Pom Pom xenia!! I want one!!

[Rossdaboss]

Hi everyone!!! Im looking for a nice peace on pom pom xenia!! if anyone has it id be willing to trade!! iv got a store full of corals.. so let me know!! thanks...
Ross.. (Aquarium Fanatics)

 

[pixiegirlie]

i have some how many heads are you looking for?

heres a picture-it has grown a little since

 

[Rossdaboss]

Hi Pixi!! That looks like red sea xenia to me!!! It grows alot shorter and spreads out more than pom pom, true pom pom is really thick and tall!! thankyou though!

 

[Rossdaboss]

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This is what im looking for!!!!

 

[gwrench]

I believe that the particular xenia you are looking for is non-pulsing waving hand type of Anthelia (Waving Hand Coral). There are approximatley 60 sp. of Xenia. The photo above by pixiegirlie appears to be Xenia umbellata also known as pom pom xenia, almost always fast pulsing and usually from fiji but also found in the red sea. Xenia elongata is usually much more of a reddish/tan color with longer stalks and pulses usually rather slowly. I have both types but no Anthelia.
Hope this helps clarify.
regards,
george

 

[lifesworksataol]

thats what i thought - i have anthilla if you need some george - but not the long stalk - it just grows short

 

[jsl6v8]

I think I have some I'll check the tank in the morning and snap a picture.

 

[lifesworksataol]

first time doing this - dont know if it will work - but i think this might be what he is looking for - its from garf.org

 

[lifesworksataol]

i did it i did it - my first one - wow - that was easy - getting ready for a load of pics to come from me -

 

[jay24k]

I think he is referring to the thick stalk xenia. It's not very common and the stalks are like an inch in diameter. It's much different then our normal red sea and smaller version of pom pom. It also does not spread as crazy as the smaller versions.

 

[seth16]

Pixiegirlie, would you be willing to trade some of that for something? I have a nice rock of green star polyps, a red rhodactis mushroom, some pocillipora, and alsosome kenya tree and a wierd mysety mushroom.

 

[lifesworksataol]

got pics of your stuff seth? she will most likely - she likes zoos and mushrooms and small fish that stay small - haha

 

[lifesworksataol]

i have heard of that before - but never seen it - if you end up getting it ross let everyone know and show some pics please

 

[gwrench]

I really don't think that pic shows Xenia at all, look closley a the polyp end sof those stalks, still looks like Anthelia to me. Closley related but definatley not Xenia sp.
I thought I saw some at Oceans Blue a while back.
Not too common around here on the east coast though.
Regards,
George

 

[waterfaller1]

I used to have pom pom xenia..it was as big as a broccoli. It gets a very nice blue hue to it, and it does pulse.

 

[sytanek]

Yeah Ross's Pic does look like anthelia.

 

[loosbrew]

anthelia doesnt stalk like that. that xenia was big when GARF was going strong. i actually acquired one from them almost 10 years ago. was a great xenia, very blue and grow decently. good luck.

luis

 

[sytanek]

I was considering the polyps themselves, not really the stalk.

 

[fasteddie7]

yeah rossie i remember when vihn used to get that like it was going out of style...haven't seen it in a really long time, it was nice cause it didn't spread like wild fire!!!!

 

[jay24k]

I will tell you someone on here was selling it quite a bit for 50 dollars a stalk. He had a HUGE list.