What Kind of Ricordia Is This?

[cybermeez]

What kind of Ricordia is this? Never seen one this color before (day-glo yellow/green with some orange).
Sorry for the algae on the glass. Mr. Snail still has work to do.

With flash:

Without flash (actinics only):

 

[KathyC]

Almost impossible to tell from the pic..can you maybe help the snail out a little..or move the ric?

 

[BroRage]

yuma

 

[bad coffee]

bleached.

 

[lazibonez]

Agrees with bad coffee

 

[Psycho graphic]

It's definately bleached, in about a month or so you will see what color it really is. It looks like a Fla. to me, but the pic is'nt clear enough for my eyes. Yuma's have the bumps going all the way up to the mouth and a lot of times the have a pattern to the sizes of the bumps where Fla's are usually a uniform set of bumps.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks like a Yuma.

 

[alfani]

very hard to tell from the pic. not florida ric, maybe yuma and chance of being hairy mushroom

 

[cybermeez]

Thanks guys. I'll try for a better pic tonight. I'm totally bummed if it's bleached. Should feed it until it gets it's color back?

 

[Psycho graphic]

If it is a Yuma, reintroduce it to the light SLOWLY! A sudden blast of light can cause it to shrink up and melt. Find a spot with indirect light and put it there for a week and each following week move into more light.

If it's a Fla., it can take a sudden change of light faster.

 

[cybermeez]

Here's a better photo:

 

[noodleman]

looks like a bleached yuma to me, but it has great potential :flower:

 

[Psycho graphic]

It looks like a Yuma now that I can see it better. As i said before, go slow with introducing it back to the light. I bet that is gonna be a purty one.

 

[KathyC]

Ditto on what they said.

It might take a couple of months to get back it's original colr, but looks like it will be well worth the wait!!

 

[cybermeez]

This is only my 2nd Ric so what color do you think it will turn out to be? I have it on the bottom of the tank in the corner under the edge of the actinics and away from the MH. How long should it stay in low light? Should I feed it?

 

[Psycho graphic]

Purple and Green maybe? Where was it when it bleached? I would put it in indirect light for a week. Then move it a little at a time into more light. I would keep it at the bottom of the tank until it fully regains color. I also have found that stressed Yuma's will detach from their substrate, so be easy on the flow. You can feed them, mine readily accepts Mysis and Boyd's Vita Diet pellets.

 

[cybermeez]

Purple and Green maybe? Where was it when it bleached? I would put it in indirect light for a week. Then move it a little at a time into more light. I would keep it at the bottom of the tank until it fully regains color. I also have found that stressed Yuma's will detach from their substrate, so be easy on the flow. You can feed them, mine readily accepts Mysis and Boyd's Vita Diet pellets.

It was like this when I bought it. I'll give it some TLC and hopefully it will color up again.

 

[cybermeez]

BTW....this little thing fluoresces like all get out!

 

[nsiegel5]

That will be real nice just give it some time and take care of it to fix that bad bleaching, I have had just as bad I would say 3 or 4 months it will be sick looking!