xenia problem

[runningrandy04]

Hey guys, thursday I got a frag of pulsing xenia. It was extend and pulsing for the first few hours in my tank. Then it retracted, and hasn't extended since. Today it stopped pulsing. My parameters are:
ph 8.2
alk was 2.5 but brought it back up to 3.5 last night
(coralline growth is insane, it pulled down my alk more than 1meq/liter and pulled my calcium down 80 ppm in 5 days)
calcium 420
sg 1.026
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10
Tomorrow i'm gonna get a kh test kit, along with an iodine and magnesium.

Anyone have any ideas? Anything I could do to help? Move them into shade? Move them into low flow? Opposite?

 

[jbarone]

I bet it will be back out in a day or two.

 

[runningrandy04]

Yea..I know its too early for it to be adjusted. I have the nova extreme pro and 40x flow. I have it placed on the bottom in moderate flow. Is that where it should be starting at, or should I have it up more? I'm still a newb on corals so I don't know anything about placement.

 

[Dert42]

where'd you get it from?
it might take a bit to get used to your water.
xenia is pretty hearty. i wouldn't freak out just yet.

i have plenty more if that one doesn't work out.
i think xenia likes lightish flow though...
but if it opened up once in your tank already, i would think it would again.

 

[runningrandy04]

I got it from levi (levon15). Yea...I just didn't want to kill it from doing something stupid.

 

[frenchie]

i have some that grows up glass under center brace in shade doing good some up high and low i think it does good anywhere, mine don't like to get blown around much.

 

[runningrandy04]

yea... I've been trying to find a calm spot, but they are all in the caves where there isn't much light. I did put them through a lot with acclimation. I'll give it some time.