Coral Beauty and Xenia

[just a nano]

I think I read somewhere about someone's Coral Beauty nipping at their Xenias. That got me to thinking.
I have had success with several corals, but never with Xenias. While they flourish for many (almost like a weed), I can never get them to propser or even maintain.
Could it be that my Coral Beauty is the culprit? I don't see it nipping at other corals, but perhaps the Xenia is a different story?

 

[countrygurl]

My daughter has a 150 tank full of Xenia, it grows like wild weeds for her.
I have never been able to get it to grow, I can't even keep it alive lol
It grows on the rocks the sand, glass & the filter tubes for her, I've seen it on her snails growing. I think it's very pretty, hides the rocks. She cuts a lot of hers, it takes over everything..

 

[socal57che]

Xenia is strange. Some people can't get it to grow at all. Some people can't remove it fast enough. Some people move it from their DT to a frag tank and it melts. Low maintenance, poor husbandry or pristine water seems to make no difference. I have no answer as to why, but xenia is just that way. When someone asks me why their xenia died, I reply "because it's xenia."