i want to keep xenia but have fail again any secret?
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mech-a-nic
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I cant kill it it was growing in my magum Filter lol I think the Water temp is what I heard. I keep my tanks at 78. What is your water temp?
bullitr
Active Member
Originally Posted by Mech-a-nic
http:///forum/post/3095411
I cant kill it it was growing in my magum Filter lol I think the Water temp is what I heard. I keep my tanks at 78. What is your water temp?
i have my tank to 84 degrees before on my cube.... i think is more of you nutrient (nitrate) in the water
my current tank parameter
alk 11
ph 8.2 to 8.3
temp 81 to 83
calcium 450+
magnesium 1300
http:///forum/post/3095411
I cant kill it it was growing in my magum Filter lol I think the Water temp is what I heard. I keep my tanks at 78. What is your water temp?
i have my tank to 84 degrees before on my cube.... i think is more of you nutrient (nitrate) in the water
my current tank parameter
alk 11
ph 8.2 to 8.3
temp 81 to 83
calcium 450+
magnesium 1300
jackri
Active Member
I have a mixed reef with sps, lps, softies... I can't kill the stuff. I have halides/t-5 lighting and I know I have pretty nutrient rich water.. but my nitrates still always read 0.
They do not like a clean sterile tank from my understanding.
I've pulled out a bunch of the xenia and just dump it in my frag tank and grows like a weed in there too.
They do not like a clean sterile tank from my understanding.
I've pulled out a bunch of the xenia and just dump it in my frag tank and grows like a weed in there too.
jemshores
Member
Originally Posted by thai
http:///forum/post/3095382
I just love the movement of xenia i just can't keep them all my other coral are doing great. Any secret or suggestion on keeping them alive let me know. Can micro bubbles kill my xenia or corals in general. I know for a fact it will kill fish. Thanks to any suggestion.
Are u feeding your other corals? Xenia likes flow too, how is that in you tank?
http:///forum/post/3095382
I just love the movement of xenia i just can't keep them all my other coral are doing great. Any secret or suggestion on keeping them alive let me know. Can micro bubbles kill my xenia or corals in general. I know for a fact it will kill fish. Thanks to any suggestion.
Are u feeding your other corals? Xenia likes flow too, how is that in you tank?
thai
Member
Originally Posted by jemshores
http:///forum/post/3095493
Are u feeding your other corals? Xenia likes flow too, how is that in you tank?
yes i have sun coral and candy cane and acan oh and buble tip that i feed every other day. I have 2 rock that has a hand full of xenia i place it in two different places to see if the flow bothers them but both are dying.....
http:///forum/post/3095493
Are u feeding your other corals? Xenia likes flow too, how is that in you tank?
yes i have sun coral and candy cane and acan oh and buble tip that i feed every other day. I have 2 rock that has a hand full of xenia i place it in two different places to see if the flow bothers them but both are dying.....
thai
Member
Originally Posted by Mech-a-nic
http:///forum/post/3095411
I cant kill it it was growing in my magum Filter lol I think the Water temp is what I heard. I keep my tanks at 78. What is your water temp?
you are one of them lucky one i wish mine will just stay alive......
http:///forum/post/3095411
I cant kill it it was growing in my magum Filter lol I think the Water temp is what I heard. I keep my tanks at 78. What is your water temp?
you are one of them lucky one i wish mine will just stay alive......
thai
Member
Originally Posted by jackri
http:///forum/post/3095478
I have a mixed reef with sps, lps, softies... I can't kill the stuff. I have halides/t-5 lighting and I know I have pretty nutrient rich water.. but my nitrates still always read 0.
They do not like a clean sterile tank from my understanding.
I've pulled out a bunch of the xenia and just dump it in my frag tank and grows like a weed in there too.
Isn't that sweet if mine could just grows like weed....it's dying!!!!!!!!!!
http:///forum/post/3095478
I have a mixed reef with sps, lps, softies... I can't kill the stuff. I have halides/t-5 lighting and I know I have pretty nutrient rich water.. but my nitrates still always read 0.
They do not like a clean sterile tank from my understanding.
I've pulled out a bunch of the xenia and just dump it in my frag tank and grows like a weed in there too.
Isn't that sweet if mine could just grows like weed....it's dying!!!!!!!!!!
thai
Member
Originally Posted by bullitr
http:///forum/post/3095412
i use to grow them like weeds but now that my tank is most sps i can't grow them .. i tried 3 times and still trying currently with 3 large stalk wish me luck
good luck and i love your tank.....
http:///forum/post/3095412
i use to grow them like weeds but now that my tank is most sps i can't grow them .. i tried 3 times and still trying currently with 3 large stalk wish me luck
good luck and i love your tank.....
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by jackri
http:///forum/post/3095765
Xenia is a funny coral.. you love it until you hate it... but you have to love it first. Once it takes over your tank you hate it --- if you can't grow it you love it more
If dandelions were hard to grow -- everyone would want them lol
Dandelions are pretty...I hate the fluff stage and when they get so big the leaves bite...but it s a pretty yellow flower. Lots of the wild flowers are really nice, yet we call them weeds.
I like a variety of coral...Xenia pumps and looks really cool..The other corals just kind of sit there, colorful but doing nothing. I keep the Xenia cropped and in one corner of my tank, anything neglected will take over. As for killing it to make room for another coral...what a waste, surely there are people who would have paid a good price for a crop of Xenia. I paid $60.00 for a small stalk years ago.
To each his own, in the end the tank is what we watch for our own enjoyment...so no one else’s opinion really matters
http:///forum/post/3095765
Xenia is a funny coral.. you love it until you hate it... but you have to love it first. Once it takes over your tank you hate it --- if you can't grow it you love it more
If dandelions were hard to grow -- everyone would want them lol
Dandelions are pretty...I hate the fluff stage and when they get so big the leaves bite...but it s a pretty yellow flower. Lots of the wild flowers are really nice, yet we call them weeds.
I like a variety of coral...Xenia pumps and looks really cool..The other corals just kind of sit there, colorful but doing nothing. I keep the Xenia cropped and in one corner of my tank, anything neglected will take over. As for killing it to make room for another coral...what a waste, surely there are people who would have paid a good price for a crop of Xenia. I paid $60.00 for a small stalk years ago.
To each his own, in the end the tank is what we watch for our own enjoyment...so no one else’s opinion really matters
aquaguy24
Active Member
I should have mentioned that I ddidnt actually killed the hole thing LOL. I fragged most of it before killing the rest that's I couldn't frag. So I got about 20 frags out of it. Sold half to lfs for $15 a frag. Gave the rest out to friends for free. IMO that wasn't a total waste. I have to admit, xenias are a great money maker.
stanlalee
Active Member
I never had any problem but what they like is high nutrient water, decent flow and iodine. what they dont like is elevated temps. Have read the grow like weeds in the wild but die off at elevated temps. Not talking 82 and such but higher like mid 80's and up.
even when I did manage to kill some during a tank transfer a new colony grew out of a spec left on a rock. they supposedly dont ship well.
even when I did manage to kill some during a tank transfer a new colony grew out of a spec left on a rock. they supposedly dont ship well.