removing xenia

[AT]

I am trying to get rid of a ton of xenia. They have completely taken over a45# rock and I cut them and they just grow back. I dont want to remove the rock asit would be a major undertaking.

 

[seattleguy]

You could scrape them off with a knife blade then use Kalkwiser Paste like it is "Round-up" weed killer and drizzle it over where each one was located. You would have to keep your pumps off for 15 to 30 minutes to allow it to "zap" them. Be careful not to over due it. What I mean is that you might want to kill some today and then wait a week or so before killing more so that don't over dose Kalk into your system.

 

[AT]

I will give that a try thanks

 

[firsttank]

I lost my all my xenia when my blue led fell into the tank . The other corals reacted to it by closing up but the xenia melted away..I am not suggesting that thats the best way but some food for thought lol!!!!

 

[WILLIAM2]

1st I wouldnt drop my LED into the water. Try turning the rock over and put the area where the xenia is into the sandbed where theres no light.

 

[surferboi2113]

i injected mine with lemon juice just like you would to get rid of apistia. worked for me...

 

[double_g2k]

chop it all off, and dry out the rock

 

[jwoyshnar]

If you want to get rid of some, id gladly pay for shipping to get it.

 

[darkdruid]

Take a piece of a black plastic garbage bag and glue some small rocks to the corners to hold it down, and drape it over the rock. It looks like crap, but in a week or two with no light or flow, they're dead and you don't have to spend hours scraping and pasting each individual one.

 

[biger]

Hey do you think that bag method would work for GSP?

 

[scuba guy ron]

I made 100.00 just yesterday selling cuttings of xenia that i posted on craigs list for 10.00 per head.

 

[darkdruid]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15267269#post15267269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by biger
Hey do you think that bag method would work for GSP?

The bag method kills everything that needs light and water flow. Since gsp needs lots of both, it should work pretty well.

 

[biger]

Thanks darkd, I manually removed what I could but wasn't sure if anybody tried this cause I can't get it all and wasn't sure if dead GSP might pollute the tank. I got most of it so it wouldn't b a lot of desd stuff.

 

[razorfingerz]

injecting them with distilled vinager will do the trick for sure

 

[JoeS]

I fist cut off as much as i can. Then i place a thin layer of reef epoxy putty over it, and i make a handle out of epoxy some where on the layer. After a week or two you can pop off the epoxy in one piece by the handle and wa-la no more xenia.

 

[AT]

thanks for the advice lost cable for 3 weeks so couldnt reply. I will try several methods and let you know what works best

 

[Mikeeal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15267376#post15267376 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scuba guy ron
I made 100.00 just yesterday selling cuttings of xenia that i posted on craigs list for 10.00 per head.

That's the best idea right there, $$$$.

 

[clowns101]

I would not recomed killing them.I would recmomend fraging them and glueing them onto a frag plug.With the way our reefs are dieing as we speake we need to save as many corals that we can in order to have a happy living reef out in the ocean.Please do not hurt or kill any animal as this is tearing our reefs down one coral at a time.We need to be saveing out reefs one coral at a time not the other way round.

 

[Elan L.]

Fluke tabs. Kill all of it within a few days and it will never grow back. This also effect GSP, but i dont know about any other softies it effects. Just dip your new coral in a fluke tab dip and that is all you need, it will rub off.

 

[peytonquillen21]

Ill love to have some!