The most common issues for not being able to maintain xenias

[gasbatalla]

Originally Posted by Fish4Me2

My xenia struggled with too much light and fluctuating parameters. Dosing iodine really helped, but getting CA and Alk steady and solid helped the xenia even more than the SPS. I now have xenia taking over my tank, and will have to start giving or throwing it away!

I have gotten xenia from varius tanks with different lightings, 250MH, 400MH, PC, T8, but they never seen to do good in my tank

[gasbatalla]

Originally Posted by strike2867

No problem

I think somebody should nominate this for TOTM hahaha j/k

[strike2867]

Originally Posted by gasbatalla

I think somebody should nominate this for TOTM hahaha j/k

Thats a little irritating, my other tank is growing a lot of SPS and I'm supporting several hard to work with fish. That tank use to be great, and I have lots of pictures and videos of its ups and downs. But since all the Corals and Fish got moved out, I haven't paid any attention to it. Just letting it stew. Sometimes using it as a quarantine.

[gasbatalla]

I was just making a joke nothing against you or your tanks

[Pallobi]

Originally Posted by strike2867

Thats a little irritating, my other tank is growing a lot of SPS and I'm supporting several hard to work with fish. That tank use to be great, and I have lots of pictures and videos of its ups and downs. But since all the Corals and Fish got moved out, I haven't paid any attention to it. Just letting it stew. Sometimes using it as a quarantine.

i am kind of curious, what would one QT in a tank in that bad of shape? with the ph as low as you mentioned, no fish or coral would survive...

[strike2867]

Originally Posted by Pallobi

i am kind of curious, what would one QT in a tank in that bad of shape? with the ph as low as you mentioned, no fish or coral would survive...

Haven't gotten anything that I wanted to quarantine in a while. Right now I'm just growing out and fragging what I have. Last things were maybe 3-4 months ago. I checked the parameters and did a water change beforehand. Right now that tank is really empty because I've sold off most of the liverock. I'll throw the remaining pieces in my 90 for creating aqua-cultured rocks and throw out the sand. Hopefully break it down fully and sell it off. Very sad, that tank had an overflow and a nice skimmer in the sump. Grew out some of the biggest corals I have now.