don't have any first hand experience with yuma/rics on rocks but I was suprised at how brittle the rocks where when I made frags of my GSP. I was going to rip off the GSP but I actually broke off the rock with the GSP still attached. I then proceeded to use a screwdriver to easily pry off more...

 

[stingythingy45]

I would use a scalpel and cut very carefully. What color do you have?

They're kind of green with a purplish outer circle.
I had one as a hitchhicker when I bought the LR from a fellow reefer.
I'll see if I have an old picture.
It didn't do much for a year,that is until it moved.Then it left lots of babies behind.

Depending on how soft the rock is, you can chip away at the rock at their feet with a screwdriver or something. A razor is an easier way though.

Sounds like a plan.
I'll try a few of the easier ones to get to.
I've mounted ricordea's on LR rubble and even shells with super glue gell,just never removed them.

 

[stingythingy45]

This was back in April when it first started to move out from under the shade of a rather large toadstool leather.There's like triple that amount now.Some of the smaller ones are only like a dime,but the larger ones can expand to silver dollar size.I believe they're yuma's as the polyps extend right up to the mouth.

 

[fishindude]

Nice, its cool that you got them as a hitchhiker. Good luck with the fragging!

 

[Stimpy]

+4 on rocking, I use an old pair of wire cutters and chip around the base.