New xenia is it melting?

[Deb_&_Aaron]

May be some one can answer this for me since we are new to this.
We recently purchased a pulsing xenia from our lfs, unfortunatly the person we delt with was new to the store. When taking the frag out of the tank it was exposed to the air and the bag did not have enough water to cover the coral. I asked and was told it would be okay. We have the xenia in our tank for a week now and it is a purlple green colour with large sores on the trunk. Our water tests are all 0, our nitates are at .9, (our leather is doing well) but the test from the lfs bag came in with nitrates at almost .80.
I have been reading what everone is saying about these corals, some say they like high nitrates, others say they are not good? have we done something wrong or Im I correct in thinking that part of the problem is in the transportation.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[indy roofer]

some of mine do it from time to time what kind of light u have

 

[Garlicman2006]

Xenia is pretty hardy. Many people frag it out of the water. Unless it was out of the water for more than 20 minutes I would be suspect of your water quality.

IMO, cleaner water is better. Nitrates <1. That being said, you might need iodine supplemented. Xenia is said to require it. You could try moving it around as well. Light may not be intense enough. I have lost two xenia from melting and now I have one colony that has split three times. It will thrive when you get the water and light right.

Good luck!

 

[Deb_&_Aaron]

Thanks for the resposes guys!

We took it back to the LFS and got another one. (Replacement) we will see how it goes...