What do people have against Xenia?????

[cristhiam]

I love xenia too, it's so relaxing to see them pulse, but so stressful when trying to get them away from other corals this is a picture of my 55 before I took it down. It all started with 1 or 2 stalks. Spreaded like that because they kept going in the MJ and getting chopped

 

[GreenPuffers]

I love mine, the very little I have. Cant wait for it to grow.

 

[Elite]

If mine grows like cristhiam's, I would be very happy. For some reasons, I can't keep them ..

 

[r0bin]

I have xenia but very low light. I have a 75 with 130 PC lighting. My zenia for 2 moths or more looked great, now all the sudden it looks like the gray blob that someone else described on here. I have it VERY high in the tank to receive the most lighting. Is this wrong? Is that what is causing its demise? Cause it looks like its dying all the sudden. It not opening or anything. On the other hand I have zoos and mushrooms all low in the tank and they look fine?

 

[nugg91]

Cristhiam,
in the bottom corner of your tank there are a couple stalks of xenia that look different from the rest of the massive amount....are these different from the rest or are they just not as 'happy'?

i recently purchased some xenia and i am worried they are not the pretty pom pom kind...sorry i don't have a pic.

 

[cristhiam]

those are elonganta, different kind

 

[nugg91]

dang it, i really wanted the pom pom kind

 

[nugg91]

will they still pulse like the others just not as fast? of course it will depend on water conditions but just for comparisons sake.

 

[drbronx]

I couldn't imagine keeping a reef without xeniids. Aesthetically, they add mesmerizing movement. The more rapidly growing forms (eg., red sea xenia, and elongata) can be used as a nutrient export system by frequently cultivating them. Xeniids also tell you a lot about the health of your tank, sort of like an early warning system. Since they are sensitive to fluctuations in reef chemistry (e.g., ph, alkalinity, calcium levels etc.) they can signal a developing imbalance in water parameters. If one is concerned about overgrowth, slow growth xeniids can be obtained. I keep Bali Blue Heteroxenia and Xenia Umbellata on the rockwork of my sps reef tank to provide animation to the reef with no danger of overgrowth. Other xeniids can be kept away from the main rockwork by maintaining them on smaller rock "islands" on the substrate.

 

[Aliie]

I'm still waiting bery impaitiently for pom pom xenia! I am considering buying from one of the guys in here.