how long can pulsating xenia survive outside of water?

[innoutb]

If the tank gets moved, and the pulsating xenia is stuck near the top of the tank glass, how long will the pulsating xenia live for while being transported?

The tank needs to be moved.

 

[mb167204]

i just drained my 180 gallon completely today to catch some fish and my pulsing xenia was out of the water for about an hour. its doing fine already pulsing withing an hour.

 

[mutateddogbone]

if you keep it moist it should be fine for a few hours

 

[wbond]

that stuff is hard to kill, should be fine if kept wet

 

[innoutb]

the move happened and hopefully went well.. it's still too soon to tell. thanks for all your help! =)

 

[ekr1]

when i move my tank i left on top of the tank for like 5 hour because i forgot it was there. so i put it back in the tank and 2 days later it was pulsing fine.

 

[tmrvstyle]

I've seen soft corals live for long times outside water. I've moved tanks that were overgrown with xenias and mushroom corals wroth rocks in garbage cans without wager and just humid live for days.

The most impressive thing I saw was when I purchased a reef tank from a person quiting the hobby and some of the live rock with mushrooms wouldn't fit my system, so he set them in the flowerbeds and over a week later the mushrooms had moved of the rocks onto the mulch and were open and standing. When the overcast rainy weather quit and the sun came out they dried and died that day.

This was no salt just moisture from rain.

 

[BrianKC]

A lot of polyp corals are used to being out of the water. Zoa, especially, grow where tides can leave them exposed to air and freshwater rain for hours. Amazing animals, these things.