Question on shriveling Xenia

speg

speg

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I just bought a rock of Xenias today with like 8-9 xenias actually attached.. at the store they were full and beautiful. I drove home with them (like 4-5 mile drive) and tried to be extra careful not to let them fall over in the bag or anything.. im quite sure of my handling methods of them. I then placed them in the water.. didnt like the placement of them cause they were flopping around too much due to being directly in the path of a powerhead. So moved them again and now they are flopping around just slightly.. but they are not as full as when they were in the pet store. I know that when you buy corals it takes some time for them to fully come out... but so far in my experiences I havent had a coral take 8 hours to come out. All of the xenia 'hands' are all 'clapping' wildly.. but they are shriveled up and small compared to when they were in the fish store. My question is... am I just being a worrie wort and I need to just wait it out longer? Or did I maybe damage them in some way... or have I possibly placed them in a bad area (too much flow?)?
 
gfk

gfk

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naw they like flow, my xenia took about a day to fully open, now they are way bigger then when i got them and already spreading
 
mdog30001

mdog30001

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ya heys right. I've kept a kept a few colonies of Xenia for aboout 8 months. Mine always clamp up, like yours our doing right now, at night time. They will also shrivel down and clamp up if you are messing withe lights or are moving the rock they are on around. It may take a little while for them to get situated, but then they will spread back out, and maybe even start dividing after a few months.
Also Xenia like a moderate flow. They dont like to be blasted by it, so that they are flopping all about. The spot you have them in sounds fine. Just make sure that they are getting some flow. Also they like to be close to the light so keep them up high, towards the top of the tank.
Hope this helps.
 
ssweet1

ssweet1

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They like alot of light too, what part of Fl. did you get them in? They might be mine :thinking: I am in Jacksonville, Carrie
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Xenia is also one of those corals that is very sensitive to certain water parameters. There are some tanks i may just no do well in at all, and other tanks it may overwhelm.
 
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