Removing Xenia from rock

[keef123]

what is the best way for removing xenia off of a rock without leaving tissue behind??

[AndyH5512]

If it is a small piece, you can lay a piece of rubble next to it and allow it to attach. That usually works well, and you get to keep the xenia. It doesnt take very long, either.

[keef123]

no i have a bunch of it all over my tank
it spread to much
tryed removing some before but left a tiny piece of tissue that isnt tiny anymore

[Reefdiver77]

Trim it back to the tiny piece of tissue and glue over it with superglue gel or place a tiny piece of epoxy over it. I also use a hard toothbrush to get rid of the tiny pieces of tissue left behind. It is a good day for me when I can peel the xenia off in one piece and not leave tissue.

[D-Rod]

Freeze some RO water ice cubes and keep it on the base untill easy to peel away.

Works for me.

[RA]

If the rock has a lot of tiny crevasses then it can be difficult to eradicate it. Sometimes you need to replace the rock with new rock and sell off the xenia. I had some on a rock that I took out of my tank, removed the xenia, ran it under hot water and scrubbed the rock with a wire brush. It came back 2 weeks later as a tiny little spec and grew from there.

[sunkool]

kalk paste on the tissue will kill it.

[nanotrigger]

scissors...

[Spracklcat]

You can use a chisel to "skin" the rock, taking a thin layer of rock with the Zenia. Works for Aiptasia and corallimorphs too.

[SuperNerd]

You can also peel it off with serrated tweezers. Sometimes the whole colony can be ripped off cleanly, still intact and ready to frag onto something else.

[fatrip]

kalk paste. put it in a syring and inject it into the tissuse that is still on the rock and that tissuse should die and decompose off the rock.