Pulsing Xenia help!!

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 07:31 PM

I just got this guy and he doesn't look so good not sure if he is just adjusting or what. Standard lighting. Not sure if it's the light, flow or just getting used to the tank. Wondering if I should move him or just leave him there

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 07:33 PM

Xenia

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 07:36 PM

Another pic of the left side of tank where the Xenia is

cprice · 04/17/2016, 07:38 PM

What do you mean by standard lighting? And it doesn't look like you have any flow in there from the pics

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Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 07:40 PM

It's a 29 gallon tank with the lighting that came with it. I mean I have a power head in there and when I put it other places it would just get hit by the flow and it would fall off the Rock and to the sand

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 07:41 PM

There's a little hole in the rock and so I just put the stalk in the hole and it's staying there

jml1149 · 04/17/2016, 08:12 PM

Do you mean like the standard petco yellow 29g kit light?

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 08:32 PM

Here are the lights

jml1149 · 04/17/2016, 08:47 PM

That doesn't help much but they don't look like reef tank lights

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 09:30 PM

I heard they are pretty hardy and low lighting isn't too bad on them and should flourish

rocksaus · 04/17/2016, 09:55 PM

+1 don't look like reef lights, but Xenia are pretty Hardy growers anyway. What do you mean you put the stalk in there? Was it attached to a piece of rubble or a frag disk?

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Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 10:25 PM

Stalk I mean the base of it. The bottom broccoli looking piece, it was not attached to anything and I put in on a rock and the flow kept pushing it slowly and it would fall off to the sand. There's a small hole in the rock and I put the base inside the hole so it's mounted and stays in place. They seem to be doing better

Oaktree15 · 04/17/2016, 10:27 PM

It almost seems as if the Xenia is trying to move downward but I'm not sure yet. It might just be how it is sitting

andyg1960 · 04/18/2016, 04:56 AM

You need reasonable lighting for a Xenia, doesn't require especially strong lighting. Mine looked like hell for 2 weeks when I first got it and then it was fine. Been flourishing and pulsing away for months now.

pyithar · 04/18/2016, 05:04 AM

rubberband it to a piece of rock. xenia are pretty hardy and fast grower. as long as they are not melting, they'll be fine. xenia can even grow under cfl bulb light in the sump.

SALTYwaterDOG · 04/18/2016, 06:38 AM

I agree with the above. If for some reason it does not make it and you want to try agian I'll send you some, I've got piles of it

Sully72 · 04/18/2016, 06:55 AM

Move it to a lower flow area of the tank. They like the bottom, put it on a plug and put him in the sand in a low flow area for about 2 months.

Oaktree15 · 04/18/2016, 11:48 AM

They are looking a lot better!!! They used to look lazy and tangled and now they are all pretty much standing up!!

04/17/2016, 07:31 PM	#1
Oaktree15 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 24	Pulsing Xenia help!! I just got this guy and he doesn't look so good not sure if he is just adjusting or what. Standard lighting. Not sure if it's the light, flow or just getting used to the tank. Wondering if I should move him or just leave him there

04/17/2016, 08:12 PM	#7
jml1149 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Southern CT Posts: 818	Do you mean like the standard petco yellow 29g kit light? __________________ 120g mixed reefer.

04/17/2016, 08:47 PM	#9
jml1149 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Southern CT Posts: 818	That doesn't help much but they don't look like reef tank lights __________________ 120g mixed reefer.

04/18/2016, 05:04 AM	#15
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	rubberband it to a piece of rock. xenia are pretty hardy and fast grower. as long as they are not melting, they'll be fine. xenia can even grow under cfl bulb light in the sump. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/17/2016, 07:38 PM	#4
cprice Moved On Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 313	What do you mean by standard lighting? And it doesn't look like you have any flow in there from the pics Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

04/17/2016, 07:40 PM	#5
Oaktree15 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 24	It's a 29 gallon tank with the lighting that came with it. I mean I have a power head in there and when I put it other places it would just get hit by the flow and it would fall off the Rock and to the sand

04/17/2016, 07:41 PM	#6
Oaktree15 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 24	There's a little hole in the rock and so I just put the stalk in the hole and it's staying there

04/17/2016, 09:30 PM	#10
Oaktree15 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 24	I heard they are pretty hardy and low lighting isn't too bad on them and should flourish

04/17/2016, 09:55 PM	#11
rocksaus Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 74	+1 don't look like reef lights, but Xenia are pretty Hardy growers anyway. What do you mean you put the stalk in there? Was it attached to a piece of rubble or a frag disk? Sent from my XT1058 using Tapatalk

04/17/2016, 10:27 PM	#13
Oaktree15 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 24	It almost seems as if the Xenia is trying to move downward but I'm not sure yet. It might just be how it is sitting

04/18/2016, 04:56 AM	#14
andyg1960 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 15	You need reasonable lighting for a Xenia, doesn't require especially strong lighting. Mine looked like hell for 2 weeks when I first got it and then it was fine. Been flourishing and pulsing away for months now.

04/18/2016, 06:38 AM	#16
SALTYwaterDOG Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: New Ulm Minnesota Posts: 477	I agree with the above. If for some reason it does not make it and you want to try agian I'll send you some, I've got piles of it

04/18/2016, 06:55 AM	#17
Sully72 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 43	Move it to a lower flow area of the tank. They like the bottom, put it on a plug and put him in the sand in a low flow area for about 2 months.