Yellow Encrusting Xenia (YEX)

chrisaggie · #1 08/30/2006, 08:44 AM

I've had an encrusting xenia for a little over a year now. It gets yellow and grows on the slower side. It pulses like any other xenia. I have traded/sold a few frags locally, but have never seen this xenia anywhere online, etc. I realize you all are going to want a pic. I will get one later. Have anyone else ever seen this stuff?

Travis L. Stevens · #2 08/30/2006, 10:10 AM

Never heard of the stuff. I would definitely like to see a picture.

Psychographic · #3 08/30/2006, 08:13 PM

I have an encrusting Xenia also, mine is pink. depending on it's mood, it's a good pulser.

chrisaggie · #4 08/30/2006, 08:19 PM

I have seen a few encrusting xenias including pink and blue, but I have never seen another yellow.

psidriven · #5 08/30/2006, 08:22 PM

Post a pic and if it is nice I'd definately would like a frag. Want to add some yellow to my tank. The yellow colonial anenomes don't "pop".

ulmo · #6 09/11/2006, 12:06 AM

Please post some pictures! I've never seen yellow xenia.

ek9vboi · #7 09/11/2006, 10:57 AM

Are you sure its not YELLOW lights that make the Xenia yellow Chris? :P

chrisaggie · #8 09/11/2006, 10:59 AM

Positive. I have been trying to get a good picture without to much luck.

chrisaggie · #9 09/11/2006, 11:09 AM

Yes, I know...

Testhead1313 · #10 09/11/2006, 09:47 PM

It could be an Efflatounaria sp.. Does it look like this?

If it does, or if it is an Efflatounaria, please contact me as I've been wanting a frag of it for awhile. In fact, just shoot me a PM when you get a pic. Thanks!
Chris

chrisaggie · #11 09/12/2006, 05:29 AM

No no, xenia for sure!

Voltekker · #12 09/12/2006, 01:53 PM

Chris when shadow was at your house taking pics of the tank was he able to get a shot of the xenia.

chrisaggie · #13 09/12/2006, 01:55 PM

yep, working on it

Voltekker · #14 09/12/2006, 04:15 PM

and of course by shadow you knew it was astro :P

chrisaggie · #15 09/12/2006, 06:35 PM

I didn't know, but I figured

damitchsta · #16 09/13/2006, 05:07 PM

no pic yet

chrisaggie · #17 09/13/2006, 05:09 PM

no pic, the pictures w took last week just didn't capture the colors. I will try again when I get back from MACNA.

damitchsta · #18 09/24/2006, 03:49 PM

ANY PICS?

chrisaggie · #19 01/03/2007, 05:22 PM

Here is the best I can do for now. I'm not sure why the yellow is so hard to capture in a picture.

chrisaggie · #20 01/03/2007, 05:38 PM

maybe I'll try kicking my actinics off and taking a few pics.

pink_floyd · #21 01/04/2007, 12:27 PM

I hope you get accurate pics.. very interested in the outcome here!

chrisaggie · #22 01/05/2007, 12:13 PM

Here are a couple more pics. You can see the base a little better in the last 2 pics. The base is very hard to get a picture of because the polyps cover it.

You can kinda see the yellow color in this pic.

fsn77 · #23 01/05/2007, 01:08 PM

That is very cool!

I'd love to get a frag of it, if that's somehow possible.

Did it hitchhike in on some rock, or did you buy it somewhere?

chrisaggie · #24 01/05/2007, 04:30 PM

I found it in a LFS display tank. They gave me a very tiny frag. Their colony died soon after.

Hormigaquatica · #25 01/05/2007, 06:53 PM

Im with fsn77; I would love to get a frag of it if you ever decide to do some trimming- it looks interesting.