BoBoSkater Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 My LFS says they are very hardy and easy to take care of but the internet says they are hard to take care of does someone know? Link to comment
Angel Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 In my tank they are weeds as others cannot get them to live. As with any coral, research it and know its requirements before buying and don't listen to most lfs as they are out to just make a buck. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 ok i have looked at MarineDepotLive.com and I have all the right lights and water levels so i think i might give it a try Link to comment
Bobalouy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Im a novice and I think they are pretty easy, I got 3 frags, 2 have doubled in size. an one got a little beat up from my crab knocking it on the sand, almost all its hands fell off. But it grew back with 4 stalks in about 3 weeks. My biggest problem was getting them mounted. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 how do you get them mounted? .............. Just lay it on a rock? Link to comment
Bobalouy Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Well it was only a problem because my big clumsey emerald crabs kept knocking them off. The frags came attached to small pieces of LR so I ended up epoxying them down, and getting rid of the crabs. Link to comment
drg0nzo1 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have personally found they are quite easy to care for, they were actually the first corals i added to my 29 gallon and have doubled since i put them in. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 They can be easy as heck, but then randomly crash... you never really know. Link to comment
Newbie527 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I started with one tiny frag and now I have a whole tank full that I can't get rid of...(i don't want to trim and throw away) They do like a little iodine supps... I have ripped mine, pulled them off rocks and they still come back. good way to attach them is tie it down with string (you can take it out of the water..but they smell) to a shell or to the rock you want to attach it to. If you tank is balance...they should attach within two or three days. If you were closer I would give you some...but I hear they really don't mail well (warning) and you end up with a pile of sludge when you receive it. Link to comment
Carinya Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Ditto that they don't ship real well, so if your LFS has some good-looking ones, that'll help. Also ditto that they are sometimes hard to acclimate to a new tank and some people have unexplained failure after failure with them. But if you get a colony to acclimate and it likes your tank...then you are off to the races trying to keep ahead of it and keep it from taking up too much space in your tank. Personally I never found its spreading nature to be an issue b/c I'd sell frags back to my LFS and make a couple bucks. So if your LFS has some, I'd say give it a shot. Xenia is one of my favorite corals. C Link to comment
vorikua Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Hey Newbie527 I live in VA. I would love some of that Xenia. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 27, 2005 Author Share Posted February 27, 2005 how fast do they grow? Link to comment
Brian5280 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Mine seems to double in size every month Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 ok because at the lfs they are seling one polyp of xenia for 15$ is that a good deal Link to comment
Syon Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 hey bobo - where you at in TN? I might have some for trade. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 cool i live in Chattooga Link to comment
Syon Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 im in the clarksville/ft campbell area, about 4 hours away X) Link to comment
jonji09 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 They can be difficult to acclimate to a tank but once they get established they grow like weeds... then they have a habit of crashing after awhile sometimes... but I think as long as you keep up with your regular maintenance routine, they should be pretty hardy... Link to comment
jdav Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I had some xenia I bought from a fish store around here that kept comming detached from the rock i put it on so I stuck the xenia in a hole in a bigger rock took a smaller rock and basically crushed the xenia into the hole. I couldn't even see it for a week or two and then all the sudden it was like 2" tall. then an anemone stung it and it melted away. now it has grown back and there are 5 or 6 little tiny stalks of it on the rock......... I'd say it was pretty hardy Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 well i know i will be getting one this weekend now Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 O ya and what about clams are they hardy Link to comment
DLeAnnM Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 My pulsing xenia is trying to take over the tank! It came from a friend attached to a snail shell. One of my blue-legged decided to live in the shell one day. He detached the shell from the rock and carried the xenia all over tank. It was hilarious to watch, but my xenia finally got off and attached itself into a crevice. It has tripled in size in approx 5 months. Link to comment
BoBoSkater Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 ha that wood have be funny to see Link to comment
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