pulsing xenia attached to favia coral

[t3xazLady]

I just bought a pulsing xenia frag that has attached itself to a "barley hanging onto life" favia frag and I am interested in saving the favia coral from death, is it ok to leave it the way it is or should it be removed? It also has a zoa polyp attached to its stalk also. I am trying to place them in my tank but im not sure if its ok for them to stay just the way it is or if there is a way to seperate them.

 

[mrlajes]

I would remove it. Put it on another part of the live rock.

 

[Psirex]

move it

 

[t3xazLady]

thanks

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

Xenia is notorious for growing over everything. I would remove the Xenia to a higher rock, it usually pulls to the light leaving a trail behind.

 

[yaridong]

how do you "remove" xenia?

everytime i have cut it it just grows back in the spot that i cut it. doesnt matter how close i cut it. in a matter of week i start seeing these little polyps coming out of the base.

 

[celamb89]

cut it and scrape the base until nothing remains, be careful with the favia

 

[sail33]

I've read that Xenia should be put on a rock island. Alone. If they reach out for another rock, clip them so that they can't go in that direction. If they are attached to a rock, try to move that rock to an island position to isolate them. If you cant scrape the spot as recommended above, or scraping doesn't work, a VERY SMALL pinpoint dose of hydrogen peroxide 3% solution like you'd find on the shelf at the drug store, will kill it. Use a hypodermic needle and just squirt a little on the remaining base of the xenia.

Search RC forums for more detail, proof, photos etc. It's been used extensively for algae removal and all say xenia will be killed too.

Don't take my word for it. research it. There is plenty of evidence and I would do it but I also don't want to be responsible if things go wrong.

I'd post links to the H2o2 algae forums but my RC search won't work on my laptop for some reason.

Good luck.