shriveling xenias

posisme · 04-09-2007, 02:40 AM

my 29 gallon reef is doing awesome except my xenias they are shriveling up to nothing and for no apparent reason water parameters are perfect and they are scattered all around the tank so its affecting only my xenias in all different areas of my tank truly perplexed

saltwaterfarm · 04-09-2007, 03:03 AM

IME... Xenia does that. I had 2 batches in one of my tanks... One looked horrible, and the other was fine. I had no luck whatsoever with Xenia in my 29 gal or my 3 gal. It is doing very well in my 90.

lcstorc · 04-09-2007, 07:52 AM

I had a xenia melt down to almost nothing after moving it from one tank to another in the same system. It was only there about an hour while I re-aquascaped the tank it was in and both tanks share filtration etc. It did everntually come back.

Warnberg · 04-09-2007, 09:09 AM

Zenia will do that from time to time, water changes, feeding, lighting, water flow, etc.. will all make them close for a while. They are very good indicator corals. What I mean by that is any changes seem to effect Zenia for short periods of time. However if something is really wrong they tend to stay closed and fade away. Once they get established they grow like weeds.
I've seen some that grow like out of control and others that just cant seem to keep them at all. Iodine levels seem to be very important to Zenia, but do not dose anything unless you can test for it.

Good Luck

nemoian · 04-09-2007, 12:42 PM

I have 2 colony of silver xenia in my tank, a couple of weeks ago one of the colony almost completely got dried up and dying off for no particular reason and now it's 40% back. they are excellent for water parameters indicators.

do some water change should help

XBwlr · 04-09-2007, 08:15 PM

Are you running a skimmer?

When I had a 29 gallon... I couldn't keep it. Melted everytime I introduced it.
Now that I have a 75 gallon... it grows like a weed.

So, this got me thinkin'... I'm running a CPR Bak-Pak, supposedly that skimmer is made for up to a 60 gallon tank. Could I have been over skimming the 29 and removing the nutrients that the xenia needed? Now that I have the 75, the Bak-Pak is under rated for the larger tank and can't keep up with the skimming needs.

aquaman3680 · 04-09-2007, 08:50 PM

Also one thing xenia hate is heat! They will melt under anything more than about 81... They are very intolerent of the heat, if this is a bio-cube that could be the problem.

Matt

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posisme Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 View Gallery Karma Komment	shriveling xenias my 29 gallon reef is doing awesome except my xenias they are shriveling up to nothing and for no apparent reason water parameters are perfect and they are scattered all around the tank so its affecting only my xenias in all different areas of my tank truly perplexed

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saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: shriveling xenias IME... Xenia does that. I had 2 batches in one of my tanks... One looked horrible, and the other was fine. I had no luck whatsoever with Xenia in my 29 gal or my 3 gal. It is doing very well in my 90. __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

04-09-2007, 07:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: shriveling xenias I had a xenia melt down to almost nothing after moving it from one tank to another in the same system. It was only there about an hour while I re-aquascaped the tank it was in and both tanks share filtration etc. It did everntually come back. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

04-09-2007, 09:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
Warnberg Acropora Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: shriveling xenias Zenia will do that from time to time, water changes, feeding, lighting, water flow, etc.. will all make them close for a while. They are very good indicator corals. What I mean by that is any changes seem to effect Zenia for short periods of time. However if something is really wrong they tend to stay closed and fade away. Once they get established they grow like weeds. I've seen some that grow like out of control and others that just cant seem to keep them at all. Iodine levels seem to be very important to Zenia, but do not dose anything unless you can test for it. Good Luck __________________ Dave 240 Gallon Tall Tencor (96"L x 30"T x 18"W) 4 250 Watt MH XM10K bulbs 2-54 Watt T5 Actinic Euro-Reef CS8-2-RC Jetstream 1 Calcium Reactor 4 Tunze Turbelle stream 6000 power heads 7095 Tunze controller

04-09-2007, 12:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
nemoian Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresh Meadows, NY Posts: 9 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: shriveling xenias I have 2 colony of silver xenia in my tank, a couple of weeks ago one of the colony almost completely got dried up and dying off for no particular reason and now it's 40% back. they are excellent for water parameters indicators. do some water change should help

04-09-2007, 08:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
XBwlr Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kingston, Ohio Posts: 1,224 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: shriveling xenias Are you running a skimmer? When I had a 29 gallon... I couldn't keep it. Melted everytime I introduced it. Now that I have a 75 gallon... it grows like a weed. So, this got me thinkin'... I'm running a CPR Bak-Pak, supposedly that skimmer is made for up to a 60 gallon tank. Could I have been over skimming the 29 and removing the nutrients that the xenia needed? Now that I have the 75, the Bak-Pak is under rated for the larger tank and can't keep up with the skimming needs. __________________ -Scott "Do I really look like a guy with a plan?"

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aquaman3680 Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 2,215 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: shriveling xenias Also one thing xenia hate is heat! They will melt under anything more than about 81... They are very intolerent of the heat, if this is a bio-cube that could be the problem. Matt __________________ Check it out! The 90 gallon Road Trip The Bio-Cube Adventure

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