Attention Yuma Shoppers

[zoomonster]

I ran across some Yuma's today you might want to check out. Rare to see colonies like this. 99% of the chop shops would have bought these from a distributer, chopped them up, and sold each 100-200+ each on a frag plug. Still a chunk of change but at least for the piece I grabbed today it works out to about $40 per polyp and 8-9 unique colors. Last I looked they had 4-5 colonies left. These appear to be Indo aquaculture pieces. I already have about 30 Yuma's, mostly 4 colors along with about 40 FL ricordias in about 16 color morphs. This piece will definitely add some zing to the garden.

 

[blaxsun]

Very nice!

 

[afrokobe]

I ran across some Yuma's today you might want to check out. Rare to see colonies like this. 99% of the chop shops would have bought these from a distributer, chopped them up, and sold each 100-200+ each on a frag plug. Still a chunk of change but at least for the piece I grabbed today it works out to about $40 per polyp and 8-9 unique colors. Last I looked they had 4-5 colonies left. These appear to be Indo aquaculture pieces. I already have about 30 Yuma's, mostly 4 colors along with about 40 FL ricordias in about 16 color morphs. This piece will definitely add some zing to the garden.

how's your experience with extreme corals? I like browsing their colonies, but have never ordered.

 

[zoomonster]

how's your experience with extreme corals? I like browsing their colonies, but have never ordered.

I have ordered from them several times over the last 8 years or so. I was a little leery at first but once you get past all the smack talking hype in the descriptions and less than stellar pics they are actually really good and probably one of the only places you can actually get nice "colonies" vs. chopped up frags. I got that Yuma rock the other day and better than expected despite UPS delaying it a day in shipment. The week before I snagged an awesome Hellfire torch. Think they have a onetime per account 10% discount when you sign up. He will also usually put stuff on sale that does not sell pretty quick at full price.

 

[afrokobe]

I have ordered from them several times over the last 8 years or so. I was a little leery at first but once you get past all the smack talking hype in the descriptions and less than stellar pics they are actually really good and probably one of the only places you can actually get nice "colonies" vs. chopped up frags. I got that Yuma rock the other day and better than expected despite UPS delaying it a day in shipment. The week before I snagged an awesome Hellfire torch. Think they have a onetime per account 10% discount when you sign up. He will also usually put stuff on sale that does not sell pretty quick at full price.

awesome, thanks for the feedback. They are pretty local to me, so its funny I have never tried them out.

 

[AcroNem]

I ordered once. Their photos seem to be heavily doctored. Lots of complaints about that

 

[afrokobe]

I ordered once. Their photos seem to be heavily doctored. Lots of complaints about that

yea... that was my impression as well. Very blue and saturation slider all the way to max lol

Be sure to check old threads on here about them. They used to actually be a LFS over in I believe Irving. They have a bad reputation for the most part. The common thread seems to be they are great until there is an issue with an order and then it all blows up.

thanks, Ill give a look. glad to have some local feedback

 

[AcroNem]

yea... that was my impression as well. Very blue and saturation slider all the way to max lol


thanks, Ill give a look. glad to have some local feedback

I think those yumas could still look really good under normal lighting, so it's just ridiculous and shady(to me at least) sliding that saturation all the way up when it really isn't needed.

 

[Kmst80]

I ran across some Yuma's today you might want to check out. Rare to see colonies like this. 99% of the chop shops would have bought these from a distributer, chopped them up, and sold each 100-200+ each on a frag plug. Still a chunk of change but at least for the piece I grabbed today it works out to about $40 per polyp and 8-9 unique colors. Last I looked they had 4-5 colonies left. These appear to be Indo aquaculture pieces. I already have about 30 Yuma's, mostly 4 colors along with about 40 FL ricordias in about 16 color morphs. This piece will definitely add some zing to the garden.

That Rock would be around the 5k in Australia

 

[afrokobe]

I think those yumas could still look really good under normal lighting, so it's just ridiculous and shady(to me at least) sliding that saturation all the way up when it really isn't needed.

I saw your post on the mushrooms. I would definitely not be happy with those. I've had a weird feeling about them since the beginning thats why I've never ordered. I do like browsing and chuckling at how crazy edited the pics are lol

 

[AcroNem]

I saw your post on the mushrooms. I would definitely not be happy with those. I've had a weird feeling about them since the beginning thats why I've never ordered. I do like browsing and chuckling at how crazy edited the pics are lol

That was just stupid honestly. So misrepresented.
I actually still have those mushrooms.
Growing along under Halides. I saw a bit ago some company gave them a name but don't know.

