sarwiz100
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We have a medium size xenia colony. Today I notices that 2 of the stalks looks yellowish and is shriveled. THey are in different parts of the colony.
We just got the colony on Wed, a great deal from our LFS. We also got a pompom colony there too that looks fine. I have other xeniae in the tank and they are small frags that are doing fine. When we first put it in, it may have gotten stung by a cataphyllia as we were placing it. It is on a rock that measures approx. 6x6inches. We have gotten frags in the past that were 10.00 each, and this colony would equal about 200 of those frags. It was a deal we couldn't pass up.
since our qt tank is cycling and won't be ready for another week, we did a 2 hour acclimation to our main 125. I checked all the water params last night:
Am=0
NO2=0
No3=0to1 on fastest, docwellfish shows 20 ?????)
pH=8.2
Sg=1.025 (refractometer)
alk=9.8
ca=400
PO2=.25 or less (it seemd to be between 0 and .25)
125gal 2 maxi400's, 1 Maxi 600 (3 on wavemaker),1 maxi 1200 on a spraybar, 125 to 150 lbs LR (we got it from a guy who was moving and selling a bunch of stuff for about .50 a pound, and it was marshallIs LR) 4to 5inch DSB, 20 gal sump, unknown brand of skimmer (used too) powered by a rio1700, quietone 4000 (very quiet, but sometimes hard to start) DIY: 2 coil denitrators, auto TO, Nilssen reactor, and waiting for the glue to set up on my hang-on fuge. We have some shrooms, poly's, zoo's, alveopora, cataphyllia, frogspawn (awesome colony),sarcophyllia, anthellia, yellowhead jawfish, royal gramma, lawnmower blenny, mandarin, 2 neon gobys, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 40 or so dwarf hermits (bluelegs and scarlets),20 nassarius, 20 conch, 20 astreas, 20 other snails that I can't remember their names right now, 2 emerald crabs, a green brittlestar, and an electric scallop. Could something have taken a bite out of it? I am getting ready to cut off the bad looking parts and move them to my anemone tank. I have never seen this before and do not know what to do?
We just got the colony on Wed, a great deal from our LFS. We also got a pompom colony there too that looks fine. I have other xeniae in the tank and they are small frags that are doing fine. When we first put it in, it may have gotten stung by a cataphyllia as we were placing it. It is on a rock that measures approx. 6x6inches. We have gotten frags in the past that were 10.00 each, and this colony would equal about 200 of those frags. It was a deal we couldn't pass up.
since our qt tank is cycling and won't be ready for another week, we did a 2 hour acclimation to our main 125. I checked all the water params last night:
Am=0
NO2=0
No3=0to1 on fastest, docwellfish shows 20 ?????)
pH=8.2
Sg=1.025 (refractometer)
alk=9.8
ca=400
PO2=.25 or less (it seemd to be between 0 and .25)
125gal 2 maxi400's, 1 Maxi 600 (3 on wavemaker),1 maxi 1200 on a spraybar, 125 to 150 lbs LR (we got it from a guy who was moving and selling a bunch of stuff for about .50 a pound, and it was marshallIs LR) 4to 5inch DSB, 20 gal sump, unknown brand of skimmer (used too) powered by a rio1700, quietone 4000 (very quiet, but sometimes hard to start) DIY: 2 coil denitrators, auto TO, Nilssen reactor, and waiting for the glue to set up on my hang-on fuge. We have some shrooms, poly's, zoo's, alveopora, cataphyllia, frogspawn (awesome colony),sarcophyllia, anthellia, yellowhead jawfish, royal gramma, lawnmower blenny, mandarin, 2 neon gobys, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 40 or so dwarf hermits (bluelegs and scarlets),20 nassarius, 20 conch, 20 astreas, 20 other snails that I can't remember their names right now, 2 emerald crabs, a green brittlestar, and an electric scallop. Could something have taken a bite out of it? I am getting ready to cut off the bad looking parts and move them to my anemone tank. I have never seen this before and do not know what to do?
