xeniamobile

alix2.0

alix2.0

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an activity for when youre way too bored to function, and you have way too much xenia...
(i dont know if the snail likes this)
time: 5 min, plus time it takes for xenia to open
required boredom level: 11
stink level: 3 (xenia is gross!)
cost: $0
coolness level: -5
what youll need:
-xenia

-snail

-cyanoacrylate glue

-razor

-paper towel

1 remove xenia and snail (im using a turbo) from DT.

2 select a small section of xenia, and cut it off using your razor.

3 pat the snails shell dry with paper towel.

4 put a small amount of glue on the snail's shell, be careful not to get it on his skin.

5 dry the separated piece of xenia with paper towel, and carefully attach it to the glue. you may want to drip a little water over the glue, to make the surface cure.

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alix2.0

alix2.0

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6 rise your xeniamobile, and the rest of your xenia, and return to DT.

lame but slightly entertaining, if youre a dork like me (which you are.) enjoy.
 
nycbob

nycbob

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do u really want ur xenia to spread even faster than now? i wish i never put one in my dt in the 1st place. now it is everywhere. anyone living in nyc, i'd be more than happy to gv u a few.
 
alix2.0

alix2.0

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oooh i didnt think about that. lol. oh well.
actually, the green star polyps i got last month have already shown more growth than my xenia has in a year. im more worried about that, because its harder to remove. lol.
 
spiderwoman

spiderwoman

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I can't make Xenia grow in my tanks, tried it both in 55 and 75 and my Silver Branch Xenia is all shrivelled up. How are your nitrates nycbob?
 
nycbob

nycbob

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nitrates at 0. its a sps tank.
this was taken 1 week ago

this was taken 3 weeks ago after trimming, now it has quadrupled as u can seen from above pic.

this pic will show it dropping xenia frags.
 
spiderwoman

spiderwoman

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What type of Xenia is that? Mine is darker with golden stripes. I wonder if it has to do with the type. I got mine from xyz site and it was aquacultured with a certificate. Was pretty for a week and then it shrivelled up. A few of our reef club members have a hard time getting it to grow too so I'm not sure what our problem is
My nitrates are 0 as well so it's not that.
 
nwdyr

nwdyr

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+1
I think that is funny and cool
I guess I am a member of the "dork club" I am going to do that to one of my blue leggs, I wonder if he will rip it off???
 
nycbob

nycbob

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i got my original frag from swf.com. i thought it wouldnt make it when it 1st arrived bc only 2 polyps were left. it took off right away, then dieoff. after a few weeks of what i thought was no more xenia, it began popping up again. since i hv been having xenia mania problem. i hv actually put a few into my fowlr tank, and its taken off in there as well.
 
natclanwy

natclanwy

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I have a snail that apparently took too long of a siesta and a kenya tree managed to attatch to its shell figured the tree would eventually die but its been about 2 years now and both are going strong the tree is about 3-4" tall now and about 3" wide so it looks pretty comical on the back of a snail crawling on the glass that is only about an 1" in diameter.
 
jaymz

jaymz

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Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2622967
lol i totally forgot about him. ill have to find him and see how hes doing today.

Originally Posted by natclanwy
http:///forum/post/2623838
I have a snail that apparently took too long of a siesta and a kenya tree managed to attatch to its shell figured the tree would eventually die but its been about 2 years now and both are going strong the tree is about 3-4" tall now and about 3" wide so it looks pretty comical on the back of a snail crawling on the glass that is only about an 1" in diameter.
I think we all deserve some pictures of this.. I had some clove polyp on a cleaner clam for a while.
 
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