Pulsing Xenia ..... interesting

[singold]

So, as many of you know I posted a thread earlier this week that my pulsing xenia was dying. And in fact it did, I had about 12 stalks on a rock that was the diameter of about a softball. They have all been reduced to mush. Anyway, all stalks have disenegrated .......except for one. The new stalk that was transferred to a different LR about a month ago by an existing stalk that was swaying towards it and part of it attached to this different rock. So anyway, after much reading and various responses, & my parameters having all been in line, I wondered about this as far as a study. After deducting that my parameters all seemed to be in check, I wonder if the conclusion is that Pulsing Xenia nothing to do with water parameters but maybe the life cycle in a contained home reef aquarium. My question to you is has anyone had the same colony of Pulsing Xenia successful after say 6 months?

 

[NirvanaFan]

I've had my colony for 16 months or so.

 

[koconnor1963]

Hi,

I have had the same colony of pulsing Xenia for about two years now, they have shifted occasionall, they have died back on more than one occasion, almost to nothing. But the little diehards keep regenerating and coming back strong. My advice is to make absolutely sure they are dead before doing anything with the LR home.

 

[cloak]

Check this out.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/ac/feature/index.php

 

[IslandCrow]

About 2 1/2 years on my pulsing xenia, and I'm pretty sure others have kept colonies going for much longer. Water parameters are a factor, but certainly not the only one. Lighting and water flow also play a role (a major role in my opinion). There are no doubt other factors, as some very experienced hobbiests have a very difficult time keeping this particular type of coral.

 

[filippo]

i got a piece about 1 month 1/2 ago. it left its original rock. then it got smaller and then bigger. it's now split into 3 pieces and is moving in different parts of a rock.

 

[IFbettas]

There was an article in an old TFH Magazine that was about this problem. The author compared xenia to a phoenix. It lives and then dies, only to regrow from the "ashes" where it used to be, if conditions are good.

 

[phish guy]

IFbettas is right, i read the same one. sometimes it just dies off but the remainder just grows back as if nothing happened.

 

[sassafrass]

That has been my experience also