What Makes Xenia Pulse?

fretfreak13

Active Member
Just wondering. I had a little frag in my 29 and it pulsed, and then I moved it to my five gallon and it's not doing it as much. Still is, but a lot slower. Is it the lighting, or something else?
 

meowzer

Moderator
What makes the sky blue...what makes grass green...why does turkey taste so good...and why is chocolate cake so fattening?
LOLOLOLOL
 

nissan577

Active Member
every tank is different. listen to this and you be like WOW.
as you may know i have xenias and tons in my tank. well before it got to that i had a little branch. were it was it was pulsing nothing!!!! so i moved it to a brighter spot and it was pulsing amazing!!!! and spread!!!! then i moved it again all in the same tank and nothing just stayed still!!!!! once again moved to the bright spot and started to pulse. added a koralia and where they were they were getting loads of flow. so they didnt pusle any more. moved them to not so bright place and started pulsing once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they confuse me so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
 

fretfreak13

Active Member
lol So I'll throw it back in the bigger tank with higher lighting for awhile, maybe it'll spread a bit. I knwo it spreads like wildfire, but I wouldn't even mind my little 5 gallon being a Xenia forest. Not much else I can keep with that boring 20w light bulb. =P
Lawl meowzer, I JUST ate cake. =) Good thing I don't even way 100 lbs xD
 

truperc

Member
To answer your question.....nobody knows....not the published experts....not the seasoned hobbyist...nobody.
I had one fellow reefer say whenever his nitrates went up, his would stop pulsing.
That was never the case for me.
I had a small little xenia that flourished and split...etc....then all of a sudden they all crashed.
Everything else in the tank, no issues, just xenia.....yet another mystery with this coral.
Some tanks it takes off...and others it melts away.
 

nissan577

Active Member
Originally Posted by TruPerc
http:///forum/post/3191251
To answer your question.....nobody knows....not the published experts....not the seasoned hobbyist...nobody.
I had one fellow reefer say whenever his nitrates went up, his would stop pulsing.
That was never the case for me.
I had a small little xenia that flourished and split...etc....then all of a sudden they all crashed.
Everything else in the tank, no issues, just xenia.....yet another mystery with this coral.
Some tanks it takes off...and others it melts away.
in other words
Every tank is different
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13
http:///forum/post/3191217
lol So I'll throw it back in the bigger tank with higher lighting for awhile, maybe it'll spread a bit. I knwo it spreads like wildfire, but I wouldn't even mind my little 5 gallon being a Xenia forest. Not much else I can keep with that boring 20w light bulb. =P
Lawl meowzer, I JUST ate cake. =) Good thing I don't even way 100 lbs xD
Just wait till your 40
every bite counts then
 

katsafados

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3191122
What makes the sky blue The reflection of water...what makes grass greencellulose/ chloroplast forget which one...why does turkey taste so good because of what it eats and the fat content/ spices...and why is chocolate cake so fatteningbecause of the sugar/ carbs?
LOLOLOLOL

MOM DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! HAHAH
nexy time just say you dont know!
 

flower

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13
http:///forum/post/3191116
Just wondering. I had a little frag in my 29 and it pulsed, and then I moved it to my five gallon and it's not doing it as much. Still is, but a lot slower. Is it the lighting, or something else?

Why do Xenia pulse? Because when they are happy...they dance.
 

fretfreak13

Active Member
Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3191693
MOM DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! HAHAH
nexy time just say you dont know!
Choloroplast, the pigments don't take in the green light from the sun's spectrum and relfect it, which is why they seem green. We JUST had a bio test in that. xD
And yay, dancing corals!
 

katsafados

Active Member
Originally Posted by Fretfreak13
http:///forum/post/3191759
Choloroplast, the pigments don't take in the green light from the sun's spectrum and relfect it, which is why they seem green. We JUST had a bio test in that. xD
And yay, dancing corals!
Thats the proper way! haha I learned that in first semester.. never really interested me haha..
SPECTROMETRY! Anthing that shows a colour is because it cant absobe that wavelength of light! And whit elight is caused because no colours are absorbed(I think? Like I said 1st semester
)
 
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