Xenia vs. Colt.....

[bt_1999_66]

Another question...
I some 9-10 months ago I bought a Colt coral attached to a piece of LR, (about 1/2 lbs. of LR). The Colt Coral used to be huge..... In addition I noticed on this piece of LR two small polips of Xenia which have spread to about 6" long patch of hundreds of Xenia polyps. For the past month or two the Xenia has actually reached the Colt Coral and ever since then the Colt has not looked good at all. I take it that the fight is on. Xenia vs. Colt.....
The problem is that they are both on the same piece of rock and at this point I see no way of separating them. Don't see anyway to Split the Rock... They are just too close....Any suggestions...?
Thanks....!
[ November 29, 2001: Message edited by: BT_1999_66 ]

 

[salisbury a d]

Not sure so you will have to look into what I say.
I think you can frag colt corals. Can't you?
If you can then if you frag it and the piece on the original rock dies you won't lose anything because the frag should gorw back.
Adam

 

[adrian]

My suggestion would be to relocate the Xenia to another rock. Just cut the colonies off and rubber band them to another rock, they should attach within a week. If you dont want to have to do this again make sure you get rid of all the Xenia tissue on the rock with the colt or it will grow right back. You can do this with a toothbrush. Yes, colts are easy to frag, the trick is getting them to attach to another rock. THe easiest way is to place the coilt clipping in a shallow dish full of crushed coral placed on the sand and allow the frags to attach by themsleves and then super glue these pieces to larger rocks. Its always a good idea to remove the coral from the tank before you cut it, that is if its possible. HTH

 

[kris walker]

Hi guys,
I just got a Zenia colony from my lfs a few days ago. He showed me one of his colonies, and said it was in the process of moving to another rock (it looked like this also). I guess both bt_1999_66's Colt and Zenia are equally aggressive, and threfore neither are retreating. On the other hand, maybe one is slowly retreating, but the other is following, and so they never get far enough apart. In any case, fragging sounds like a quicker solution that may save a colony that may otherwise be killed. Good luck!
sam

 

[predator]

Colts are easily fragged. Just be careful.Use a new straight razor. Once you've got him off you can use super glue or if that scares you go get a tube of epoxie at a pet store. He'll be mad for a while but will be fine.

 

[jmsullivan]

What type of super glue did you use? I tried to frag some things and the next morning everything had fallen off. Any tips?

 

[adrian]

IME super glue will not work when directly applied to a soft coral, it will stick at first like you mentioned, but the next day the clipping will be wandering the tank. When attaching softies the two methods that have worked best for me are attaching the clipping to a rock via a rubber band or bridal vail(fine netting). You dont want to wrap either of these too tight or they will cut the clipping in half. An easier way is to place the clipping in a shallow dish in the tank filled with rubble or cushed coral, allow the clipping to attach, then use the super glue method. Another method that has been said to work is to

[hr]
the clipping with a tooth pic and push the tooth pic into a hole in the rock. HTH
[ December 01, 2001: Message edited by: Adrian ]

 

[saltwaterissocool]

Originally posted by BT_1999_66:
<STRONG>Another question...
I some 9-10 months ago I bought a Colt coral attached to a piece of LR, (about 1/2 lbs. of LR). The Colt Coral used to be huge..... In addition I noticed on this piece of LR two small polips of Xenia which have spread to about 6" long patch of hundreds of Xenia polyps. For the past month or two the Xenia has actually reached the Colt Coral and ever since then the Colt has not looked good at all. I take it that the fight is on. Xenia vs. Colt.....
The problem is that they are both on the same piece of rock and at this point I see no way of separating them. Don't see anyway to Split the Rock... They are just too close....Any suggestions...?
Thanks....!
[ November 29, 2001: Message edited by: BT_1999_66 ]</STRONG>
yes you should have corals couple of inches away fom each other. you can remove th colt coral from the lr. i have seen some one do it b4