Zapping Xenia

[FlamesFan]

I've tried using a siringe full of concentrated calcium like a paste and it wounds some, kills some but for the most part the sh*t just keeps bouncing back from the dead. Any suggestions on exterminating this stuff?

 

[BuddhaKiss]

There are many ways of getting rid of it. Personally, I love mine, but when I have to remove the ones that are spreading in areas I don't want them to, I just cut them close to the base, wait a few minutes for the leftover to retract and clump up a bit, and use fine tweezers to pry it off the rock. No more xenia! Takes a bit of patience, but at least no xenia will grow back. This is easier if you can take the rock out.

Lets Go Caps!!!

 

[pong]

i wish i had your problem,

what are your parameters? im having problems growing xenia...

 

[heartandsoul]

i also had a problem growing xenia. Then one day there it was and now it wont leave lol

 

[Duff Man]

After picking xenia out, if there is any remnant I will hit it with kalk paste.

 

[david pinder]

the kalk paste helps but even then they have come back, the only guarantee is to dig out the rock where the xenia was. good luck i spend an hour or two each week digging out xenias in my 1200 gal tank, I sometimes sell my rock covered with xenias to my local shop they love to have them and i get extra rock in return. now that rteally gets rid of it.

 

[maypo59]

When I dabbled in the crabgrass of the sea experiment in my tank, I finally ended up cutting it short as I could, then using a piece of 1/2 tube, flushed the area with boiling hot tank water very carefully for a few seconds where the foot was... it never came back after that.

 

[FlamesFan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14486173#post14486173 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pong
i wish i had your problem,

what are your parameters? im having problems growing xenia...

Params are "perfect" heh. I run ZEO but still the stuff manages to wander from the main colony. Aswell as they spawn pods that start new colonies inside the tank in other areas.

 

[fishwood]

Have you tried giving it to a LFS for trade credit? Apparently a lot of them will go for that. Might be a better budgetary option than just killing and tossing it.

 

[FlamesFan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14488675#post14488675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishwood
Have you tried giving it to a LFS for trade credit? Apparently a lot of them will go for that. Might be a better budgetary option than just killing and tossing it.

If I had a frag tank I might do that.

 

[butrya03]

ive got a coral beauty and a flame im my system who like to munch on my xenia every now and then. if i notice the xenia growing out of control, i just cut down to one feeding for a couple days and they remove some xenia for me. it eventually grows back but keeps it from spreading too far.