dmanshep Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 Hello, I have a 7 gallon bow front that I have some coral in... I have been having alot of luck with this xenia except I have a ?... XENIA LINK just tonight the xenia in the picture to the right seems to have shrunk down alot and isn't happy... my water params are as follows SG = 1.024 temp = 76.9 Nitrite = 0 Amonia = 0 Nitrate = 4 - 5 ppm calcium = 480ish PH = 8.43 - 8.45 plenty of water flow and light 2 13watt smartlights.. can anyone shed some light on possible problems.. oh and all I have fed is some brine about once a week... not sure what else to feed just a coral tank... sorry i'm kinda new to coral.. thanks dan Link to comment
Crakeur Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 judging from that picture, it looks like the current might be a bit too strong for the xenia. Link to comment
Metznreef Posted November 14, 2002 Share Posted November 14, 2002 it could just be one of those random meltings of colonies you here about from xenia owners i have read alot of cases about this hapening over on reef central (before it turned slow and stupid). it could be stressed induced or just a natural occurance. Link to comment
ricknbecky Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 we had a xenia that did great for about a week and then in all of the sudden melted. Who knows I hope yours perks back up soon. Ours continued to look worse and worse. we finially scraped it off the rock and removed it when its stalk looked like it was about to burst, I would rather loose the xenia than to crach my entire tank. Link to comment
reef hugger Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 a couple of things to consider: did you just do a water change? is something crawling around/on the coral that might be bothering it? have you tried moving it to a different spot in the tank to see if that makes a difference? how long have you had that coral? have you added any new coral(s) into the tank that could possibly be stinging the xenia or sending off defense chemicals? the only thing that i have used so far for feeding my coral only tank is phytoplex by kent marine. i didn't add any for a month and my xenia stopped pulsing. as soon as i did, :woot: hth Link to comment
BCOrchidGuy Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Xenia, from what I have read needs Iodide suplimentation BUT to much Iodide can be fatal for them. Depending on how many soft corals you have I may consider adding some Iodide at 1/4 to 1/2 strength once to twice a week and see if the Xenia perks up... Just don't OD the iodide. Link to comment
mxpro32 Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 ive had a xenia colony melt away for no appearant reason. all tank params were fine and all other corals were doing great and the xenia just decided to disintigrate. recently my xenia started looking like crap and i was worried but now its making a slow recovery. mine looked worse than yours. Link to comment
Salim Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 The killer pipe fish scared it away I think. Seriously, what is that monstrosity. Salim Link to comment
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