Description
You are buying the exact coral in the photo: the Yuma that fills the frame. The purple mushroom in the lower left corner is not included. This Yuma is approximately 3″ across. Under blue spectrum reef lighting it has a deep purple base packed with yellow bubble tips. The tips are small and tight around the mouth and get longer toward the rim, where the outer tentacles stretch out with yellow ends. Conditioned in our Key West systems.
About Ricordea Yuma (Ricordea yuma)
Ricordea yuma is an Indo-Pacific mushroom coral, related to the Caribbean Ricordea florida. Instead of a flat disc, its whole surface is built from rounded tips, which gives Yumas their bubbly look. Yellow tips on a purple base is a high-contrast combination that pops under actinic light. At about 3″, this is a full-size polyp with tips covering the whole disc.
Care Guide
Easy care, and a good pick for a first Yuma. It wants stable water more than strong light.
- Lighting: Low to Medium — PAR 50–150. In a bright tank, place it lower or in partial shade.
- Flow: Low — light, indirect flow keeps the tips open.
- Placement: Sandbed or lower rockwork.
- Feeding: Low — it is photosynthetic, and it will also take small meaty foods like mysis set on its mouth.
- Aggression: Peaceful. Give it a few inches of space so it can spread without touching its neighbors.
- Water Parameters: Temp 76–78°F, salinity 1.025–1.026, Alk 8–9 dKH, Ca 420–440, Mg 1300–1400. Stability matters more than exact numbers.
Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee
Livestock ships Tuesday or Wednesday by UPS Next Day Air from Key West, Florida. Packed in an insulated box with a heat or cold pack matched to current conditions, and secured so the specimen cannot move in transit.
- Qualifying Florida livestock shipments under 6 lb: $30.
- All other eligible lower-48 livestock shipments: $50.
- Box & handling: $10 per livestock box, in addition to the transportation charge above.
- Maximum estimated packed weight is 6 lb (96 oz) per box. Orders that pack heavier ship in additional boxes, and each additional box carries its own $10 box & handling charge.
- Free livestock transportation begins at $349 in qualifying livestock subtotal. WYSIWYG livestock counts toward that subtotal; dry goods do not.
- The $10-per-box charge still applies on free-transportation orders unless checkout explicitly waives it.
- We do not ship orders of any kind to Alaska or Hawaii.
Live arrival is guaranteed. If your animal arrives DOA, photograph it inside the unopened bag within four (4) hours of delivery confirmation and contact us right away with those photos. We will work with you on a resolution.
Placement: Sandbed or lower rockwork in low to moderate light.
Shipping & Live Arrival Guarantee
- UPS Next Day Air, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hold the box if the weather at either end puts the animals at risk. Florida livestock orders under 6 lb ship UPS Next Day Air at $30. Other continental-U.S. orders use the applicable UPS Next Day Air rate. Eligible livestock orders of $349 or more ship free. A $10 Box & Handling Fee applies per box, including on free-shipping orders. We do not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.
- Live arrival guaranteed. Photograph the animal in the sealed, unopened bag and send it to us within 4 hours of the delivery scan.
- Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or store credit. We do not issue cash refunds on livestock.
- Coverage is for condition on arrival and ends at acclimation.
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Conditioned in our Key West systems · FL Aquaculture Certificate #AQ0254072 · (305) 850-9949
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