Xenia Problem

[Da7VgeR_Zo7Ve]

I have had pulsating xenia for about 6 months now if not longer. It has done really well..grown a ton.Recently some of the xenia has changed to a purple color and stay sheivled. I have tested several times and have found i was low on calcium. I have been adding b ionic almost every other day for about 3 weeks. I awoke this morning and found that two stumps of xenia were brown. One looked like it was fried. The other looked as if it was melting. After reading i know that they dead. I removed them from the tank. Should I have done that? I really just want to make sure that this is not a diease..Because when i took the "dead" xenia out i am sure that i spread it. Has anyone had this problem? I have a lot of LPS and had brown jelly diease a while back. I just want to make sure i didnt make a bigger problem for myself..Thanks!

 

[RedHeckle]

Can you post a picture, that will help.

Also, how's your skimming (ie: dry, wet). I've read that Xenia don't like overskimmed tanks and I've had that experience also when I had a "wetter" skimmate. After dialing a dryer skimmate the xenia bounced back.

Good luck,
Glenn

 

[Da7VgeR_Zo7Ve]

I have sent you a message due to the fact that i cannot post a picture ha i dont know how..but for the most part my skim is dry almost always..Could it be that i replaced two light bulbs..They are different then what was originally in the fixture...? I had my water tested today and the LFS said everything was fine..soo i am just hoping that this is not a disease..Thanks!

 

[Da7VgeR_Zo7Ve]

Also..if you think it could be a disease..would it be beneficial to use my coral dip?..i really dont wanna loose any corals after dealing with brown jelly disease

 

[RedHeckle]

It's highly possible that the new bulbs have caused the issue since the overall PAR output will have increased with the newer bulbs - have other corals been affected post bulb change? May take a few days for the coral to readjust to the light output.

Not sure if I would dip yet, maybe someone can chime in.

Other than that, just keep an eye on it. Xenia are supposed to be fairly hardy but I know that some folks have no issues keeping them (for me they're almost a weed), while the other half can't keep them alive and aren't sure why.

 

[aaronlp]

sometimes like mine i feel like they go through a phase mine recovered after a while and are nice and healthy now!

 

[scuba guy ron]

at any given time I have aprox 30 heads for about 5 yrs now. 2 years ago, I had 2 out of the 30 do this. they died. I've never had it happen again.....from time to time I wish it did though since they grow like weeds.