Help...Xenia out of control!!!!

[scaast]

this stuff is growing like weeds...all over my tank...how can I stop it or slow it down?

 

[sasscuba]

grab it and rip it out. scrub the rock it was on.

 

[jaw969]

If you don't scrub the rock it will grow back (I know because all the zenia grew back where I totally cut it out , but did not scrub). It will be a big job but it's better to do it sooner than later or you will have a xenia tank.

 

[DrMilhouse]

Increase the temp a few degrees. It doesn't have to be much, but it loves to be in cooler water. Fixed mine up in a jiffy.

 

[BrokenSpoke]

If you rip out some stalks, let me know. I would like some for a nano I have and also some for my 75

 

[wantsalotta]

Higher than 83.5 degrees should eradicate it, take the temp there slowly and don't get over 85, go slowly back down after 24 hours, all the while agressivly skimming, running carbon and removing the bulk of the slime, chunks of xenia manually. Watch your LPS/SPS while doing this, may be best if you can move any sensitive corals to another tank for a week or two.


HTH

 

[zombiereef]

is it as bad as this?
out of control xenia tank

 

[scaast]

haha...that's what I'm trying to avoid!!

 

[VikeBron]

I re-aqua scaped and changed the flow and 3 different areas were gone in a week. Quite cool.

 

[stugray]

Xenia can be peeled off the live rock if you are careful.

Use a fingernail to get under an edge and work at it carefully.

If you take your time & dont just rip it out, you can get all of it.

Stu

 

[dxtr]

I used to frag them and get store credit ($4-6 per head)...

some mounted on rubble, some not...

about every 2-3 weeks I would take in a bucket and get $50 to $80 worth of free stuff! =)

 

[emoutz]

Just pull the stuff out you lazy MOFO.

 

[Zooid]

I like dxtr's idea. Xenia is like a weed and fish stores rarely carry it unless a local person brings some in. It ships notoriously bad.

 

[darkangler]

I've found that it doesn't like exceptionally clean aquariums. Do large water changes, small feedings, and heavy skimming and carbon.

 

[fuzzyt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10030508#post10030508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by darkangler
I've found that it doesn't like exceptionally clean aquariums. Do large water changes, small feedings, and heavy skimming and carbon.

Dang! Thats why it grows so well in mine.

 

[ReefJerk]

Sally Lightfoot Crabs will eat Xenia

 

[bmb527]

It peels off the rock fairly easily, and it will stay gone. It takes a while to get it all, but is better than messing with the temp or scrubbing rock.
Bill

 

[bigfoot610]

hahaha my sally light foot didnt touch the stuff but sure liked to dine on my snail

 

[hogpark7430]

purple sea urchins love it.

 

[roguemonk]

Just remember not to get something that will eat all the xenia and then starve.

Brad