Xenia

[Mchllmarsh]

I know this sounds barbaric, but is there anyway to actually kill xenia? Its taking over my tank! I keep cutting it back, but it growns back even stronger...

 

[SuperNerd]

No need to. Take them out and to one of your local fish stores. They will, at the very least, most likely give you store credit.

What type do you have?

 

[Mchllmarsh]

I dont really know. Its pink, its really pretty.

Its falling to my zoas... It just growns extremly fast. I dont want to kill it all just the spots that I dont want it to grow.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

do you mean to completely kill the whole coral? if so, there're many ways...for instance taking it out of water and just letting it sit. But i'm w/supernerd on that one...why not just take it to the lfs?

 

[rockindacheeks]

if you took all the xenia in your tank to the LFS you would have no LR left. just take a razor blade and chop it off. make sure you get all of it off the rock or it will grow back with a vengence...

 

[Mchllmarsh]

I dont want to kill it all, but i have some other corals attached to the same rocks that the xenia are growning on. I dont want to have to get rid of my other stuff.

I was just going to try to down size on the xenia. So you you have any creative ways to remove it with out killing or removing the other stuff attached to the same rocks, please pass the ideas down.

Thank You

 

[snslarison]

I'd go with some sort of high powered explosive.

 

[SuperNerd]

I use tweezers from marine depot. It has little serrated tips that help me peel away the coral from the base, on the LR, before ripping them off by their stalk.

 

[MasiisaM22]

I take my nail and try to get under the stock. Then I just chip away. After doing that 10-15 times I pulled what I could and I just laid some epoxy over what remains. No more Xenia.

Plus if you can time it. Use the epoxy to lay in some new coral. Kill two birds with one stone

 

[iamquockie]

i just cut and trade in to lfs--they give me $10 a stalk, I walked out of there with $250 one time, store credit and bought kalk and other additives along with carbon. Nothing like free maintenance additives. other times i cut and give away. I am getting tired of snipping also.

 

[pufferpoison]

here in Kansas, Xenia is very hard to come by. I bought some (silver branching) and both of the fish stores can't wait to buy some back from me.

This stuff I have pulses like crazy, but hasn't really started to spread real well yet

 

[dc_909]

Cut the stalks and use kalk paste on what is left on the rock

 

[Mchllmarsh]

Thank you everyone! You have been so helpful!

Michelle

 

[R33f3r]

My xenia is all finally dying due to going bb. Never again will I put that junk in any tank. xenia HATES low nutrients.