saltymac
Member
I have some pumping xenia...it started to take a turn for the worse, without any reason. I say without any reason because all levels were good. The only changes were a fairy wrass and a snowflake eel. After about 2 weeks of the xenia being shrivelled up and not looking good, my better half asked her professor ( Dr. of something, knows everything) what could be the cause. Without asking anything else, he said "Do you have any eels?" Talk about smart people. He figured if we had a tank, we checked for everything we knew to check, thus the question of the eel. Turns out eels secrete stuff when they are stressed, or new, and it affects softies, xenia. Im sad to say that the eel was sucked into one of my powerheads and although I got him out, later he died. Within 2 hours of him being removed, the xenia started to look better. Its been about 5 days and it looks almost normal, but split again, giving me 4 pieces from the original one. Too bad the lfs owner (he sold him 2 me) didnt know that they did what they did. I would like to think that, but he seems very educated. Do you think he knew, but wanted to make a sale? I would hope not. But ppl in this day and age dont really care about you, they want your money. Just thought I would share some knowledge that I aquired.
