My Mushrooms Grow Like Crazy, But Xenia Wont Spread...Why? Please help

reeferman06 · 11/20/2006, 05:48 PM

Hello, I have mushrooms and xenia in my 55 gallon reef, I dose iodide, calcium, Reef Builder, and stronium regularly, everything is fine, all my other corals grow and multiply with know problem(zoathids, mushrooms, hammer, bubble. fox coral and so on) But my xenia looks good, its pulses beautifully and has good water flow and light but has not grown since I have bought it 4 months ago! whats the problem?

tanker · 11/20/2006, 06:01 PM

You may not be doing anything wrong. Xenia is strange. It can grow like crazy, stop for no reason, and or die for no reason.

You can try to help it spread by putting some LR right-up-to it (touching it) and it may spread onto it. Good Luck.

lllosingit · 11/20/2006, 06:11 PM

I agree with tanker, I had two types and sometimes one would grow like crazy and the other would grow just a little.
Both would always show some growth but it did seem to come and go in spurts.

jdmhonda954 · 11/20/2006, 06:12 PM

xenia tends to do better in aquariums with alot of nutrients in other words "dirty" tanks. i have the same thing my tank, my mushroom rock i got about 2 years ago that had 2 purple mushrooms on it has about 20 or so on it now and the xenia maybe spit out 1 or 2 stalks. also try dosing an all in one trace element product like marinvit instead of all those ones i found my things grew better when i stopped all the strontium and crap and just switched to one product. the xenia didnt split until i used the marinvit it is awesome stuff IMO

r00onmac · 11/20/2006, 06:18 PM

interesting that i have the opposite issue... i got about 5 polyps of xenia in may... i have since mowed it all down and sold it to LFS and i still have stalks upon stalks on my glass and one particular rock as well as a few smaller rocks (the ones it started on) but the single mushroom i got over a year ago hasnt made any more EVER... one single mushroom that is actually smaller than when i got it as a result of me trying to force prop it (cutting it with a razor) a while back...
not to jack your thread, but what gives?

jdmhonda954 · 11/20/2006, 06:26 PM

thats wierd. i guess i have the better end of the problem though as purple mushrooms are expensive. xenia does differently in everybodies tanks my xenia is under a 150 hqi and 2 x 96 watt PC'S in a 65 maybe lighting has something to do with it as well as nutrients. what lighting does everybody have and when and what size are your water changes???

r00onmac · 11/20/2006, 06:36 PM

150 watt 14k phoenix MH... about 5 gallons (10%) every week or two depending on how everything looks...

jdmhonda954 · 11/20/2006, 06:41 PM

hmmmm. strange

dcombs44 · 11/20/2006, 07:20 PM

I had a similar problem with my colt coral. Everything in my tank was fine but my colt. I think because I had so few nutrients, that it started to go downhill. I agree that some corals like dirtier tanks

11/20/2006, 05:48 PM	#1
reeferman06 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Raleigh/Down by the river side Posts: 440	My Mushrooms Grow Like Crazy, But Xenia Wont Spread...Why? Please help Hello, I have mushrooms and xenia in my 55 gallon reef, I dose iodide, calcium, Reef Builder, and stronium regularly, everything is fine, all my other corals grow and multiply with know problem(zoathids, mushrooms, hammer, bubble. fox coral and so on) But my xenia looks good, its pulses beautifully and has good water flow and light but has not grown since I have bought it 4 months ago! whats the problem? __________________ Marrel Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef- 2x 110w Actinic VHO's 2x 175w 14k Metal Halides, Pair of Saddle back Clowns, SPS, Colt Coral, shrooms, LPS, Bubble coral, Hammer, Crocea, Zoanthinds, Xenia, Blasto

11/20/2006, 06:11 PM	#3
lllosingit Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Des Moines Iowa Posts: 3,190	I agree with tanker, I had two types and sometimes one would grow like crazy and the other would grow just a little. Both would always show some growth but it did seem to come and go in spurts. __________________ It Was Funny Until Someone Got Hurt..........Then It Was Hilarious! Current Tank Info: DD 250 60x36x27 450 gallon total system.

11/20/2006, 06:18 PM	#5
r00onmac DVM in training Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,161	interesting that i have the opposite issue... i got about 5 polyps of xenia in may... i have since mowed it all down and sold it to LFS and i still have stalks upon stalks on my glass and one particular rock as well as a few smaller rocks (the ones it started on) but the single mushroom i got over a year ago hasnt made any more EVER... one single mushroom that is actually smaller than when i got it as a result of me trying to force prop it (cutting it with a razor) a while back... not to jack your thread, but what gives? __________________ Matthew Current Tank Info: 55 display with 20L sump

11/20/2006, 06:36 PM	#7
r00onmac DVM in training Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,161	150 watt 14k phoenix MH... about 5 gallons (10%) every week or two depending on how everything looks... __________________ Matthew Current Tank Info: 55 display with 20L sump

11/20/2006, 07:20 PM	#9
dcombs44 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 2,913	I had a similar problem with my colt coral. Everything in my tank was fine but my colt. I think because I had so few nutrients, that it started to go downhill. I agree that some corals like dirtier tanks __________________ Current Setup: 10 Gallon Skimmerless Zoanthid Tank Lighting: Single 175 Watt Metal Halide (14,000 K Hamilton Lamp) Filtration: 10 gallon sump/refugium and Phosban Reactor Return: Mag Drive 700 Controller: ReefKeeper Lite (Basic Version) Circulation: TBD Age of System: Build is in Progress

11/20/2006, 06:01 PM	#2
tanker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: sf bay area Posts: 3,522	You may not be doing anything wrong. Xenia is strange. It can grow like crazy, stop for no reason, and or die for no reason. You can try to help it spread by putting some LR right-up-to it (touching it) and it may spread onto it. Good Luck.

11/20/2006, 06:12 PM	#4
jdmhonda954 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: fort lauderdale Posts: 519	xenia tends to do better in aquariums with alot of nutrients in other words "dirty" tanks. i have the same thing my tank, my mushroom rock i got about 2 years ago that had 2 purple mushrooms on it has about 20 or so on it now and the xenia maybe spit out 1 or 2 stalks. also try dosing an all in one trace element product like marinvit instead of all those ones i found my things grew better when i stopped all the strontium and crap and just switched to one product. the xenia didnt split until i used the marinvit it is awesome stuff IMO

11/20/2006, 06:26 PM	#6
jdmhonda954 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: fort lauderdale Posts: 519	thats wierd. i guess i have the better end of the problem though as purple mushrooms are expensive. xenia does differently in everybodies tanks my xenia is under a 150 hqi and 2 x 96 watt PC'S in a 65 maybe lighting has something to do with it as well as nutrients. what lighting does everybody have and when and what size are your water changes???

11/20/2006, 06:41 PM	#8
jdmhonda954 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: fort lauderdale Posts: 519	hmmmm. strange