Is there a good way to remove pumping xenia off of live rock?

kware · 04/30/2009, 04:09 PM

My pumping xenia is getting too close to my trumpet coral. I try to pull them off with tweasers but the little bastards won't let go of the rock they are on. They are very strong. It was pulling the rock right out of the sand. When I pull on it, it oozes this white stringy stuff. I am also afraid that stuff is toxic to the rest of my corals. Is there a good way to remove them?

joshh81 · 04/30/2009, 04:28 PM

LOL... sandpaper is my best guess. I have cut them off, scraped them off... and in 2 weeks they are back.

ransomed4ever · 04/30/2009, 04:36 PM

I did just pull mine off. Just got a good grip near the base with some long tweezers and just went really slow.

kware · 04/30/2009, 04:37 PM

I can't believe how fast these corals reproduce. I went away for 5 days and couldn't believe how much more of the rocks and glass that they covered. My big bubble tip sea anemone gets blown into the xenia and even that doesn't seem to bother them. What about them releasing toxins into the water. Also is it weird that I feel bad for killing them. It feels like I'm killing a pet. I tryed to pull them off but they won't buge. Anybody else got any ideas.

kware · 04/30/2009, 04:38 PM

Do they just release very slowley?

Brian DeGolier · 04/30/2009, 05:05 PM

I've used the tweezers to pull off the main stalk, then scrub the rock with a stiff hard brissel tooth brush. Then to really finish it off, take kalkwasser and a little tap water and make a paste, and rub it on the area, that should do it.

kware · 04/30/2009, 05:10 PM

Can I use anything besides kalkwasser. I don't have any, I use a 2 part solution to dose alk and ca?

sanababit · 04/30/2009, 05:26 PM

get the liquid to kill aiptasia, and pour some on top of it, it will wither away...

sana

kware · 04/30/2009, 05:28 PM

Will it hurt my green trumpet coral wich is about an inch away from it?

04/30/2009, 04:09 PM	#1
kware Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 645	Is there a good way to remove pumping xenia off of live rock? My pumping xenia is getting too close to my trumpet coral. I try to pull them off with tweasers but the little bastards won't let go of the rock they are on. They are very strong. It was pulling the rock right out of the sand. When I pull on it, it oozes this white stringy stuff. I am also afraid that stuff is toxic to the rest of my corals. Is there a good way to remove them?

04/30/2009, 05:05 PM	#6
Brian DeGolier Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 316	I've used the tweezers to pull off the main stalk, then scrub the rock with a stiff hard brissel tooth brush. Then to really finish it off, take kalkwasser and a little tap water and make a paste, and rub it on the area, that should do it. __________________ Brian Current Tank Info: Planet Aquarium 105 Gal Planted freshwater, semi-high tec

04/30/2009, 05:26 PM	#8
sanababit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uranus Posts: 3,094	get the liquid to kill aiptasia, and pour some on top of it, it will wither away... sana __________________ Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Current Tank Info: 90RR inwall, Octopuss Skimmer, 2 MP40 wQD, 1 MP10 WQD, 2 Radions G4 Pro, Apex Doser, Apex Controller, 400w heater, 30 Gal Sump, Biopellets, Carbon, Gfo, Macroalgae

04/30/2009, 04:28 PM	#2
joshh81 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 113	LOL... sandpaper is my best guess. I have cut them off, scraped them off... and in 2 weeks they are back.

04/30/2009, 04:36 PM	#3
ransomed4ever Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sterling, Illinois Posts: 332	I did just pull mine off. Just got a good grip near the base with some long tweezers and just went really slow.

04/30/2009, 04:37 PM	#4
kware Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 645	I can't believe how fast these corals reproduce. I went away for 5 days and couldn't believe how much more of the rocks and glass that they covered. My big bubble tip sea anemone gets blown into the xenia and even that doesn't seem to bother them. What about them releasing toxins into the water. Also is it weird that I feel bad for killing them. It feels like I'm killing a pet. I tryed to pull them off but they won't buge. Anybody else got any ideas.

04/30/2009, 04:38 PM	#5
kware Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 645	Do they just release very slowley?

04/30/2009, 05:10 PM	#7
kware Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 645	Can I use anything besides kalkwasser. I don't have any, I use a 2 part solution to dose alk and ca?

04/30/2009, 05:28 PM	#9
kware Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 645	Will it hurt my green trumpet coral wich is about an inch away from it?