Xenia pulsing

[rcreations]

Now here's something I never understood. I have this beautiful white xenia. Used to have it in a 65gal under T5s and it pulsed beautifully. Then I moved it to a 29gal, same water conditions, but under PC lights and it stopped pulsing. It's still growing and looks healthy. So does the lighting affect the pulsing or could it be something else?

 

[jerryatrick]

Xenia can stop pulsing forever. It can stop growing for months at a time. It very well could be adjusting to the new light.

 

[florida joe]

No one really knows why they stop pulsing. The sudden stop in many cases does not seem to affect their health in the home aquarium

 

[rcreations]

It's been in this new tank for about 7 months now and it hasn't started pulsing. I figured it was the lighting since that's the only thing that changed. I'm even using the same salt as before. But you're right, otherwise it's perfectly healthy and growing.

 

[bang guy]

If we new for certain why Xenia pulse then it would be easier to figure out why they stop.
When I had Xenia

If they stopped pulsing I knew that my Alkalinity had dropped.

 

[tizzo]

Mine stopped for a while, so I moved them to a lower flow area and now they pulse again. So for me, it wasn't water conditions, it was the tank conditions so to speak...