Fragged some Xenia -- who ate it?!?

[ziggy222]

i gave my neighbor some for free for his tank thats doing very well and it was gone by morning.he thought his was eaten but it just dissolved.

 

[Cody Ray]

When you cut the coral it releases chemicals that could signal distress to scavengers in you aquarium. Kind of like the smell of death, so they jump all over it.

 

[ziggy222]

have you ever smelled cut xenia?its anything but yummy.my gf gagged once while i was cutting it lol.

 

[kass03]

It still sounds to me like it melted.
Ive had xenia in my tank for years now and cut tons of frags but before that had a hard time keeping it until I started using reef plus.
When they melt the arms fall off and can look like something ate it.
I have several fish, pistol shrimp, hermits, several kinds of snails including bumble bee, tons of micro stars and never saw anything eat my xenia.
I have 2 kinds the pink pulsing and elongata.
I just cut off the heads and throw them on the bottom on some rubble in low flow to propagate them.

kass

 

[ziggy222]

hmmm,thats interesting.i use reef plus as well and 11 stalks have turned into 35 in 3 months.i've done all kinds of experiments and basically they can't be killed in my tank.maybe its the reef plus.

 

[Cody Ray]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7711148#post7711148 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ziggy222
have you ever smelled cut xenia?its anything but yummy.my gf gagged once while i was cutting it lol.

Doesn't need to smell good to attack scavengers