Removing Pulsating Xenia

[SaltyNewbie]

My Xenia is slowly taking over more of my tank. What is the best way to remove the xenia so I can place it in another tank? Will the xenia release from the rock easily or do I have to take the rock out with it?

My Kenya tree keeps breaking off new pieces as well.... same question as above.

Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

Congrats and condolences.

Some people have no luck with xenia

The xenia will not be easy to remove, and may require the rock to be removed or just to cut away the xenia.

Another option is to place a small rock next to the xenia, and allow the coral to move onto the rock. Remove this rock and trade it to friends or local LFS (or put in the trash depending how fast your xenia grow).


Good luck.

 

[Anonymous]

Another option is to place a small rock next to the xenia, and allow the coral to move onto the rock. Remove this rock and trade it to friends or local LFS (or put in the trash depending how fast your xenia grow).

Yup, I look at xenia as something you can fight against or work with :lol: You can quite literally rest a small chunk of rock (or pieces of shells work great) up against it to 'encourage' it to move if that helps you out.

I find it best to put it low in the tank where it will want to grow upward so I just put frag plugs in between it and the better light and they grow right up on them. Currently, I've got some down on the sandbed surrounded by small rocks so they will pretty much frag themselves. I hope

 

[SaltyNewbie]

Thanks for the replies. I will try the "rock" technique.

 

[bhanson]

For some reson Xenia is the only coral that I have had trouble with over the years. It just doesnt want to grow for me.

 

[SlipperMan]

It just doesnt want to grow for me.

Same here. I've had the same three frags the same size for about two months now. High light, low light, low nutrients, high nutrients.....it just doesn't grow for me.

You can try treating it the same as aptasia, use kalkwasser on it. Works for some people.

 

[FifeReef]

Agreed. I've used the rock method and it has worked fairly well. I've also gently scrapped/cut it away best I could and thrown it on top of some rubble rock in my frag area. It almost always reattached to something in just a few days.

I can't seem to keep it from growing in my tank. After I transplanted what I thought was "clean" rock from my old tank to my new system, there was no sign of it for about 6 months. Now the white weed is going nuts again! :?

 

[Anonymous]

How to (almost) rid your system of the unstoppable xenia.
From experience..

Step 1:
If you have a chiller, disconnect it. (It did not apply in my case..)

Step 2:
Crank room heat to 92°F

Step 3:
Leave for a long (4 day) weekend

Step 4:
Enjoy your now almost completely lifeless tank

6 weeks later...

Step 5:
Curse the evil weed that has made its return! :evil:



HVAC went nuts @ work one weekend..
Lost pretty much everything in my nano except a couple small candycane colonies, an ORA clown that loves to jump into overflows and of course...... - some undead (vampire?) xenia. :roll:

Oh, yeah, and of course, some gorgeous collector "glass anemones".. :x

 

[kgross]

With some types of Xenia, you can grab at the base with a pair of forceps and slowly roll it off of what it is attached to. If it is on the glass you can put an ice cube against the glass and that will help cause it to let go as well.

Kim

 

[pcardone]

you can use a rubber band to speed things along