Pulsing xenia

[Artsychiki13]

Hey guys does it matter if my pulsing xenia hasn't been pulsing for two days now. It is completely open and flowing in the current. I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[Rogger Castells]

As long as it is not closed up or retracting into a little ball. it should be fine

 

[Artsychiki13]

Thanks a bunch. (=*

 

[saltycreefer]

Check your alkalinity.

 

[Artsychiki13]

will do.

 

[reefsahoy]

r u sure it xenias? they have other corals that looks like xenias too.

 

[chrisaggie]

If it pulses it's most likely xenia. I've always found "pulsing" xenia to be a funny description since there is no xenia that does not pulse under the right conditions.

 

[Ludwigia73]

I agree, check your alkalinity. High or low alkalinity itself does not cause a xenia to not pulse. It's the sudden changes. If you had very low alk and did a large water change, they could stop pulsing for a few days, but they really are hard to kill (uh, unless you treat a few rocks with fluke tabs for acro flatties. Killed every xenia in my tank, even though I was careful to rinse every rock I treated first in sterile salt water, then in a quick fresh dip. Next day, no more xenia!
Anyway, to prove my point, at the time of my dipping, I had xenia like mad, pulsing away happily. My alk was around 1.5!!! I've since brought it up, and my hard corals are coloring up a little more.