Reef Central Online Community

Home Forum Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences View New Posts View Today's Posts

Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search Reefkeeping ...an online magazine for marine aquarists Support our sponsors and mention Reef Central

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community Archives > Coral Forums > Soft Coral Keepers

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11/20/2007, 11:51 PM
ZooZ ZooZ is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 533
Shriveled xenia

I have a colony of xenia but one part of the colony is shrivled up and not pumping at all. All other corals are good. Parameters are good.
  #2  
Old 11/21/2007, 06:47 PM
laf-reef laf-reef is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Middle Grove, NY
Posts: 91
give 'em a day or two - doesn't sound all that abnormal
  #3  
Old 11/21/2007, 07:33 PM
ZooZ ZooZ is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 533
theyve been like this for 3 days i believe. I did a water change. All my parameters are pretty stable. I guess i can only wait it out?
  #4  
Old 11/21/2007, 09:59 PM
theROYSKIE theROYSKIE is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Glendora, Ca- so cal
Posts: 35
i had a massive colony of xenia that grew and grew from 1 to 5 heads, it was unstoppable. one day they all started to shrivle and stop pumping, eventually every head wasted away into nothing. some say xenia is seasonal, others dont. be sure to add iodine to your system xenia need that to sustain themselvs, there r also certain types of crabs and inverts such as mithrax crabs that can nibble and pick at xenia and other similar soft coral
__________________
BRAAAPP!!!
  #5  
Old 11/21/2007, 11:26 PM
ZooZ ZooZ is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 533
wow..thats some good info but I hope my colony doesnt disintigrate into the water. I will add some iodine to my water and i dont think i got anything irratating them.
  #6  
Old 11/21/2007, 11:36 PM
sasscuba sasscuba is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Owasso, Oklahoma
Posts: 803
If I see a xenia head shrivel I cut it off and a better one grows back pretty quick...it is weird stuff.
  #7  
Old 11/22/2007, 12:01 AM
ZooZ ZooZ is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 533
i'll try that if it doesnt get better in the next 48hrs and respond to the iodine supplement.
  #8  
Old 11/22/2007, 06:37 AM
scapes scapes is offline
Premium Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: millbrook, al
Posts: 279
mine shriveled up one day, lost it all. it came back bigger than before. now I'm wishing it would have stayed shriveled up. can't get rid of the stuff
  #9  
Old 11/22/2007, 01:39 PM
theROYSKIE theROYSKIE is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Glendora, Ca- so cal
Posts: 35
how long before the xenia came back? mine has been gone for about a month and a half/2 months. did the xenia fully disentigrate or where there little globs left over?
__________________
BRAAAPP!!!
  #10  
Old 11/24/2007, 01:06 AM
michaeltwana michaeltwana is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: north dakota
Posts: 255
they come and go. when you say your levels are fine what exactly do you mean.

Iodine is not needed. There is no scientific evidence anywhere that says you need it in any way.
  #11  
Old 12/03/2007, 08:24 PM
DanInSD DanInSD is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 633
Xenia is particularly sensitive to low pH and/or low alkalinity (usually go together and you know). Also, they are great "canaries" -- anything amiss, like a little copper from a dying powerhead or the like, can cause them to "go".

I've heard a lot of conflicting reports on the iodine. I *do* know that in general, the more advanced the aquarist, the fewer supplements they put in their tanks! (see "Tank of the Month" on ReefKeeping.com). I used to dose lots of stuff, but now rely on frequent water changes for trace mineral supplementation. Also, if you're using a good two-part Ca/Alk supplement, you will find that they contain trace minerals including strontium and iodide.

Dan
  #12  
Old 12/03/2007, 11:31 PM
davidbryden davidbryden is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Auckland
Posts: 50
whats your Mag reading at?
  #13  
Old 12/04/2007, 01:13 PM
ZooZ ZooZ is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 533
The Xenia have recovered from whatever was bothering them and have grown considerably since then. I moved it to a different area of the tank..might of helped. I do a 20L water change every week on a 26G and only dose TECH CB A and B. Once a week 4mL purple up. And i havent checked my mg levels. I dont have a test kit for it.

Last edited by ZooZ; 12/04/2007 at 01:24 PM.
 

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:20 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef Central™ Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2009