My Xenia Problem

[nolesfan06]

Everytime i put xenia in my tank they do nothin but die. i really like the stuff a lot but it just wont stay alive in the tank. I got 175w MH lighting and other stuff like shrooms, zoos, leathers, a plate lookin thing and a huge LTA. but i put the xenia in there and it disappears within a week. whats wrong, how come i can have the other stuff but this wont stay alive? i tried it on the top, the bottom, the middle everywhere!!!

Calling all help!!!

 

[rujelus22]

I had this happen to some of my xenias what do you have in your tank, mine where getting eaten by hermits

 

[pclown]

What size tank and how deep is it? Is there anything close that would sting it?
What is you water like?

 

[nolesfan06]

they really wouldn't get eatin they just kept shrinkin till they got to small to see. i do have some hermits in there.

 

[rujelus22]

I would take a look at the hermits watch them when they get close to your xenias and see what they do, I did and sure enough they where having xenia for lunch

 

[pclown]

Hermits would not be a problem, but the LTA or corals could sting it if it is within a certain distance.

 

[nolesfan06]

well the tank is a 40 gal. cube and it is 24 in. deep, but i tried them at all depths??? my water quality is normal, all my other corals and anemones are doing great.

 

[pclown]

What type of fish do you have?

 

[pclown]

Well, I could be wrong about the hermits but that is the first time I have heard that.

 

[jacklax]

nolesfan...what kind of flow are you looking at? Also...are you dosing anything? How often are water changes taking place? I had my first batch melt down as well...since then all has been fine. By the way, I found one of the clumps that had melted...it was stuck against the back side of an intake. I rubberbanded it to a rock...it came back and is twice as large as when I bought it.
Go Noles!

 

[nolesfan06]

for fish i got a false prec, blue chromis, stripped damsel(want to get rid of), and a coral beauty, for inverts i got 2 peppermints hermits, and a emerald crab but i never see him near it.

 

[pclown]

Warning - Coral Beauty is not a 100% reef safe. They are known to nip at corals.

 

[pclown]

I have not heard of Peppermint Hermits, do you mean peppermint shrimp and hermits?

 

[nolesfan06]

yeah thats what i meant i was typing to fast and didnt catch it.

i know about the coral beauty i watch carefully.

 

[nolesfan06]

So is there anything i can do?? Anybody?

 

[jacklax]

My Coral Beauty hasn't touched a single Xenia...put I do consider myself to be lucky. I believe the issue is they are melting...this leads me to believe something in the water is the issue.

 

[pclown]

I had read where people complaind about Peppermint shrimp eating some corals as well, so the Peppermint Shrimp and the Coral Beauty are my guess.

 

[jasondean]

I have a large colony of these and everyonce in a while one will die off but it spreads thru the tank and I end up with little ones all over. After it shrinks bdown to nothing somtimes another one will grow out of the same spot like it was reborn. Good Luck.