Pulsing Xenia How to control there spread?

[ChitownRomeo]

Just got a small frag of Waving hand pulsing Xenia. I mounted the frag on a seperate rock. How do I control it cause it's getting huge!!

 

[ddelozier]

trim it back often once it gets the size you want. Other than that, there's really no way. Even that may not work. I've heard Xenia can grow like weeds. so while they are pretty, they wont be appearing in my tanks.

 

[PSU4ME]

Take the rock out!

 

[theplantman]

When I had it in my first set up, I had a pair of aquarium tongs and once every two weeks used them to pull the excess off the rock work.

 

[ReefApprentice]

Put the rock in a closed container...Or just trim it OFTEN . If it looks like its going to split frag that piece off, heal it and then sell it. Got mime as a tiny polyp(stalk)and now its about 7 different colonies all are huge.

 

[Ian Eisenberg]

Kill it with fire.

 

[major fish]

Kill it with fire.

How do you keep the flame alight once under water?

 

[ChitownRomeo]

How do you keep the flame alight once under water?

lol....

 

[theplantman]

How do you keep the flame alight once under water?

oxy/acetylene torch does the job very well.

 

[jsgarrido]

i just had some one offer me some nice white pulsing xenia but now i dont even know if i should get some :tears:
i really like them .. would the green star polyps grow like weeds as well?

 

[jcgardner]

If you want to sell some I would be interested.

 

[theplantman]

oxy/acetylene torch does the job very well.

yes they do, but look really good on the back wall of a tank

 

[AC273]

Xenia are not that bad. I look at it like this... you mow your grass and trim you shrubs when you have a house, so what's the big deal about trimming your Xenia. I have walking Xenia and just removed a large colony from a rock it wasn't suppose to be on. They come off pretty easy.

 

[blackbeltmom]

I haven't had the problem with Xenia, but I have had the problem with Anthelia. I used the pickling lime mixture that I use for Aptasia on it, if I could peel it off the rock.

 

[ChitownRomeo]

If you want to sell some I would be interested.

Sure want to see some pics and a video of it?

 

[ChitownRomeo]

I have alot I'm willing to get rid of.

 

[lzrlvr]

:chair:xenia,anthelia,clavularia,green star polyps or yellow polyps let them grow! dont panic!