Fragged my first Xenia tonight

[trainfever]

Well I've been putting it off for a while now, mainly because I never had good luck with Xenia. They always died on me and this is the longest I ever kept one. So tonight I decide to do it, no one is home so I wont be disturbed. I gather everything I will need, scissors,a piece of netting, a rubberband and a piece of rubble rock to attach the Xenia to. I approach the tank and look at my Xenia for a minute trying to gather the courage needed to do the fragging. Finally I slowly slide my hand in the tank, and with scissors in hand, I approach the Xenia nervously, and just as I am about to cut away.... the phone rings...no she isn't home, I dont know when she will be home, OK I'll give her the message, goodbye. Now back to the Xenia. With scissors in hand, I snip it of below where two sections branch off. I quickly grab the piece and put it on the rock, cover it with the netting and wrap it with the rubberband and place it back on the top row of liverock. Now only time will tell. Piece of cake. :joy:

 

[hmmhmm]

pretty easy eh?...the way i did mine was placing a rubble rock right against a stalk...with in two weeks it attached to it...then i took a razor and cut mid way up the stalk...now its on the rubble rock and the base rock...going to give the rubble rock to a buddy...the base that was cut has already started to regen new branches...crazy

 

[1journeyman]

My Xenia doesn't need Fragging... it didn't grow much for the first 2 months... now i'm seriously growing concerned about it.

 

[trainfever]

My Xenia apparently is doing Ok. The branches are extended out through the netting. The only thing I am concerned about is how do I remove the netting from around the branches? It's been less than 24 hours and I've been told to leave the netting on for a week and that it takes at least 48 hours for the Xenia to attach to the rock. Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[1journeyman]

No idea...
Keep us posted on your success. I'm definitely interested in how this works for you!

 

[bonebrake]

I just fragged my xenia tonight as well! I did it hmmhmm's method. I waited for it to spread to another rock and cut it in the middle. Well, I did not really cut it in the middle, I basically cut off the whole thing and it is now attached to the rock it spread to. The original frag is a dot of base the size of a dime and like three half inch heads on it. I have heard it will regenerate. The part that was cut on the big stalk is on another rock. When it reattaches I will do the same thing.
:joy:

 

[funkyman]

I fragged some xenia over the weekend. I just picked some potential victims, wacked them with the scissors, caught the the cutoffs with a fish net, threw them in my fuge (has rubble in it), and well-ah! Xenia frags!
The stalks I cut were healed by the next day, and I'm sure it won't be long before they're growing back again.

 

[reeffer]

Originally Posted by trainfever
My Xenia apparently is doing Ok. The branches are extended out through the netting. The only thing I am concerned about is how do I remove the netting from around the branches? It's been less than 24 hours and I've been told to leave the netting on for a week and that it takes at least 48 hours for the Xenia to attach to the rock. Any thoughts or ideas?
if the rubber band is holding it down than take the net off

 

[bronco300]

Originally Posted by trainfever
My Xenia apparently is doing Ok. The branches are extended out through the netting. The only thing I am concerned about is how do I remove the netting from around the branches? It's been less than 24 hours and I've been told to leave the netting on for a week and that it takes at least 48 hours for the Xenia to attach to the rock. Any thoughts or ideas?

it will not always take a week for xenia to attach to a rock, i've had some of my little guys attach in a couple days.....and i use a netting method as well...and just pull it off slowly...and soemtimes the stupid little buggers attach themselves to the net...where you can then just place a rock on the net beside the xenia till it climbs up the rock.
just do a quick check to see if the xenia is attach, you'll be able to tell if you start to lift the netting off and it floats around as well...but you should be able to just slide the fingers out of the net...i mean they got in there, then they can come out.

for next time if you frag again, if you dont want to worry about the fingers gettin in the net is to take the end of a water bottle(cut off the top), put some rubble rock in there, then just cover the bottle with the netting..should do the same, but the netting wont be touching the xenia up close
Luke

 

[trainfever]

I got the netting off with no problem. I took the rubberband from around the rock and as I started to remove the netting, the Xenia shriveled up and I was able to easily pull the netting off and the Xenia retracted back through the netting.

 

[bronco300]

good deal, good job, lets see some pics ***)