QUESTION ABOUT XENIA

cam78

cam78

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Wanna take out my live rock from my old tank and add it to the new tank. Here is my question. In my new set up I will have a live rock tank set up seperately from my display. If I place my old rock in there will the xenia that is all over my live rock spread to the display considering it will not be touching? This stuff is brown and IMO looks ugly. I want no part of it.
 
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jstdv8

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my xenia has only ever spread by growing a seperate stalk and then that one growing a seperate stalk. Ive never seen it jump around the tank at all. not like my frigin kenya tree :p
 
spanko

spanko

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Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3275883
my xenia has only ever spread by growing a seperate stalk and then that one growing a seperate stalk. Ive never seen it jump around the tank at all. not like my frigin kenya tree :p
Pretend you are a crab and break a little pc. off by accident. Whoops! Let it be to roam with the flow and settle where it will. Then see if it pops up in a new place.
Just sayin..............
 
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jstdv8

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im not saying it can't happen, im just saying I have a huge section of xenia in my tank about 8" wide by 10" tall and it has never gone anywhere but up the rocks I placed the original frag next to.
Just posting my experiences
 
cam78

cam78

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This is a nusance zenia. Thinking about it, it actually has even spread to the substrate. I cannot get rid of this crap. Can I dip the LR in something to kill it? Maybe boiling water? Or will that just kill the beneficial stuff on the rock too?
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by CAM78
http:///forum/post/3276195
Im fine with it in a refuge. But will it spread through to the display tank?

No, Xenia spreads by dividing itself, it doesn't have spores that spread so nothing is in the water column to go through to the DT from the refugium.
 
cam78

cam78

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3276214

No, Xenia spreads by dividing itself, it doesn't have spores that spread so nothing is in the water column to go through to the DT from the refugium.
Wow, that is so good to know!! I have decent amount of live rock in my existing display that I can now use in my LR tank. As lonng as this stuff dosen't spread to the display tank that is AWESOME. Can you tell I hate this stuff?
I will put a picture up tomorrow to show how it covers everything. It makes it look like diatoms.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by CAM78
http:///forum/post/3276251
Wow, that is so good to know!! I have decent amount of live rock in my existing display that I can now use in my LR tank. As lonng as this stuff dosen't spread to the display tank that is AWESOME. Can you tell I hate this stuff?
I will put a picture up tomorrow to show how it covers everything. It makes it look like diatoms.

Xenia is my favorite coral
 
cam78

cam78

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3276297

Xenia is my favorite coral
Well it does not look like that. It is extremely low growing, is brown and looks like little clovers. Maybe it is not Xenia? Unless there are different forms of it. This stuff is not attractive
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by CAM78
http:///forum/post/3276308
Well it does not look like that. It is extremely low growing, is brown and looks like little clovers. Maybe it is not Xenia? Unless there are different forms of it. This stuff is not attractive

Go to the coral section on this site and look at the xenia, because there are several differnt types. My guess is you have aiptasia and not xenia, in that case they have spores and will spread like crazy.
Better yet, can you get a picture of your problem?
Aiptasia picture attached:
 
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