Xenia-dominated tanks.. Let's see em!

[Cuby2k]

Originally posted by GARFVolunteer
Monica is my lovely and gracious bride of 22 years, 11 months, and 6 days that has a 60 gallon reef accross the living room from mine...

Just pay for the shipping and the box and I will send you some frags when I have them... I won't have any until after the new year so pester me via PM so I don't forget.

Thanks,

Scott

The one and only time I have honestly LOL on a reply, thanks Scott. And I will do exactly that. I am still smiling!

AND Hey, I own a page.

[GoblinFish]

I started with this .....



And as of today......

[AVALover5498]

Crazy cool everybody!



-Chris-

[Cuby2k]

WOW Goblin, nice patch of xenia. Great color and shape.

What are you using for lighting? Would you say the xenia is under strong or low current ?

[GoblinFish]

Originally posted by Cuby2k
WOW Goblin, nice patch of xenia. Great color and shape.

What are you using for lighting? Would you say the xenia is under strong or low current ?

for lighting i use T5's and i would say that they are under a medium current. When i go to sleep i turn off all the pumps including the return pump and only keep one small pump just to have the surface of the water moving, i do this because the tank is in my room and its the only way that i can sleep in peace. I dont know if that helps them grow...

[Cuby2k]

Interesting about the pumps but if it's working and it appears it is, go with the flow (pun intended).

Just looked at the pics again and WOW, I love the brilliant color of that patch. Nice work man.

[Cubman777]

check this out. I actually pay for most of my supplies by exchanging xenia with my LFS. Every week I harvest about 12 stalks and bring it in. If I didnt, it would take over all of my glass!!






If you look close, you can see that it is growing on the magnet at the far end of the tank. This lets me grow it where I want it.

[AVALover5498]

GoblinFish what is that coral right next to the xenia in the first pic? I know what it is but I can't think of the name. Ugggggg!

[saltycreefer]

Looks like goniopora/Alveopora

[AVALover5498]

That's it! "goniopora." Thanx!



-Chris-

[doomicon]

Not my tank, fellow reefer (benf here on RC). This is one of his MANY tanks.

Left Side

Right Side

[gasman059]

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IME, xenia are sensitive to alkalinity and do not do so well in a severely nutrient poor environment like a pristine SPS reef

I dunno agree! mine does remarkably well inmy sps setup and the soker spreads like wildfire tha's why its at the top and corners and that's it

[xtm]

Keep em coming guys.. I have to take some pics of my elongatas.. my Tunze fires directly at them and the stalks literally stretch to almost 10"

[edwing206]

goblin fish you got aptasia. in your third pic. but nice tank

[GoblinFish]

Originally posted by edwing206
goblin fish you got aptasia. in your third pic. but nice tank

Yea i even feed them.... i get them nice and fat and then nuke em with Joes Juice

[saltycreefer]

This tank is filled with umbellata. I have to pull at least 12 stalks every 2 weeks. I've tried giving some away but nobody wants to drive to stamford ct to pick some up.





Theres also a huge green sinularia that i will be thinning out. Again if anyone wants to pick it up for free pm me.

[lavith]

Here's the photo of Xenia of my tank before it lost fight for space with Anthelia sp.

[Razzagas]

these are some really nice tanks! Xenia is one of my favorite corals!

saltycreefer:
do you have any specs on your tank? that elegance coral is amazing!
Lavith:
I really like your aquascaping and that goniopora is amazing! It is HUGE

[mikekman]

NIIIIIIICE! Nice xenias everyone.

Does anyone have pics of a tank that is covered with blue cespitularia? I'd like to see that!

[xtm]

well guys, a year later and I regret to say that my whole Xenia infestation ended up in a mishap. I re-aquascaped my tank so I took all the corals out (the Xenia covered 2 HUGE live rocks), put them in the sump and forgot about them. When I did a water change 2 weeks later, they were GONE

I have converted to an SPS dominated tank since then..

[t11t5]

This may be a dumb question, but. When you say Nutrient rich water. What are the Nutrients?

[t11t5]

I read a SPS tank needs a less nutrient tank compared to soft corals. I was just wondering what are the nutrients?

Does it mean Phytoplankton and things like that?

[KEstep]

I have been fighting to get rid of xenia in my tank. It will not quit growing. I keep mine cornered off by a frogspawn. I have given away god knows how many frags of it and it will not stop growing. I have ripped pieces off the rock only to have it regrow. I know now why they call it the weed of the ocean. I recently converted to sps so I cant have those stray pieces laying around. They would even grow over my zoas. The only things that will stop it are anemones and euphylia.

[Cuby2k]

Originally posted by KEstep
I have been fighting to get rid of xenia in my tank. It will not quit growing. I keep mine cornered off by a frogspawn. I have given away god knows how many frags of it and it will not stop growing. I have ripped pieces off the rock only to have it regrow. I know now why they call it the weed of the ocean. I recently converted to sps so I cant have those stray pieces laying around. They would even grow over my zoas. The only things that will stop it are anemones and euphylia.

EXACTLY!

I couldn't wait to get a nice fat stalk of xenia growing and all I can say now is be careful what you wish for. I find little stalks growing out of and in between everything. I had a big old snail that had a good sized stalk growing on his back.

[KEstep]

LOL my royal urchin carries pieces around with him. The xenia are not fond of it so I pull them off and throw them in the refugium.