Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef

chrism · 06-14-2008, 10:58 AM

hello from England.
Has anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of Xenia from a reef tank.
I've tried all I can think of including cutting, scraping and siphoning, and even injecting with the same stuff you use for killing aiptasia, but it just keeps coming back happier and healthier than ever.
So far I've manged to keep it away frpm my corals but it's getting to be a real pain.
Thanks for any assistance

Chris

Techno-Vicki · 06-14-2008, 11:04 AM

Can you pull the rocks out that it is on and let them soak in FW or dry out?

vdituri · 06-14-2008, 11:22 AM

Or fragment the rocks and sell it to a pet store?

Total irradication seems hard to do.
Except if you try and encourage growth and walk around the house saying how much you hope the xenia doesn't die. It may just do the opposite. Seems to work pretty well.

BEELZEBOB · 06-14-2008, 11:26 AM

get new rocks.

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funkpolice · 06-14-2008, 12:35 PM

I'm kind of trying to thin out my Xenia as well. All the Xenia I have seems to want to migrate to the top of the tank, so I just put rubble in it's path, and export it when it is on the rubble pcs. Once it reaches the top of the tank, it doesn't have any where to go and just grows bigger. It's not instant eradication, but pc by pc I'm getting it out of the tank. I have a hard time finding people who want my small pcs though, and I'm not comfortable throwing it out, so it's currently taking up a lot of space on my substrate, space I really want open for some different corals. If you can remove the rocks it's on, then take them out and kill the xenia that way, if the rocks are too big, try coaxing the Xenia onto smaller, removable rocks with the water flow.
bill

chrism · 06-14-2008, 12:39 PM

Thanks for the replies.
The idea of taking the rock and soaking in fw isn't really parctical as there is a lot of other stuff growing on them (including a large plating Montipora) which has welded several pieces of rock together, the rock was mainly from my previous reef, but I didn't have any Xenia in there...a few pieces were new and i suppose that it arrived on them...it first appeared at the back of the rocks at the bottom of the tank, but has quite quickly spread up and is now growing over the tops and getting very close to some of my best corals, so i am really going to have to find some way of stopping it.
There has to be a way......please

Chris

BEELZEBOB · 06-14-2008, 12:41 PM

take the rock out, scrape as much as you can with like a brush, and then superglue over where they were?

deaclauderdale · 06-14-2008, 12:47 PM

I was thinking super glue as well.

funkpolice · 06-14-2008, 12:47 PM

I'd be interested in seeing a pic if you have one. Maybe it would inspire some methods of removal?
bill

Techno-Vicki · 06-14-2008, 12:53 PM

super glue sounds good

BEELZEBOB · 06-14-2008, 01:28 PM

Duh-Duh-Duh, Dun-Dun-Duh-Dun, Duh Duh Dun Dun!

06-14-2008, 10:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
chrism Bryozoan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Posts: 59 View Gallery Karma Komment	Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef hello from England. Has anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of Xenia from a reef tank. I've tried all I can think of including cutting, scraping and siphoning, and even injecting with the same stuff you use for killing aiptasia, but it just keeps coming back happier and healthier than ever. So far I've manged to keep it away frpm my corals but it's getting to be a real pain. Thanks for any assistance Chris __________________ chris

06-14-2008, 11:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Techno-Vicki Dancing Mandarins Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sanger, CA (on Kings River) Posts: 1,170 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef Can you pull the rocks out that it is on and let them soak in FW or dry out? __________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

06-14-2008, 11:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 6,244 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef Or fragment the rocks and sell it to a pet store? Total irradication seems hard to do. Except if you try and encourage growth and walk around the house saying how much you hope the xenia doesn't die. It may just do the opposite. Seems to work pretty well. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

06-14-2008, 11:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
BEELZEBOB -CHAUVINIST PIG- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 4,851 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef get new rocks. ? __________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont ** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper... BARB FREGGIN RULES**

06-14-2008, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
funkpolice Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orland Park IL Posts: 1,412 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef I'm kind of trying to thin out my Xenia as well. All the Xenia I have seems to want to migrate to the top of the tank, so I just put rubble in it's path, and export it when it is on the rubble pcs. Once it reaches the top of the tank, it doesn't have any where to go and just grows bigger. It's not instant eradication, but pc by pc I'm getting it out of the tank. I have a hard time finding people who want my small pcs though, and I'm not comfortable throwing it out, so it's currently taking up a lot of space on my substrate, space I really want open for some different corals. If you can remove the rocks it's on, then take them out and kill the xenia that way, if the rocks are too big, try coaxing the Xenia onto smaller, removable rocks with the water flow. bill

06-14-2008, 12:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
chrism Bryozoan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Posts: 59 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef Thanks for the replies. The idea of taking the rock and soaking in fw isn't really parctical as there is a lot of other stuff growing on them (including a large plating Montipora) which has welded several pieces of rock together, the rock was mainly from my previous reef, but I didn't have any Xenia in there...a few pieces were new and i suppose that it arrived on them...it first appeared at the back of the rocks at the bottom of the tank, but has quite quickly spread up and is now growing over the tops and getting very close to some of my best corals, so i am really going to have to find some way of stopping it. There has to be a way......please Chris __________________ chris

06-14-2008, 12:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
BEELZEBOB -CHAUVINIST PIG- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 4,851 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef take the rock out, scrape as much as you can with like a brush, and then superglue over where they were? __________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont ** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper... BARB FREGGIN RULES**

06-14-2008, 12:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
deaclauderdale Reefing for Jesus Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lancaster,California Posts: 2,523 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef I was thinking super glue as well. __________________ 187 Gallon Peninsula Tank (2) 250 Watt HQI That's what I love about saltwater tanks. You get God's best!!

06-14-2008, 12:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
funkpolice Reef Lobster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orland Park IL Posts: 1,412 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef I'd be interested in seeing a pic if you have one. Maybe it would inspire some methods of removal? bill

06-14-2008, 12:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Techno-Vicki Dancing Mandarins Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sanger, CA (on Kings River) Posts: 1,170 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef super glue sounds good __________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

06-14-2008, 01:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
BEELZEBOB -CHAUVINIST PIG- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boulder Colorado Posts: 4,851 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Help!!! Xenia is taking over my reef Duh-Duh-Duh, Dun-Dun-Duh-Dun, Duh Duh Dun Dun! __________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont ** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper... BARB FREGGIN RULES**

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