Partially Submerged Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 My xenia occasionally drops a single polyp, which continue to pump. The xenia sits on an isolated rock, which it has covered almost completely, and is in perfect health. Am I correct to assume that the polyp dropping is a colonization strategy? If so, is there any way to discourage it (i.e. cut it back)? I know xenia is finicky, so I don't want to stress it more than necessary, but I definitely don't want more xenia. Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Well, that's a little sad. C'mon forum, help me! Everyone has xenia. (Or rather xenia has everyone... ) Link to comment
Admonition Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I would assume you are correct and that's what it's doing. When I introduced my piece on a tiny frag rock the different branches quickly 'moved' to they're own sections of my live rock before I even knew what happened. I have pretty strong flow too, but that didn't stop the growth. Not sure what will curb it short of active pruning. Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yep I noticed mine did this last week, on polyp "feel off" and was swept to the back and beyond. On cleaning glass etc yesterday, I found it at the back of a rock (attached) with baby polyps at the base... Link to comment
Gooburz Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That is what has kept me from getting Xenia, they will take over a tank and fast. I have GSP and I had to isolate to a part of the tank and they are not as bad but it's still finding a way to over take things, I'll be fragging it like crazy when I get back. Xenia is a whole different ball game, you'll find frags everywhere popping up in your tank, beautiful coral though, love the wave you get from them and torch, frogspawn, GSP. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 My xenia occasionally drops a single polyp, which continue to pump. The xenia sits on an isolated rock, which it has covered almost completely, and is in perfect health. Am I correct to assume that the polyp dropping is a colonization strategy? If so, is there any way to discourage it (i.e. cut it back)? I know xenia is finicky, so I don't want to stress it more than necessary, but I definitely don't want more xenia. Yeah sounds the same as Kenya tree... Drops branches that attach and spread. If you don't want to cut it back, you can just increase your water quality. Run some Chemi-Blue or GFO in a reactor, and I believe this will curb its growth. (Xenia likes medium dirty water) Link to comment
Partially Submerged Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Thanks for your comments, everyone! My xenia likes any kind of water, it seems like. I just found a polyp attached to another rock. Here comes the vinegar. I think I'll just cut it back more aggressively. My hope is that if I give it something else to do (i.e. growing back on the rock), it will stop dropping polyps. I've had this xenia for about half a year, and for most of the time, it's been a model citizen. Link to comment
Erica28 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Which xenia type do you have? Link to comment
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