Coral Identification & How to Frag (with photo)

cunado85 · 01/10/2016, 07:10 PM

Hello all,

I have a question that has stumped me for a while. I purchased this coral from somebody getting out of the hobby, and I've been trying to identify it. I have been told that it may be orange bali yumas, but I am not sure. It grows heads very quick. The piece probably has 50 heads.
The colors are SO vibrant and its clearly the nicest piece in my tank.
Everyone who sees my tank asks if they can buy one, and I had a few questions
1) Can someone identify this as yumas or as something else?
2) How would I go about fragging these?
3 If you were to sell these, how much would you sell each head for? I am not looking to make a money as I am in the hobby for fun and not for profit, but so many people ask me to buy them, that I would like to help share this coral for a reasonable value.

Thank you everyone for the help and for reading my post.

-Ryan

Dkuhlmann · 01/10/2016, 07:39 PM

Yes they look like Yuma Ricordea mushrooms to me. All you have to do is slice them in half and both pieces will grow. You can even cut just a small piece off of the foot and it will grow another shroom. I would use a very sharp Exacto knife to slice them. Lots of information on them and fragging in the mushroom forum here on RC.

cunado85 · 01/11/2016, 10:06 AM

Thanks for the help!
-Ryan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

Yes they look like Yuma Ricordea mushrooms to me. All you have to do is slice them in half and both pieces will grow. You can even cut just a small piece off of the foot and it will grow another shroom. I would use a very sharp Exacto knife to slice them. Lots of information on them and fragging in the mushroom forum here on RC.

cvore2004 · 02/03/2016, 08:08 PM

I have a coral I can't remember what the guy at the lfs called it. Can anyone identify it for me?

Galaxea maybe?

inthedeep2 · 02/03/2016, 08:20 PM

yes it is careful very aggressive

HammerLover · 02/03/2016, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvore2004

I have a coral I can't remember what the guy at the lfs called it. Can anyone identify it for me?

Galaxea maybe?

Its a very very nasty coral. My torches and galaxea had a stinger battle and the galaxea won killing two heads from my torch.

cvore2004 · 02/04/2016, 10:33 AM

Is it a galaxea then? I haven't seen any stingers from it..

chilli_reef · 02/04/2016, 03:44 PM

Yes it is.
They put out very long feeder tenticles at night that zap crap half way a crossed the tank.
Be careful where you put it.

cvore2004 · 02/04/2016, 10:59 PM

Thank you for your help. I had one that got stung by an anemone and went and got another. I love the look of it, and it's gone from 1" to 4" around since I got it 8 months ago. So far as I said, I haven't noticed any tentacles at all, nor issues with the sps pictured next to it. Though I did have a small torch nearby that was happy one day and completely gone the next. I assumed it was attacked by my wrasse or something. Maybe it was actually the galaxea.

01/10/2016, 07:39 PM	#2
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Yes they look like Yuma Ricordea mushrooms to me. All you have to do is slice them in half and both pieces will grow. You can even cut just a small piece off of the foot and it will grow another shroom. I would use a very sharp Exacto knife to slice them. Lots of information on them and fragging in the mushroom forum here on RC. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

02/04/2016, 03:44 PM	#8
chilli_reef Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Chillicothe Ohio Posts: 468	Yes it is. They put out very long feeder tenticles at night that zap crap half way a crossed the tank. Be careful where you put it. __________________ "But did you die !" Current Tank Info: 75g nondrilled reef.

02/03/2016, 08:08 PM	#4
cvore2004 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 109	I have a coral I can't remember what the guy at the lfs called it. Can anyone identify it for me? Galaxea maybe?

02/03/2016, 08:20 PM	#5
inthedeep2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 378	yes it is careful very aggressive

02/04/2016, 10:33 AM	#7
cvore2004 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 109	Is it a galaxea then? I haven't seen any stingers from it..

02/04/2016, 10:59 PM	#9
cvore2004 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 109	Thank you for your help. I had one that got stung by an anemone and went and got another. I love the look of it, and it's gone from 1" to 4" around since I got it 8 months ago. So far as I said, I haven't noticed any tentacles at all, nor issues with the sps pictured next to it. Though I did have a small torch nearby that was happy one day and completely gone the next. I assumed it was attacked by my wrasse or something. Maybe it was actually the galaxea.