pulsing xenia

[JJ21]

my xenia won't pulse,it's just kinda swaying with the current, how could i get it to start pulsing? Any help would be appreciated.

JJ

[tbar]

I have pulsing xenia and had waving hand xenia. For all I know there could be others. You may have waving hand

[NanoReefWanabe]

my pompom xenia i had didnt pulse eiter...

are you sure you have pulsing xenia?

[JJ21]

yes i'm pretty sure, it was pulsing in the dealers tank

[rssjsb]

While there's a lot of speculation, no one really knows why it pulses. But sometimes, it just doesn't. How is your tank different from where you bought it? Light, flow, etc?

[JJ21]

i put the smallest powerhead i could find in the tank the otherday, but it looks like everything is getting thrashed around so idk. The light is the light that came with the eclipse 12 when i thought i was getting a "Nano reef aquarium". So i have to made a stand and dish out 300 bucks for a reflector and a T5 or MH light.

[JJ21]

the powerhead?wavemaker thing states it is for aquariums up to 20 gallons

[ycrazyy]

Sometimes pulsing xenia just stop pulsing. Mine stopped for 3 months for no reason at all, now they are pulsing away as if nothing happened. No rhyme or reason as far as I can tell

[andygb54303]

mine was pulsing where i got mine but after bringing it home it no longer pulses as well i am assuming its because i do not have a MH light. Or possibly a transitional period as the coral attaches to the live rock

[joshuabradley1]

Mine pulses when 24/7. It really acts crazy when I add supps to the tank.

[TarheelFrag]

Move it to an area of very low flow. The lower the flow the more pulsing you should see. The reason it pulses is because of the low flow and it does this to circulate water. If it is placed in a med. to high flow area it will not need to pulse.

[adam82]

turn off your pumps and they'll pulse. they to move food toward their mouth if you have enough current they wont need to do it.

[JJ21]

k thanks, i'll try to find a "low flow area" and see what happens...would i need to get MH lighting? I'm gonna get it anyway, but was just wondering if xenia needed it

[adam82]

they dont really need it mine are doing just fine under pc's

[salty55]

mine do fine under pc's also. how long have you had your xenia? it took mine a week or two to start pulsing. sometimes it does stop pulsing for a day or two, and then starts back. he really pulses after doing a water change.

[JJ21]

3 months...one of them just died

[JJ21]

bump? oh yeah, if i need to move my pulsing xenia to a low flow zone how come the xenia at my LFS is pulsing, and that thing is getting hammered by flow

[faulkincanyon]

Mine is doin great under PC lighting..growing like a week and pulses all the time...its under medium flow....I hear if your temp is too high they wont pulse as much but people Ive talked to say they like flow. Kind of mixed opinions about pulsing...Nobody knows for sure why they pulse but some studys show that in an aquarium they can just stop for no apparent reason.

[ZooZ]

xenia is just one of those mysterious corals. Amazing isnt it

[rssjsb]

Every answer posted here about why xenia pulse (to move water, to feed, etc.) is just speculation. Like ZooZ says, it's a mystery. No one knows why they actually do it.

Some people can't get them to thrive at all, for others (like me), xenia becomes a pest. Mine pulse all the time, in every tank I put them in, high flow, low flow, pcs, halides.

[powderbluetangy]

I have had xenia for many years. I know everyone says they need a nutrient rich tank. I have them in an all sps tank. water quality is perfect. pulse like crazy under 400w halides. They multiply like crazy! I belive its all about strong lighting. try putting them as close as yu can to the lights you have.

[jmoney]

My just pulse randomly, they kinda died off for some reason 1 month after I put them in the tank, but they never looked anywhere near as good as they did when I bought them. The store had MH I have t5's. I found when I moved them to the top with a medium flow, they did well. Also it seems they are really sensitve to ph, usually when they stop from a random pulse everyonce in awhile to none it has always been an indicator before something went wrong in my tank

[PONCHDOG2000]

I recently slacked on dosing my tank with phyto/ dts and my xenia started to turn down hill. first they stopped pulsing then looked to be melting. i started dosing dts again and they are happy as can be again. pulsing and growing. (just my experience)

[Bloke]

It truly is amazing. My clowns even host it!

To get t to grow, other than having decent water params, Move it closer to your lights... They will not tolerate low pH so monitor that closely.

[walmart]

Xenia likes medium to high flow directly at them, agreed with bloke : you can always tell if your PH is low is your Xenias. Good indicator coral.