Xenia Die Off!

[miaheatlvr]

With "GOOD" Water conditions, does anybody get any Unexplained xenia Die off? AND im not kidding, I think my brown waving XENIA is TAKING over my white POM POM, SLOWLY but surely, maybe this is nature taking over, survival of the fittest?

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
With "GOOD" Water conditions, does anybody get any Unexplained xenia Die off? AND im not kidding, I think my brown waving XENIA is TAKING over my white POM POM, SLOWLY but surely, maybe this is nature taking over, survival of the fittest?
SORRY GUYS FOR THE DOUBLE POST, BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO ERASE ONE!

 

[fishieness]

did you have a temp spike? i did about 1.5 months ago when i forgot to turn on the AC. all my anthilllia and pom pom died, but my silver stalk survived for some reason....

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by fishieness
did you have a temp spike? i did about 1.5 months ago when i forgot to turn on the AC. all my anthilllia and pom pom died, but my silver stalk survived for some reason....
I dont think so,, I try to keep it consistent, I mean i dont touch the thermostat, Tanks alot for the info! I read that sometimes NO MATTER WHAT it just dies sometimes, did you hear that as well? And i wonder what happens to it when it dies? Does it get Skimmed and Charcoaled out? Thanx

 

[fishieness]

xenia can be pretty sensitive. here are some other questions i have though to try to pinpoint a cause: what are you phosphates? live stock list? what about nutrient levels? xenia and other anthillia sp.s need a pretty large amount of nutrients to thrive. this is why some people keep them in their fuge and why some amazing sps tanks cannot even keep them. if you did a really large water change, or just did osmething to better your quality like upgrade or add a skimmer, then that could shock them.
and yeah, once they die, they dissintigrate and all the nutrients go back into the water like the death of a fish. (although it wouldnt affect it as much since they are more % water). But if you have a relativly established tank, you wont notice it in your levels (unless a TON died), and the skimmer and carbon will also help remove some.

 

[dragonboy]

It just dies on some occassions.

 

[fedukeford]

i cant keep xenia to save my life, it always dies, theres a local guy who pretty much has a tank where the walls are COVERD with xenia, he says his succes is keeping is nitrates a little higher than normal

 

[miaheatlvr]

AS of me,, I think that might be the clue,, my trates are between 20 and 40ppm now thier up to 60 and i just did a huge water change after i started to see some die off, MAYBE TOO MUCH TRATES?? here are my perameters nitrate 60ppm, Nitrite 0, Amonia 0, P.h.8.0 just added buffer, phosphate 0, due to clean up crew and fuge i think, Alkalinity OK, Calcium 440 and SALT with Refractometer @ 1024.