How fast can xenia spread

[marinerules]

I have xenia now and I can put something up against one of them and it will usually split and attach within 2 days


seems like I doubler in quantity of my xenia stalks once a month

is this considered successful , or can it grow faster.


I cant cut a stalk off at the base and attach it to another rock , and the base from the cut off piece will start growing polyps within 5 -6 days

[stereomandan]

About normal in a good tank. They are weeds!

Dan

[marinerules]

Ok , I was just wanting to know how good it was doing in my tank , so it sounds like its doing great


it doestn pulse much , sometiems, but hardly ever, though it does look great


I have the pinkish xenia, but im getting the silver coloration later this week

can you have the two colors beside each other ?

[reefworm]

let it spread onto strategically placed rubble, then you can frag it for trades. Stereomandan is right - they're weeds. almost fast enough for nutrient transport

[ssmith45]

xenia can spread like wild fire in the right condition. It can also disappear in an equally fast time.

[jlo0218]

i used to like xenia

and then they became a nuisance.... for the eyes, at least.

so i got a coral beauty angel, left town for a week.

and they were nicely trimmed.

[euphoricgear]

why are they considered weeds? is it just because they grow fast? i want to get one soon

[c-horseman]

i used to like xenia and then they became a nuisance....

substitute [xenia] for [macroalage] or [star polyps] but at least xenia are easier to remove.

[gstuman]

jlo0218,

What sort of tank do you run? Do you have any problems with the Coral Beauty nipping at SPS polyps?

I used to like xenia too until it overtook my tank and I know have to manually remove it with forceps. It will grow back from just a film of xenia material left on a rock. It truly is a weed. It's harder to get rid of than algae.

[archie1709]

Oh man, there's this guy in this forum that has a 55G tank that is, pretty much ok to be called, a xenia tank. It is filled xenia althroughout the rockwork and the back wall. I actually liked that tank. I hope this thread finds him/her so he/she can share the tank pic.

[marinerules]

Since I started the saltwater hobby , I have always wanted to keep xenia , as several people here know , I made many unsuccessful attempts ,

I found one of the main problems , which was not using reverse osmosis water,


that was the main thing

I have the pink xenia elongata I think , here ni a week or so , Im going to be getting several stalks of the silver elongata

I have an old high school friend that messaged me and told me that he had the blue xenia, I may try to get him to let me frag it or something

isnt the blue xenia really expensive/

[amazingbobby]

It spreads rapidly for me. If you place some low in the aquarium and place some rubble above it and/or in the direction of the flow, you can make it go where you desire. I evev have it growing on the glass.

[davocean]

I understand now why people call it a weed.
It can spread so fast, it's almost like overnight it can move from one rock to another.
I've had it actually pull rocks and frags down in the process.

[marinerules]

ivce made several attempts at getting it on the glass, but everytime I frag a piece to a rock then lean it on the glass, it doesnt do good at all.

[c-horseman]

why not try growing green star polyps on the glass?

[marinerules]

my star polyps just doesnt grow very fast