Orange Julious Yuma

About this coral

Orange Julious Yuma is a mushroom coral commonly sold as a “Yuma” Ricordea, typically identified as Ricordea yuma in the aquarium trade. This coral is used as an easy-to-manage, eye-catching soft coral that grows as large fleshy polyps on a flat oral disc and can live successfully in well-established reef aquariums when its basic needs are met.

Features:

• Belongs to the Ricordea genus; “Yuma” is commonly identified as Ricordea yuma in retailer listings.
• Has large fleshy polyps with a flat oral disc and short tentacles, often appearing solitary or in loose colonies.
• Nutrition comes from zooxanthellae (photosynthesis) and also from small food particles drifting by in the water (filter-feeding).
• Does not produce a calcium carbonate skeleton (helps distinguish it from stony corals).
• Comes from shallow tropical waters, so stability and good water quality matter.
• In stressful conditions, Ricordea corals can expel their zooxanthellae and undergo bleaching—reducing stress improves long-term health.

Specifications:

• Scientific name (commonly listed for “Yuma”): Ricordea yuma
• Group: Mushroom coral (Ricordea genus)
• Diet: Photosynthesis via zooxanthellae; also eats small drifting food particles (filter feeding)
• Habitat (general): Shallow tropical waters
• Skeletal type: No calcium carbonate skeleton
• Stress response (general): May bleach by expelling zooxanthellae