My New Massive Giant Xenia Bush

[menta]

Thats a BIG konch down there...

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Looks cool Sure its xenia though? Personally i think it looks more like something else...anthelia to be exact..

Either way, it still looks nice

 

[menta]

I Do think it is Xenia.
A Closer shot :

 

[menta]

According to "LiveAquaria", Anthelia is some kind of Xenia
Here

 

[drummereef]

Anthelia sp. and Xenia sp. are different genus. Anthelia grow from an encrusting mat while xenia has a stalk and branches. Looks to be Xenia from the pic, but can't see completely how it is growing from the rock.

 

[menta]

It is stalks comging out of the rock.

 

[menta]

It's also kindda Blue/Purple rather then other Xenia I saw that are usually pink.

 

[scoutmaniak]

I bet that looks awesome in real life!! Ive never had xeina get that big, I always cut it back. I mite let it grow now...

 

[menta]

I have a pink pumpuing Xenia, It gets spread to the sides rather to the up. Also its stalks are pretty thin.
This rock I brough last week , each stalk is very fat and long and they are less pumping.
I'm not sure because they are so many or what.

 

[menta]

This is how they looks without lights :

 

[sir_dudeguy]

I'm still sticking with not regular xenia...its just growing too close together for that imo. Looks more like that anthelia or whatever its called, which as someone said (i think) is a type of xenia i guess.

Still looks cool though

 

[menta]

If you search liveaquaria.com for "Xenia" or "Anthelia" you will get the same results.

 

[Scuba Josh]

very nice Menta.

Did you get it straight out of the Red Sea (in Eilat)?

 

[menta]

Nope,
Got it from someone who grow it to that size from several small frags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnuySDWl4N4

 

[RightWinger210]

Looks like silver xenia w/o the lights, too, but very large bunch, Ill have to get a pic of the reef tank at my school, VERY large bunch of pulsing xenia, even a bunch on a large hermit shell, hopefully, a crab will go in it, haha!

 

[salty55]

looks just like my pulsing xenia

 

[ReefJunkie21]

man that is nice. I need to get some of that.

 

[pncpon]

very nice

 

[iamkellogg]

That is very cool.

Kelly

 

[scoutmaniak]

that is how mine grows in low flow... its xenia