xenia on live rock

keion_7 · 11/15/2006, 01:56 PM

I have a lot of xenia on my live rock and i want to get rid of it. Try cutting them off but they keep coming back.i will like to get rid of all so i can change to SPS.Can anyone help me?

tanker · 11/15/2006, 02:01 PM

Trade to fellow reefer or take to LFS and trade for cured LR and credit.

Or buy a Hippo tang, my hippo nips at it. Does not kill it, just keeps it from spreading.

keion_7 · 11/15/2006, 05:05 PM

i have been trading at the LFS with my frags but the one's that i cut always come back even when i cut it all the way down. Do you thonk i should scrub it off with something because it's on my large LR and i don't it with the SPS when i buy it.

demonsp · 11/15/2006, 05:12 PM

I dont think it will be easy to do. You need to scrub the rock clean.New xenia will sprout where ever the foot was.Why get rid of , there great filter feeders just weed them back.

Dubbin1 · 11/15/2006, 10:02 PM

Simply chip the rock out from under it.

GSMguy · 11/15/2006, 10:04 PM

boil the rock to be sure youd be amazed where that stuff comes back from i have it sprouting everywhere

Der_Iron_Chef · 11/23/2006, 01:28 PM

I accidentally killed my Xenia with a treatment of Kanaplex. I don't recommend this, though...lol. Three other fish died. *sigh*

SuperNerd · 11/23/2006, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tanker
Or buy a Hippo tang, my hippo nips at it. Does not kill it, just keeps it from spreading.

IME so do powder blues and, believe it or not, chromis.

11/15/2006, 01:56 PM	#1
keion_7 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: baltimore md Posts: 13	xenia on live rock I have a lot of xenia on my live rock and i want to get rid of it. Try cutting them off but they keep coming back.i will like to get rid of all so i can change to SPS.Can anyone help me?

11/15/2006, 10:04 PM	#6
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 17,420	boil the rock to be sure youd be amazed where that stuff comes back from i have it sprouting everywhere __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

11/15/2006, 02:01 PM	#2
tanker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: sf bay area Posts: 3,522	Trade to fellow reefer or take to LFS and trade for cured LR and credit. Or buy a Hippo tang, my hippo nips at it. Does not kill it, just keeps it from spreading.

11/15/2006, 05:05 PM	#3
keion_7 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: baltimore md Posts: 13	i have been trading at the LFS with my frags but the one's that i cut always come back even when i cut it all the way down. Do you thonk i should scrub it off with something because it's on my large LR and i don't it with the SPS when i buy it.

11/15/2006, 05:12 PM	#4
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	I dont think it will be easy to do. You need to scrub the rock clean.New xenia will sprout where ever the foot was.Why get rid of , there great filter feeders just weed them back.

11/15/2006, 10:02 PM	#5
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	Simply chip the rock out from under it.

11/23/2006, 01:28 PM	#7
Der_Iron_Chef Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada Posts: 841	I accidentally killed my Xenia with a treatment of Kanaplex. I don't recommend this, though...lol. Three other fish died. sigh