1st tiny zenia what to do...

[janet]

I have just bought my first tiny zenia. After acclimatizing it, I have put it into my aquarium. How do I anchor it down, or will it do it itself? It's just floating along on the bottom of the tank at the moment.
Thanks
Janet

 

[Solarfall]

Try rubberbanding it to a small piece of rock.

 

[Smitty]

+1 Solarfall

 

[Bifferwine]

Or use a needle and some fishing line to sew the base of it to a rock.

 

[ccCapt]

+1 to all the above

Or...get rid of it now before it spreads like the plague and overtakes your tank. ;)

 

[BigBen14]

-1 on ccCpt

Though yes they do spread like wild fire...They can be very pretty. My third favorite coral in my tank.

 

[daugherty]

umm have you seen the pics of my tank i do like the xenia but holy crap it has taken over over half of my 4ft tank and i remove tons of it every month

 

[Bifferwine]

I had a xenia problem in my 240 too. I started with one little stalk and it eventually took over 1/3 of the tank. That is part of the reason why I ended up having to boil 600 lbs of live rock on my stove!

...I am not a fan of xenia either.

 

[BigBen14]

Your probally right....


but it is kinda pretty XD

 

[ccCapt]

He's a look at the anthelia problem I had 5-6 yrs ago. Even tho I have it 99% confined to my back glass now, there are still some small patches spread throughout the tank.

This is what i started with on 5-2004

A year later....

 

[dankolle]

I had a blue spotted puffer (before my nitrates killed it) and it actually ate all of me xenia down to the base. Now it has doubled and is growing back less than 3 months later. I think it is really nice looking...especially under nice actnic lighting, the greens really pop out! I have it confined to a rock island.

 

[janet]

My tiny peice has moved itself and seems to be settled now. It's amazing how much you can learn just from watching and waiting. I hope it grows! From these posts I expect it will. It's lovely. Thanks for your replies.
Janet