How To Frag Xenia

[sin]

How can i frag a xenia. Do i just cut of a stalk and put it on a piece of lr. I just bought a xenia pretty big and it has a rubber band tied around it to a piece of lr but the xenia grew on top of the rubber band how can i take the rubber band off with out damageing the xenia :thinking:

 

[pbienkiewi]

I like to cut with a pair of Scissors.Leaving enough on the stalk to play with. I have never tried the neeting method. I use rubber bands (2). one on each side. With in 2 or 3 days it attatches itself to the rock.
Take the xenia out of the water. see if you can get tweezers some where you can lift it from the base. Cut the band and see if you can work the rubber band out. Then place the bottom piece with out the rubber band somewhere you would like to.

 

[sin]

Originally Posted by pbienkiewi
I like to cut with a pair of Scissors.Leaving enough on the stalk to play with. I have never tried the neeting method. I use rubber bands (2). one on each side. With in 2 or 3 days it attatches itself to the rock.
Take the xenia out of the water. see if you can get tweezers some where you can lift it from the base. Cut the band and see if you can work the rubber band out. Then place the bottom piece with out the rubber band somewhere you would like to.
Thanks a lot i will do that. Soon i will have some to trade

 

[pbienkiewi]

how big is the tank ? what kind of lighting ?
take the total amount of watts divide by the size of the tank.. = how many watts per gallon
I have 4 -130watt bulbs = 520 watts divided by 55gal tank = 9.45 watts per gallon

 

[mudplayerx]

Originally Posted by sin
How can i frag a xenia. Do i just cut of a stalk and put it on a piece of lr. I just bought a xenia pretty big and it has a rubber band tied around it to a piece of lr but the xenia grew on top of the rubber band how can i take the rubber band off with out damageing the xenia :thinking:
In my experience, the rubberband method is probably the worst method. The netting method has shown the best results for me. Read this thread, it has some good discussion on the matter as well as pics showing you how to do it.
Pulsing Xenia Propagation Experiment

 

[pbienkiewi]

been there done that with your site.
I am pretty good with the rubber band method. Why ruin what works for me.
Not to be rude.

 

[sweetdawn]

why not just leave them alone they will spread on their own

 

[mudplayerx]

Originally Posted by sweetdawn
why not just leave them alone they will spread on their own
That is true sweetdawn...but if you frag them you can get exponentially more growth. It is kind of like how bacteria multiply. One bacteria becomes two...but if you have two bacteria, they become four...yadda yadda :joy: