HITSEEDS Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 XENIA WILL NOT OPEN SEEMS TO BE DYING SOME HELP PLEASE ANY INFO WILL BE HELPFUL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS.... WATER SEEMS TO BE FINE Link to comment
abernier Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 mine do that every so often. there like that right now. and my water is fine Link to comment
HITSEEDS Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 MINI JET 606 should it be higher ? plus mine have done this before but not for such a long period of time. Link to comment
schaferfred Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 If it is in a high flow area, move it to a lower flow area and see how it does. Link to comment
secretreef Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Xenia like off to the side water flow to barly any at all, bye the way if u just put it in there they will be pissed off especially if u had to rubberband it to a rock to get it to stick. Xenia is very very hardy if it goes so will alot of your other corals Edit it likes alot of light also i placed mine at the top of my nano like top 25% regan of your tank but dont let it hit the surface of your water or u will run into alot of problems Link to comment
MakoMan36 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Xenia won't open can drive you crazy when its trying to adapt to the water and lighting but after it's happy and thriving it will drive you more crazy worrying about xenias(Aptasia) taking over the tank.Xenia get mad pretty long so give it some time ,even a dead root can come back to life . i squeeze a branch because it come too close to the acro ,about a week later a bunch of babies xenia is born at the same spot. well good luck! Link to comment
doody Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 What do you mean squeeze a branch Link to comment
MrAnderson Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 i recently transplanted some xenia from another tank and they shriveled terribly after two days. Then I checked some refs and read that xenia will sometimes adapt to new conditions by shriveling their arms retracting the trunks and growing new podlike extensions and walking to a new spot, only to rejuvenate. Mine are coming back as we speak, and began pulsing again rigorously only today. Give it a week and see what happens. The one colony I kept messing with died and melted. The others recovered. Just let them recover on their own and don't mess with them too much. Link to comment
HITSEEDS Posted September 12, 2004 Author Share Posted September 12, 2004 xenia is starting to look weak the tips are starting to lose there color and are looking pale still has not opened up all the way in a while Link to comment
Cesar Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I was thinking of getting some Xenia's, but im not too informed in that type of coral. Are they hardy and do they require high MH light? Link to comment
Sushi Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Cesar: they don't require MH lighting, PC's will suffice. HITSEEDS: is everything in your tank doing OK? your water params might be off since it's been a little over 2 weeks and your xenia still hasn't adjusted yet. do a water change, and check your params to make sure nothing's off. Link to comment
supernip Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 xenia is a great indicator of water quality Link to comment
Cesar Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Uchiha is 2 65 W PC's enough for a Xenia? That's 130W total. So that's about 6W/ gallon for my tank. Link to comment
DarkDruid Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Xenia are also living iodine test kits. They need a fairly large amount to do well. In my tanks when the iodine levels start to drop, the xenia will slow down or even stop pulsing. Add it and within minutes they will pick up and start pulsing again. Have you tried an iodine additive ? Link to comment
Green Shat Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 do you have the gold kind or the more common purple/brown kind? It makes a huge difference. From my experience the gold kind is far more sensative and will die within a few days under lighting that is too intense, while the more common kind seems to thrive under even the most intense light. Water current goes the same way too- gold likes less, purple likes more Link to comment
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