Weetabix7 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, cnseekatz said: I've always had some in my display or refugium, but the stuff DOES NOT travel well. I tried to ship some once and it melted overnight. I think they release toxins when they're stressed, and if they're in a little baggie, they just rot in it. There's a trick to shipping it, I've done it successfully. It absolutely MUST be shipped overnight. Attach the frag plug or whatever the Xenia is mounted on to a small piece of styro so that the styro is BENEATH the frag plug. I think I used rubberbands for this. Then put the Xenia in the water so that the coral itself is dangling upside down with the styro floating on the water surface. And of course the box/shipping container needs to be insulated. 2 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Weetabix7 said: There's a trick to shipping it, I've done it successfully. It absolutely MUST be shipped overnight. Attach the frag plug or whatever the Xenia is mounted on to a small piece of styro so that the styro is BENEATH the frag plug. I think I used rubberbands for this. Then put the Xenia in the water so that the coral itself is dangling upside down with the styro floating on the water surface. And of course the box/shipping container needs to be insulated. This is exactly what I did... It didn't survive a 40 mile journey Quote Link to comment
Simulated Fish Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 3 hours ago, cnseekatz said: I've always had some in my display or refugium, but the stuff DOES NOT travel well. I tried to ship some once and it melted overnight. I think they release toxins when they're stressed, and if they're in a little baggie, they just rot in it. Moving a frag from on tank to another pissed it off for over a month, pulsing came back and growth started again but yeah Xenia is a weird one. Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 12 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Nice! Love pulsing xenia. My little frag melted when I moved. If you ever need some just holler got more than plenty to go around 1 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 10 hours ago, Weetabix7 said: There's a trick to shipping it, I've done it successfully. It absolutely MUST be shipped overnight. Attach the frag plug or whatever the Xenia is mounted on to a small piece of styro so that the styro is BENEATH the frag plug. I think I used rubberbands for this. Then put the Xenia in the water so that the coral itself is dangling upside down with the styro floating on the water surface. And of course the box/shipping container needs to be insulated. that's a neat gyro stabilization trick 7 hours ago, Hippieheadshot said: Moving a frag from on tank to another pissed it off for over a month, pulsing came back and growth started again but yeah Xenia is a weird one. Normally what i do is harvest it from my biocube and just put into the 20L without even acclimating it Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 13 hours ago, cnseekatz said: I've always had some in my display or refugium, but the stuff DOES NOT travel well. I tried to ship some once and it melted overnight. I think they release toxins when they're stressed, and if they're in a little baggie, they just rot in it. Yeah that's what I've heard. I left the frag plug just in case there's a tiny fragment of tissue left lol. 1 hour ago, Narzyzz_12 said: If you ever need some just holler got more than plenty to go around Haha thanks, I can see that! 1 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 So today I changed the rear Hamilton actinic T5 to the ATI Coral+ and man the tank is littttt!Can't believe the difference in light output (those red and green peaks)compared to even the 4 month old front facing bulb. 1 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 The ATI coral+ is so awesome, I'm really liking this spectrum. 2 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 GBG's are just about the most adorable fish, in just two days I've spent 4-5hrs watching them 2 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 So much awesome going on in this tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
Narzyzz_12 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 13 hours ago, jbb_00 said: So much awesome going on in this tank. Thanks dude, so far I've really enjoyed this system too it's by far the easiest to maintain and the most packed out of all 4. 1 Quote Link to comment
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