The devil thy name is Xenia

[isdaboy]

I'm having the same problem with anthelia in my tank now. Never was able to keep them alive before, then I got a small 5 piece clump on a live rock thinking it won't survive long like the others, then BAM! I'm really regretting it now. It's overtaking my button, mushroom and other soft corals!
I'm completely at a loss what to do!

 

[Nate1984]

I used tweezers and patience. If you pull slowly you can remove base from rock. Scrape and remove any left over tissue and remove any tissue that gets into water.

 

[amcvay1979]

I bought a tiny frag on a rock of pulsing xenia, so cool to watch them pump/pulse in the flow. Now I have one huge clump that doesn't touch rock that's more than quadrupled in size over a few months. 1 tiny cluster attached to a rock on the back wall of my tank, that's now covered, and several tiny clusters have attached to the bottom of my huge SPS covered rock. So I'm going to go back to my LFS where I purchased it and give them my huge clumps so they can sucker someone else into buying it.

 

[Webmanny]

I bought a tiny frag on a rock of pulsing xenia, so cool to watch them pump/pulse in the flow. Now I have one huge clump that doesn't touch rock that's more than quadrupled in size over a few months. 1 tiny cluster attached to a rock on the back wall of my tank, that's now covered, and several tiny clusters have attached to the bottom of my huge SPS covered rock. So I'm going to go back to my LFS where I purchased it and give them my huge clumps so they can sucker someone else into buying it.

This is 100% the truth. I was at my LFS the other day looking for a piece of live rock to make a zoa garden and I heard the following conversation between the counter guy and the customer.

Customer:
"I'm looking to add some corals to my tank that are easy to keep, but that I can maybe sell or trade in later for harder to keep corals as my tank matures."

LFS Guy:
"Oh, then Xenia is the coral you want. This is an easy to keep coral and you will have no problem with it growing."

Customer:
"Will it grow super fast and take over everything?"

LFS Guy:
"Oh no, this coral is not aggressive."


This was my face in the background:

 

[dweber618]

This is 100% the truth. I was at my LFS the other day looking for a piece of live rock to make a zoa garden and I heard the following conversation between the counter guy and the customer.

Customer:
"I'm looking to add some corals to my tank that are easy to keep, but that I can maybe sell or trade in later for harder to keep corals as my tank matures."

LFS Guy:
"Oh, then Xenia is the coral you want. This is an easy to keep coral and you will have no problem with it growing."

Customer:
"Will it grow super fast and take over everything?"

LFS Guy:
"Oh no, this coral is not aggressive."


This was my face in the background:

:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin: bahahahaha I laughed so hard at that....best expression ever.

 

[solidcore]

want some GSP ?