xenia stoped pulseing, help!

1clownman

1clownman

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My xenia have not been pulsing for about a month now, they still look pretty good and they are still growing but no pulsing!!!! what should I do? should I use more iodine, coral vital? I don't have a clue, all my other corals are doing great. (clams, polyps, leathers, mushrooms, fish!! all are great) all my readings are normal too. amonia 0, nit. 10-20, ph 8.2. this is vey strang please help!!!
 
bang guy

bang guy

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IME if you test your Calcium and ALK and adjust them to balanced levels and stop dosing Iodine they will start pulsing again.
Also look into the age of your light bulbs...
 
1clownman

1clownman

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the calcium and alk is adjusted, my light bulbs are only 3 months old. but I will they off the iodine, how about the coral vital? many other people told me to dose with iodine every day. damn, everyone thinks they know what to do. I will try your method now
 
parmoffitt

parmoffitt

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I read somewhere in a coral book that sometimes xenia can stop pulsing for unknown reasons and absolutely nothing be wrong with it. I bought some and it has stopped pulsing also. The currents in my 90gal are strong and I figure that might be a reason that I cannot see it pulse. I have seen Xenia in a tank without a sump pulsing because there was not a strong current. I don't know if you have a sump but I think that's why mine is not pulsing.
 
mudplayerx

mudplayerx

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Iodine dosing is fine as long as you have a test kit and keep the levels at a balanced, recommended level. It is the same as everything else, don't add it if you don't need it, but add it if your levels are low.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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I agree with mudplayerx that if Iodine is low then it is OK to add it to bring it back up to natural seawater levels.
My problem with that advise is the accuracy of hobbiest level test kits. Last time I looked (last year) there was not a test kit available that could reliably tell the difference between no Iodine and ten times natural sea water levels of Iodate.
So, if you dose Iodine, there is an known potential for overdosing that will cause problems and as of yet there is no known benefit that outweighs the risk. It's your tank but why bother? There is plenty of Iodine available in food and water changes, probably too much. Adding more just seems like an unnecessary risk that has proven to be the downfall of many tanks but the benefit of none**.
For me, if I'm going to take a risk I expect some benefit that will outweigh the risk.
**Excluding some very specialized setups such as raising crustacean larvae, deep sea gorgonia, or phytoplankton where Iodine is not available in food.
 
ordyman

ordyman

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Zenia sometimes just stop pulsing. If everything else looks good and tests are good I would not add anything new.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally posted by 1clownman
ok, is it fine to dose with coral vital? this stuff claims some amazing things.
The product claims to be rediculously useful :) Since I have never seen an ingredient list I would have no way of knowing if it's OK to use. It could be apple juice for all I know. I wouldn't recommend it but I can't say it's not great either. It's a a typical Marc Weiss mystery product.
 
sweetreef

sweetreef

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your dosing with iodine every day?Thats crazy suprised you still have fish iodine can be hard on your fish when dosing like that.I use iodine but only once a week..
 
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