Xenia Not Doing So Well

[Brad]

I bought a small fragment of a Xenia about 5 days ago and it just does not
look very healthy. My water quality is great and I was cautious to
acclimatize it very slowly. I only have 200 watts of PC lighting. All my
other corals are doing great. The Xenia only extends its arms for a couple
hours during the day and then pretty much bunch's up the rest of the time.
Not at all what it looked like when I bought it. Do I not have enough
light? Is this a normal response to a new environment or is it circling the
drain? Any idea's/thoughts?

Brad

[Dsybok]

Yeah try iodine. The lights arent the problem.

D

"Brad" > wrote in message
news:4PFVa.4107$Ye.1842@fed1read02...
> I bought a small fragment of a Xenia about 5 days ago and it just does not
> look very healthy. My water quality is great and I was cautious to
> acclimatize it very slowly. I only have 200 watts of PC lighting. All my
> other corals are doing great. The Xenia only extends its arms for a
couple
> hours during the day and then pretty much bunch's up the rest of the time.
> Not at all what it looked like when I bought it. Do I not have enough
> light? Is this a normal response to a new environment or is it circling
the
> drain? Any idea's/thoughts?
>
> Brad
>
>
>

[Todd W]

How much current are they in? Mine (red sea variety) like a little
current not really strong current.
I would try moving it to another part of your tank and see if the
location is to blame.

Todd

[Xena Warrior Princess]

What kind of Xenia?

Try moving it to a different location in the tank. Where did you get it.
Xenia doesn't like being shipped.

Everyone will say add iodine. The iodine seems to help them pulse, but
pulsing doesn't = healthy. Iodine can quickly harm your tank, make the
Xenia healthy then try iodine if it doesn't pulse.


"Brad" > wrote in message
news:4PFVa.4107$Ye.1842@fed1read02...
> I bought a small fragment of a Xenia about 5 days ago and it just does not
> look very healthy. My water quality is great and I was cautious to
> acclimatize it very slowly. I only have 200 watts of PC lighting. All my
> other corals are doing great. The Xenia only extends its arms for a
couple
> hours during the day and then pretty much bunch's up the rest of the time.
> Not at all what it looked like when I bought it. Do I not have enough
> light? Is this a normal response to a new environment or is it circling
the
> drain? Any idea's/thoughts?
>
> Brad
>
>

[Dragon Slayer]

IME different currents only cause different growth styles, strong current
you get short and thick, light current you get long and slender. YMMV


kc

"Todd W" > wrote in message
...
> How much current are they in? Mine (red sea variety) like a little
> current not really strong current.
> I would try moving it to another part of your tank and see if the
> location is to blame.
>
> Todd
>
>

[Rob Marston]

> Iodine can quickly harm your tank, make the Xenia healthy then try iodine
if it doesn't pulse.

If I remember correctly Xenia will only pulse when the Alkalinity > 8.4,
they also do better in a new tank than an old established one, seems they
like it dirty :-)

Rob

[Marc Levenson]

My Xenia doesn't pulse much at all anymore, but they are in a relatively high
spot of flow. I'm tempted to glue some frags to the back wall where they aren't
in the current so they can be pretty and pulse, but I may very well be replacing
it with a new tank... so it waits.

My alk is closer to 11 dKH, and I don't dose Iodine. I do see some pulse at
night when the lights are off.

Marc


Xena Warrior Princess wrote:

> Never heard about the high alkalinity before. My tank is always high in dKh
> (around 10-13) and my elongata seem to really like it.
>
> "Rob Marston" > wrote in message
> ...
> > > Iodine can quickly harm your tank, make the Xenia healthy then try
> iodine
> > if it doesn't pulse.
> >
> > If I remember correctly Xenia will only pulse when the Alkalinity > 8.4,
> > they also do better in a new tank than an old established one, seems they
> > like it dirty :-)
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >

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