Did i Kill my Xenia?

akopley · 09/29/2007, 10:25 AM

One of my frogspawn corals fell onto a patch of xenia and now in that area they are all retracted. Will they recover?

virginiadiver69 · 09/29/2007, 10:28 AM

It may...give it a day or two.

natejonesis · 09/29/2007, 03:03 PM

It'll be fine.

VengefulNemesis · 09/29/2007, 03:10 PM

My Xenia fell over and landed upside down one night, and I didn't find them til the next morning. Set them back up and they were looking just fine 24 hrs. later. They are pretty tough.

ahullsb · 09/29/2007, 04:32 PM

If I were you I'd be praying that it didn't recover!

Sorry but Xenia has turned into a nightmare in my tank. I would recommend some other coral honestly. It's like a weed and my LFS's don't even want to take it back from me.

davidryder · 09/29/2007, 05:42 PM

They'll be fine... it will take more than a fall to kill them

I personally have to find the right species of xenia to be attracted to them. I like the ones with very short stalks - they don't seem to multiply as rapidly. But I've never had a problem of xenia taking my tank over... I guess I am too quick for them

sheepdog43 · 09/29/2007, 07:08 PM

My xenia has been through hell.

Fell off a few times while cleaning as well as blown off the rock work once and was found a few hours later.

The worst was 3 days after I got it, my emerald crab decided it was a tasty snack. He turned a 4in tall xenia into a 1inch stump. When I found him in the morning, it was small enough he was yanking it off the rock and preparing to make a run for it. He nearly cut the stump in half in the process. It was back open a few hours later. A few weeks later it was back almost to full size again.

I would not worry about a fall, it will be fine.
My emerald on the other hand my not be in the near future, what a pain in the...

gummyworms · 09/29/2007, 07:13 PM

Xenia are pretty much unkillable without using really hot water or chemicals. I was splitting my xenia once and rubberbanded three smalls chunks onto little rocks. 2 out of 3 of them got off. One of the two that got off got each little pulsing arm cut off so it split again into 4 or 5 little arms. After a week, they started latching onto the rockwork and growing. Now I have little xenia's all over the place.

kuoka · 09/29/2007, 07:44 PM

Not to beat the proverbial horse but Xenias are very hardy. I've dropped mine left it upside down for two days before i noticed it and even smothered another clump that had spread from the original. They're both doing fine; pulsing a way!

No worries on yours.

09/29/2007, 10:25 AM	#1
akopley Premium Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 701	Did i Kill my Xenia? One of my frogspawn corals fell onto a patch of xenia and now in that area they are all retracted. Will they recover?

09/29/2007, 10:28 AM	#2
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	It may...give it a day or two. __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

09/29/2007, 03:10 PM	#4
VengefulNemesis Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Port Richey, Florida Posts: 259	My Xenia fell over and landed upside down one night, and I didn't find them til the next morning. Set them back up and they were looking just fine 24 hrs. later. They are pretty tough. __________________ I'd rather be happy, than right anyday-Slarti Bartfast Current Tank Info: 75gal reef, Wavepoint T5, Eshopps PSK-150

09/29/2007, 04:32 PM	#5
ahullsb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 2,729	If I were you I'd be praying that it didn't recover! Sorry but Xenia has turned into a nightmare in my tank. I would recommend some other coral honestly. It's like a weed and my LFS's don't even want to take it back from me. __________________ Andy Sacramento, CA Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef w/20 gallon sump/ER135/ 75 pounds of live rock, 4 in sandbed, 2 b&w ocellaris clowns, yellow watchman/pistol, rosy scaled wrasse, Mystery wrasse, Copperbanded Butterfly, Lighting 48" outer orbit 2 150 mh/ 4 t5 actinics

09/29/2007, 05:42 PM	#6
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	They'll be fine... it will take more than a fall to kill them I personally have to find the right species of xenia to be attracted to them. I like the ones with very short stalks - they don't seem to multiply as rapidly. But I've never had a problem of xenia taking my tank over... I guess I am too quick for them __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

09/29/2007, 03:03 PM	#3
natejonesis Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 66	It'll be fine.

09/29/2007, 07:08 PM	#7
sheepdog43 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: midwest Posts: 82	My xenia has been through hell. Fell off a few times while cleaning as well as blown off the rock work once and was found a few hours later. The worst was 3 days after I got it, my emerald crab decided it was a tasty snack. He turned a 4in tall xenia into a 1inch stump. When I found him in the morning, it was small enough he was yanking it off the rock and preparing to make a run for it. He nearly cut the stump in half in the process. It was back open a few hours later. A few weeks later it was back almost to full size again. I would not worry about a fall, it will be fine. My emerald on the other hand my not be in the near future, what a pain in the... __________________ "In any organization there is one person who knows what is going on. That person must be fired." --Robert Orellana Current Tank Info: 9yo. 55gal Fresh, 14 gal reef BioCube

09/29/2007, 07:13 PM	#8
gummyworms Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 205	Xenia are pretty much unkillable without using really hot water or chemicals. I was splitting my xenia once and rubberbanded three smalls chunks onto little rocks. 2 out of 3 of them got off. One of the two that got off got each little pulsing arm cut off so it split again into 4 or 5 little arms. After a week, they started latching onto the rockwork and growing. Now I have little xenia's all over the place.

09/29/2007, 07:44 PM	#9
kuoka Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NorCal Cali Posts: 713	Not to beat the proverbial horse but Xenias are very hardy. I've dropped mine left it upside down for two days before i noticed it and even smothered another clump that had spread from the original. They're both doing fine; pulsing a way! No worries on yours. __________________ They say don't talk about someone unless you've walked a mile in their shoes.. But if you do, at least you'll be ahead of them AND have their shoes! :) Current Tank Info: 72gal glass bow front reef, mostly LPS with some SPS, tangs, anthias, blenny, paired percula clowns, gold headed sleeper goby, red fairy wrasse