wanting: xenia

[bryon0508]

does anyone have a frag willing to give a way or sell, or know where to get one cheep

[papagimp]

pm sent...

[Okiemike]

PM Sent...

[Serra]

Theirs are ugly! Pick mine! Pick mine!

[Okiemike]

You do have a pretty nose Sheryl, but he's wanting xenia...LOL

[Serra]

Why thank you Okiemike! lol Obviously he is talking about my avatar's nose.

BTW, can xena be plucked off of a rock with tweezers? Sorta like picking flowers? Will that work or will any residue regrow or foul the tank?

[papagimp]

Sheryl, would cause more damage to the frag than needed. Any litle bit left will probably regrow, just cut em off, less stress than "ripping" them off the rock with tweezers.

[Serra]

Cut them? That will leave bits for sure. I want them permanently gone.

So then the cut part can be glued to a piece of rubble?

[Okiemike]

I just get my thumb nail under the foot of it and peel if off the rock. I have never had any problems with growth or fouling the system.

[Travis L. Stevens]

You can cut them close to the base of the stock, and then smear/inject kalkwasser on the remnants to keep it from growing back. After cutting, tie it to a rock (rubberband works too). They produce too much slime to have much success at gluing.

[TulsaReefer]

Travis, too much slime is an understatement! When I cut pom pom xenia, it's like little slimy snot balls when you fish them out of the tank. And since I hate to handle the slimy little boogers, I just put them in an area full of rubble, and let them attach on their own. I usually do this in my fuge, where I keep the bottom of it full of rubble, and it usually takes a couple days for them to attach. After they attach I move them to my frag tank and let them grow out. When moving them, do it in a small bowl, if you lift them out of the water, they again slime up really bad. And if you don't have a low current area, I've also used a small plastic colander on the cuttings, again over some rubble rocks, and that keeps them from blowing around.