What's wrong with xenia???

njbeacher

njbeacher

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I guess it depends on your outlook. It can grow very fast under the right conditions and take over your tank. I have had clumps of it die off completely to where there is nothing left and weeks later it grows back again. I suppose if you didnt want it around it could be hard to get rid off.
 
reefreak29

reefreak29

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well when i started in this hobby i bought 1 frag, about 8 months later i pulled out 2 5 gal. buckets full of the stuff
 
1journeyman

1journeyman

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Nothing wrong with it except that it can grow quickly. I have mine on a rock where it was isolated form the rest of the tank by my BTA. That worked for a while, but now it is actually encroaching on the anemone.
 
trainfever

trainfever

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And then you have people like me who couldnt keep it for years and now I have it but it grows very slowly.
 
porthosandjazz

porthosandjazz

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Originally Posted by njbeacher
I guess it depends on your outlook. It can grow very fast under the right conditions and take over your tank. I have had clumps of it die off completely to where there is nothing left and weeks later it grows back again. I suppose if you didnt want it around it could be hard to get rid off.
Thank you so very much for the responses!
I love my xenia, so this growth thing so far is a good thing for me. And if there is too much of it, then I can always just donate to my lfs, I am sure.
 
crt81

crt81

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It was one of my first corals that I had gotten. I was new to corals and the LFS knew I had alot of knowledge about setting up the tank and about fish and I guess they just thought I knew how rapid it would grow and a few days later one of the stalks latched on to one of the base rocks and started to spread from there. The fish store I got it from said that whatever it touches it would spread to (after the fact- this info was given)! So I moved the xenia towards the front of the glass and it latched onto that as well.
I had had it with this coral and lets just say the blade won the battle!

I think it is a beautiful coral but if it means spreading throughout the entire tank I can live without it!
 
crt81

crt81

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And yes, rapid growth is a good sign. The tank it letting you know that the environment it stable enough to house corals!
 
puffer32

puffer32

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If you keep your xenia confined to 1 rock thats not touching other rocks it can be a good thing. Mine doesn't jump from rock to rock, I don;t let the stalks get long enough to reach out that far. Heres a pic of mine right after i sold some to my lfs. I took him 5 stalks, and made 50.00 in store credit, so i love watching it grow

 
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saltycrab

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If you guys throw this stuff out to maintain it would anyone hook me up with a little bit to get it started in my tank. It would be my first coral. Im in WPB.
 
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