Pulsing Xenias:DEAD or STRESSED???

[fishman72b]

i juts a rock with about 4 clumps of pulsing xenias on it. i acclimated and put in tank, its been 1 day and they are kinda discolored and droopy. are they dead? or just stressed?
sorry bout the bad pic, they are the best i can get wit a webcam :'(

 

[jnvette]

i would say they are just stressed.

 

[mudplayerx]

It is pretty normal for them to droop when moved from tank to tank. Just make sure that they have high lighting and medium flow. Also, xenia will not tolerate instable or poor water conditions at all.
Isn't that fish a trigger? Those pick on corals and eat them I believe.

 

[himandher]

yeah triggers are bad news for your reef tank.
I have lots of Xenia in my tank and it acts like that whenever ANYTHING changes. It is very dramatic, and in my personal experience they are pretty hardy but I have heard quite the opposite from several others. I would wait a few days and see how the xenia is doing then... they like light. Oh yeah... get rid of trigger before it eats your corals. Good luck

 

[fishman72b]

hmm.. yeah i heave heard bad new about triggers in reefs too.. but he has been very nice, not picking but i think i will get rid of him befoe something does happen. they said at the store that my lighting would be ok.. i have 2 fistures on the top of my tank, a 260wt PC. and a 32 wt florescent. makeing 292 watts and i have him in a low flow area of the tank becuase i thoguht the heavy flow would stress him more. is that untrue?

 

[himandher]

Xenia's like Medium flow

 

[puffer32]

Your lighting is fine, but you have them kinda low in your tank, i have 260 PC lighting and my xenia are fine, they do droop fpr about a week after I frag them, but always come back. Yours will to, but when they do, move them up under stronger lighting, mine don't pulse at the bottom of my tank.