caring for xenia?

[phineasdad]

hey all,
my friend moonman gave me two pom pom xenia frags. other than great water quality and proper placement, are there any other things i need to do to take care of this coral?

parameters:
82 degrees
ammonia 0 ppm
trites 0 ppm
trates 2 ppm
salinity 1.026

[avshockey311]

You really shouldnt have to do anything special. When I feed I try and push a little there way. Other than that get ready to start pruning in 3 to 6 months.

[anglecoral]

most people try and kill it and cant. it will thrive just about anywhere

[Amand]

Yea it is a pretty hardy coral. It will also help export nutrients out of your system as that is what it feeds on. They normally spread pretty quickly as well.

[alten78]

i let it grow wild for about 8 months, talk about a tank takeover, i pulled one of my rocks out the other day to try to scrape it off...what a nasty job that was but still didn't get it all off, im afraid to even attempt to take out the other 25 stalks

[6Speed]

So basically you guys are saying we newbies might not want to put xenia in our tanks...? :)

[avshockey311]

To me its a great coral for begginers. Easy to care for and grows fast. Thats what most newbies want. I like to watch things grow and xenia sure lets you do that.

[ringnecks]

what part of nebraska are you from avshockey311 im in stapleton

[avshockey311]

Im in North Platte.