Xenia issue

[dolphins8426]

I have had a pulsating xenia for a while now and it seems to be very moody. I have it about half way up in my tank maybe a little more and I was thiking about moving the entire rock it is on to the bottom of my tank. Could that possibly solve my issue. It is always pulsating at night, but during the day latley it shrives up. Water parm are in check. What to do?:grumble:

The rock it is on is pretty big and if I plan on moving it I might need to do some aquaspacing. Will it be ok to move some rocks without hurting anything?

 

[hibye]

Some people cant keep xenia for some reason, and one of those people is me :( . I hope it does betr.:)

 

[dolphins8426]

:question:

 

[yote]

The xenia is probably getting something to eat from your rocks at night.
But Xenia can be kinda funny.It'll thrive to the point of becoming a problem in one tank,and shrivle up and die in another.

 

[kevinsimons]

I would be one of the people where "thrive to the point of being a problem" is the case - I harvest about $100 (retail value) worth of the stuff every month and give it to my LFS... Mine get lots of light, fairly strong current, and uber-clean water.

 

[dustin_P74]

arent you lucky that you dont really have to pay for anything at the LFS anymore

 

[RyanG]

Missed the key word. GIVE!

 

[dustin_P74]

im sure store credit changes hands or how would he know how much he harvest a month

 

[yote]

Because most people know how much the size and type of corals they have sale for.

 

[Bifferwine]

It may not be anything wrong with your tank. I was never able to keep xenia in my old 55 tank, it always just melted away or shriveled up. Now it's like a plague in my 240.

 

[Piggy]

Mine is opposite. It like lower lighting and medium flow.

 

[dolphins8426]

So I moved the rock that the xenia was on and when I did I ended up aquaspacing all of my freaking rock. It looks awesome now. I will post come pics when I get home from work today. I deff think that the xenia I have likes medium light and low flow. Weird.

 

[dolphins8426]

Oh yea. Not to mention that the smaller of the two clown fish was not happy with me. That little bastard kept trying to bite me. He got me a few times and it felt like a little pinch. Man he was making it rough on me last night. That little dude let me knew who the boss was. Man O man.

 

[OurFishies]

I am afraid of aquascaping our tank because of our mean clownfish, I feel you there.

Our Xenia is about middle of our tank it is a lower light tank, it is in an area with pretty good water flow. We are going to start having to harvest it and give it to the fish store soon. It is growing out of control!!!

When we started our tank, we could not keep Xenia alive for several months.

 

[yote]

Try aquascaping with an with a crazy headed trigger in there.Thats when it gets to be fun.

 

[Piggy]

All my fish run and hide. The clowns use to chase me until I showed them whos boss.

 

[dustin_P74]

yeah clowns are bastards so you need to show them whats up

 

[OurFishies]

Try aquascaping with an with a crazy headed trigger in there.Thats when it gets to be fun.

Lol. No thanks!

 

[dolphins8426]

I tired to show him who was boss, but the crazy little bastard comes back even harder. I swear for as little as he is he things hes a shark. I think I need to rename him. HUmmmmmm

 

[daugherty]

my clown does the same thing