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06-02-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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 |  Is my Xenia sick?
My pulsing Xenia has not pulsed for about 2 days. For dome unknown reason other that my tank is new my nitrites have shot up over two days to 0.1 ammonia, PH, nitrate, and Alk are all good. I am geting worried that my tank is killing itself. see the pictures. Oh and by the way they are not leaning from flow.   | 
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06-02-2008, 03:10 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 23
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It is normal and quite common for Xenia to stop pulsing for no apparent reason, and is not necessarily an indication of poor health (at least that anybody knows of). However, you indicate that your nitrites are jumping up? Ammonia and nitrites are killer to anything in your tank, and I would attempt to find the reasoning behind it. Also, you said that your tank is new? How new is new? I certainly hope that the reasoning behind your nitrites being up and your ammonia and nitrates being "good" are not because of a cycle?
Really require some more info about your tank and it's chemistry to troubleshoot this one. _________ Kibbles and bits and bits and bites, and bacon and bits and kibbles and bits...... NOT reef safe  | |
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06-02-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Henderson, NV
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My tank is about three month old and it did go through a cycle and everything has been good for several weeks until 2 days ago.
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65gal 70 + #'s of live rock and thick sandbed. 2False percula clown's, 1Lawnmower blenny, 1Diamond goby. 1six line wrasse, 1 blue hippo tang 12Astrea snails, 10Nassarius snails, 1Fighing Conch, Blue Hermit Crabs. Some Corals. | |
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06-02-2008, 03:22 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Your xenia is fine! You may want to increase the water flow and dose iodine, but the increased nitrates will actually help them.!! I know as I have had xenia for a couple years with it thriving over that period of time. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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06-02-2008, 03:26 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Originally Posted by coral reefer  Your xenia is fine! You may want to increase the water flow and dose iodine, but the increased nitrates will actually help them.!! I know as I have had xenia for a couple years with it thriving over that period of time. | Great to hear THANKS!!!!! | |
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06-02-2008, 06:24 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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double check your salinity and the hydrometer your using.when swomething is'nt right,the xenia will be the 1st to look sad
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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06-02-2008, 06:34 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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It looks fine in color, that is leaning now that shouldn't be that is dying
but it might be trying to tell you that something other than NO3+ is out of whack
maybe the salinity like ziggy said, check your CA and the ammonia don't spell nothing good
you can add some kind of bacteria like bio zyme or cycle in case that you colony was to be
decaying. keep us updated | |
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06-02-2008, 07:19 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Urbana Age: 24
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I would add a bio cycle type product too. I use cycle, it can;t hurt. Also xenia stop all the time. Mine have never but my friends have. I do notice that they seem to grow and do better if they are pulsating. | |
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06-02-2008, 07:59 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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We have a huge colony of several varieties of xenia and although they like a lot of flow, if they are being pounded they have no chance of pulsing...It appears, at least in your picture that there is a lot of direct flow. Also, Xenia, unlike a lot of corals, do well with a slightly high nitrate reading as they like dom... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
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Pulsing Xenia
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06-02-2008, 08:23 PM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
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Originally Posted by Phayes It is normal and quite common for Xenia to stop pulsing for no apparent reason, and is not necessarily an indication of poor health (at least that anybody knows of). However, you indicate that your nitrites are jumping up? Ammonia and nitrites are killer to anything in your tank, and I would attempt to find the reasoning behind it. Also, you said that your tank is new? How new is new? I certainly hope that the reasoning behind your nitrites being up and your ammonia and nitrates being "good" are not because of a cycle?
Really require some more info about your tank and it's chemistry to troubleshoot this one. | Only wanted to say that it can also start pulsing again just as in-explainably. Explainably? Is that a word? | |
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