Is it still allive? - Page 3

Imanz0 · 04/10/2008, 10:27 PM

What do you guys mean you rubber band it? Any vids or pictures you guys can show me? (Or maybe frag a peice of one of your tanks that grows alot, and show me a pic over 3 days of what it should look like)

demonsp · 04/10/2008, 10:33 PM

They do like current,And you can use gel superglue to secure them to a frag. But they are very forgiving also.And the fact the fall aprt is a sign of trouble. Look here for xenia specs.

http://www.asira.org/caresheets

Crimthann · 04/10/2008, 10:36 PM

I'd frag you some of it but i ripped it all out and donated it to my LFS. basically just take a rubber band and put it around a rock. Then lift it up and stuff some of the xenia under it. From my experience it's a pretty resilient coral and will bounce back quickly. I literally use to rip it off my live rock and give it away & it always survived my abuse. I wouldn't ever do that to any of my other corals.

Imanz0 · 04/10/2008, 10:41 PM

so if you just tie a rubber band around it, how will the roots of it attach, man, i just really want a pic or a video.

Crimthann · 04/10/2008, 10:53 PM

They don't have roots. whatever part of them that's touching the rock will attach to the rock.

see below the pictures of him rubber banding it to the rock -

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/fotm/index.php

Imanz0 · 04/10/2008, 11:03 PM

Thankyou so much! So, it will attach to any type of rock? Well, im not going to frag it at first, im going to try to buy a big peice, and do that to a couple different spotts in my tank.

Aquarist007 · 04/11/2008, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imanz0
Thankyou so much! So, it will attach to any type of rock? Well, im not going to frag it at first, im going to try to buy a big peice, and do that to a couple different spotts in my tank.

if you don't like wrapping it with a rubber band--then insert a tooth pick through the base of it and rubber band the tooth pic to the piece of rock

Aquarist007 · 04/11/2008, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Imanz0
so if you just tie a rubber band around it, how will the roots of it attach, man, i just really want a pic or a video.

complain complain

here's a video:

http://www.fragoutpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19

04/10/2008, 10:27 PM	#51
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	What do you guys mean you rubber band it? Any vids or pictures you guys can show me? (Or maybe frag a peice of one of your tanks that grows alot, and show me a pic over 3 days of what it should look like)

04/10/2008, 10:33 PM	#52
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	They do like current,And you can use gel superglue to secure them to a frag. But they are very forgiving also.And the fact the fall aprt is a sign of trouble. Look here for xenia specs. http://www.asira.org/caresheets

04/10/2008, 10:36 PM	#53
Crimthann Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pompano beach Posts: 321	I'd frag you some of it but i ripped it all out and donated it to my LFS. basically just take a rubber band and put it around a rock. Then lift it up and stuff some of the xenia under it. From my experience it's a pretty resilient coral and will bounce back quickly. I literally use to rip it off my live rock and give it away & it always survived my abuse. I wouldn't ever do that to any of my other corals.

04/10/2008, 10:41 PM	#54
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	so if you just tie a rubber band around it, how will the roots of it attach, man, i just really want a pic or a video.

04/10/2008, 10:53 PM	#55
Crimthann Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pompano beach Posts: 321	They don't have roots. whatever part of them that's touching the rock will attach to the rock. see below the pictures of him rubber banding it to the rock - http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-04/fotm/index.php

04/10/2008, 11:03 PM	#56
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	Thankyou so much! So, it will attach to any type of rock? Well, im not going to frag it at first, im going to try to buy a big peice, and do that to a couple different spotts in my tank.