 

[zoomonster]

Well picture doctoring has long been a hot topic towards probably every shop out there. In regards to this place I just think they take poor quality pics under Radions or T5's probably full blue/UV and probably jack saturation. I will say under my G5's (45% LPS template) the Yuma's and the hellfire torch are spot on in color to what I expected from the pic. I looked it up and in the past I had ordered blue agave and some other zoas w/o issue. Color probably didn't matter because they were known varieties. I tried taking a couple pics with Galaxy 23+ and can't get a pic that comes close to what the Yuma's actually look like in tank which is more like the pic. Not to knock on anyone but I've been burned enough over the past 30 years that I also know (mostly) what to watch out for especially with Yuma's, fl ricordia and zoas. For the record I buy stuff for its florescence and don't know or care what stuff looks like under white light.

 

[zoomonster]

That was just stupid honestly. So misrepresented.
I actually still have those mushrooms.
Growing along under Halides. I saw a bit ago some company gave them a name but don't know.

Those look like "watermelon" actinodiscus. Used to be able to get a whole rock of them for ~$30. Of course it was also the same with red and blue that are all now chopped up and sold each. God forbid if a shroom has a pimple or bubble these days as the price is $100-1000 each lol.

 

[AcroNem]

Those look like "watermelon" actinodiscus. Used to be able to get a whole rock of them for ~$30. Of course it was also the same with red and blue that are all now chopped up and sold each. God forbid if a shroom has a pimple or bubble these days as the price is $100-1000 each lol.

CC called them Tamarinds. Doesn't really matter to me. Everyone will peddle a name to try to charge whatever they want

 

[AcroNem]

Wanted to follow up here on this.
How close were those yumas to the photos? Curious who ordered and what they got

 

[afrokobe]

yea would love to see a non extreme corals pic lol

 

[zoomonster]

Wanted to follow up here on this.
How close were those yumas to the photos? Curious who ordered and what they got

That was me who put the pic up. Like I said earlier I was extremely pleased with what I got which was exactly as expected as was a hellfire torch. That vendor photo may be poor quality and a little exaggerated but pretty dang close to what they look like in my tank under the Corallab "radiant color template". Of course, I buy things based on extreme color and how they look under heavy blue/actinic/uv. To me that's what it's about and a lot of corals are nothing to speak of under white 6500 or even 10k w/o actinics. Most of the acro's out there are little more than brown or dull color sticks w/o it. Mine are blasted with 3x Radion gen 5 pros. I used to be a pretty good photographer, but blue led light photography has always stumped me, and white balance never really did it. I have a new "aquarium" filter set coming tomorrow that will fit my S23 and my Nikon. I'll see what I can come up with.

 

[afrokobe]

That was me who put the pic up. Like I said earlier I was extremely pleased with what I got which was exactly as expected as was a hellfire torch. That vendor photo may be poor quality and a little exaggerated but pretty dang close to what they look like in my tank under the Corallab "radiant color template". Of course, I buy things based on extreme color and how they look under heavy blue/actinic/uv. To me that's what it's about and a lot of corals are nothing to speak of under white 6500 or even 10k w/o actinics. Most of the acro's out there are little more than brown or dull color sticks w/o it. Mine are blasted with 3x Radion gen 5 pros. I used to be a pretty good photographer, but blue led light photography has always stumped me, and white balance never really did it. I have a new "aquarium" filter set coming tomorrow that will fit my S23 and my Nikon. I'll see what I can come up with.

looking forward to seeing a pic.

 

[Ryebreadiest]

Looked at their site, a bit yikes. They have standard looking red/green blasto wellsi’s where the red looks super crimson and the green is like radioactive - never seen a blasto even remotely that saturated.

 

[sawdonkey]

These colonies are dope…oversaturated photos or not. Is it typical for multiple color varieties to colonize so closely in the wild, or is this some human intervention?

Do most yumas reach a giant 5-6 inches, or do most stay the size of floridas and the big yumas are the exception. I have a rock of giant bright orange ones love them. I can’t even imagine how awesome the OP’s shrooms would look like if they all got 4-6 inches!