And my saviors name is, Xenia

speg

Active Member
Firstly i'll start by saying that the whole reason I became interested in saltwater is because I witnessed the most spectacular sight I have ever seen in my entire life one day at a LFS... it was a 10 gallon tank with a couple clownfish... but what really caught my eye was a pulsing Xenia.. I stood watching it for a LONG time.. I then decided from that moment I would get a fish tank .. make it saltwater .. and buy Xenia. I researched into Xenia before I even had a saltwater tank and learned a lot about them.. aside from exactly how to frag them.. I recently asked on these boards and discovered a method most people were using. I fine tuned that method into my own and started mass producing Xenia.. im still rusty at it dont get me wrong.. but im getting better ;)
About three-four weeks ago I bought a rock with Xenia on it at a LFS for 59 dollars. It had around 15-20 very decent sized Xenia on it at the time. I cut about 80% of the population of Xenia on that rock and placed them on other rocks. Today I brought two small rocks (about 2-3 inches in size) to the LFS.. the first had 3 Xenia on it and 3 blue mushrooms that I also fragged and placed on that rock (amazingly). The other rock simply had 4 Xenia.. I gave them to the guy and he said 'awesome', then went and placed them directly in his sell tanks. I asked how much can I get for them? He then gave me 40 dollars store credit =c) I must say im very pleased with this... i've spent over 3000 dollars now on my tank and FINALLY I hope to stop dipping into my wallet... it was never really my intent to make that 3000 dollars back.. but I do hope that I can at least just not pay out of my pocket for my hobby.. thats what I wish to do.
I hope this makes you all wanna go get some Xenia :) If anybody wants to trade other coral for Xenia and actually plans on going through with the trades unlike the last 4 people i've talked to on here.. feel free to email me at gmcbobbie@yahoo.com - place Xenia in the subject as its my mothers email =c)
 

dek196

Member
Good for you, I've been toying with that idea as well. My local LFS store owner is a good friend, not good enough to support my habit though :happy:
 

f1shman

Active Member
Yeah, if I can succesfully frag some corals, I was definitly considering doing that, be nice to get paid for my hobby
I wonder how much store credit they'd give you if you fragged Acanthastrea Lordhowensis according to this website they sell for $75 - $100 per polyp, I could be rich!! Not like im going to spend $2000 for a 70+ polyp bunch to try
 

speg

Active Member
Originally Posted by F1shMan
Yeah, if I can succesfully frag some corals, I was definitly considering doing that, be nice to get paid for my hobby
I wonder how much store credit they'd give you if you fragged Acanthastrea Lordhowensis according to this website they sell for $75 - $100 per polyp, I could be rich!! Not like im going to spend $2000 for a 70+ polyp bunch to try

Depends on your area I spose... like my family always told me with my baseball card collection.. "they're only worth that much if someone else wants to pay that much".
 

f1shman

Active Member
ill admit i still have some star wars and sadly a few pokemon cards, always wanted to sell them, but who would buy them!??!
 

mudplayerx

Active Member
Right on Speg. My xenia is my fav coral in my tank besides my galaxea. It reproduces so fast that I trade it for frags at the lfs all the time. :)
 

verde_ad

Member
I just bought a six polyp frag of lords for $60. The guy had a bunch and he grouped them with a tiger striped dersa clam for $100 even. It was the deal of the century as far as I am concerned. By the time I can frag them though, the fad will be over and they will probably not be worth anymore then I paid for them. Good luck with the xenia though. I think they will always be in style and they grow like weeds. :D
 
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