Pulsing Xenia and too much flow?

[ChrisMan123]

I have some pulsing xenia elongata and is it possible to have them in too much flow? I moved them in a place with more light but it has stronger flow and they are open but they won't pulse in the new place... is it because there is too much flow?

 

[brettandlyndi]

IME, Xenia prefers moderate current, and when placed in a high current area, they tend to stop pulsing. I believe it is because the pulsing action is how they create their own area of current around themselves, and so when they are in a higher current area, they don't need to pulse. I believe I read that somewhere, but I could be making it up, I don't know.

 

[ChrisMan123]

yeah that makes sense cuz i moved them into higher flow and they opened and did not pulse but then I moved them back cuz i wanted them to pulse and they started pulsing again when they opened back up... they used to pulse faster tho... maybe its just me haha

 

[brettandlyndi]

Usually, after moving a frag of xenia in my tank, I notice the pulsing action is somewhat slow, but with a little bit time the pulsing should return to it's usual rate.

 

[ChrisMan123]

yeah