can dying xenia release toxins?

[CTaylor]

Hi,

I recently buried a carpet of xenia on bottom glass (acrylic) of my tank with sand. If I scraped it off it would just break apart and infest the entire tank. The burying worked. It's dead (sorry that I did have to kill it though, I should have though ahead before I got it to somehow restrain its growth).
Now, did i release toxins (like zooanthids do)? One of my acros stn's shortly after (a few days after), another is now (but it's been a two weeks since the burying). It's hard to pinpoint if it was the xenia, b/c I did have a mishap another 2 weeks before that. So at this point I'd like to know for future reference and if I need to do anything to get rid of any remaining toxins in the tank.

TY!!

 

[Uncle99]

I trust your removing them....

I am not aware of toxin releases by Xenia, I like you, must manage these weed like softies.
Run charcoal regardless, I run it 24-7, will absorb toxins should they exist, polishes the water quite nice as well. Change monthly or so...

 

[CTaylor]

Thanks Uncle,
Yes i run Carbon all the time. But if there were toxins it still hit the corals before it could be totally absorbed. And how do you know it does absorb them (I dont mean that to sound rude ) ? I guess you have also had to kill xenia in the tank?
TY

 

[outssider]

I'm not thinking toxins, you buried something that was alive. If it's dying (which seems to be your intent) it's rotting away under the sand. Have you checked your phosphates and nitrates lately ???

 

[Anemone]

it's rotting away under the sand. Have you checked your phosphates and nitrates lately ???

This.

Kevin

 

[Uncle99]

Thanks Uncle,
Yes i run Carbon all the time. But if there were toxins it still hit the corals before it could be totally absorbed. And how do you know it does absorb them (I dont mean that to sound rude ) ? I guess you have also had to kill xenia in the tank?
TY

Fact is I don't know, been pruning the stuff for years, no adverse effects.
Now my leathers, yup, they are known for sending out turpins, but this process is a slow and deliberate process, not all at once, so carbon can keep it at bay.