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02-04-2008, 08:43 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
Posts: 184
|  Pulsing Xenia!?
Help, it seems to be dying! It wont pulse any more and it seems like it is shrinking.
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75 gallon:1 Niger Trigger, 1 Longnose Hawkfish,1 lawnmower blenny,1 orangespotted goby, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 emrald crab, 20 hermits, 5 turbos, 12 mexican turbos and 1 brittle star. And a ton of sandsifting snails. Leather toadstool, frogspawn, 2 pulsing(not really they quit pulsing) xenia, flavia, anthelia, a colt, a goniopora and a rock full of zoas. | 
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02-04-2008, 08:49 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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parameters? lights? age of tank? water circulation?
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02-04-2008, 08:57 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
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Originally Posted by reef_guru  parameters? lights? age of tank? water circulation? | 75 gallon- 4ft. long, 21 inces wides and 24 inches deep. Lights good question. I heard the guy at my LFS call them power compact. Theres 8 all together- 4 white and 4 blue. There is a rain bar up top from the filter, and two powerheads on each side of the tank and a protein skimmer. The tank is about 5 months old. But the xenia actually started to do bad in my nano so I switched it to the 75 and still no improvement | |
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02-04-2008, 09:20 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lakewood, CA Age: 34
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water quality? placement in the tank? any flow? _________ Kimmy | |
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02-04-2008, 09:27 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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those tank dimensions are a 105 gallon
since it went bad in the nano what are those ?'s | |
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02-04-2008, 09:32 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
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My first question is how long ago did you move them? When ever I move some of mine from
tank to tank it takes them a few days to open fully.
Once they have opened though I have found that they are a really good indication that there
might be something wrong with my water if they are closed for more than a day or two.
My Xenia do better in a high flow area. As far as lighting goes, they tend to take care of that
themselve as them move to the higest point that they can find so basically they like lots of light. _________ I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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02-04-2008, 09:37 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
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Originally Posted by reef_guru those tank dimensions are a 105 gallon
since it went bad in the nano what are those ?'s | Sorry apparently I dont know the dimensions. But its a standard 75 gallon. The nano is a 12 gallon and I have no idea what the dimensions are. And everything is perfect in the nano. 1 damsel 1 cleaner shrimp, a mushroom rock and some other coral that looks kinda look a colt that is doing awesome and really getting big. But I moved the xenia about a week ago. I put it in a medium high spot with moderate flow. The little limbs attempt to open it looks like but definetly no pulsing. I am adding Kent iodine about once a week, I have heard that helps. | |
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02-04-2008, 09:59 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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I learned something really interesting lately from Sally Jo over at GARF.
She says that xenia simply will not thrive at temps much above 76 degrees.
I can honestly that those few that survived my recent overtemp have been doing very poorly at 80 degrees.
Am going to slowly drop temp down to 77 degrees and see what happens.
Have begun to notice that many of the most awesome reef aquariums (RE "Ultimate Marine Aquariums," by Michael Paletta) run temps somewhere in 76-78 degree range. Some as low as 75.
I for long time have believed optimum temp was around 80-82 degrees.
Time to try something different.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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02-04-2008, 10:25 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by omard I learned something really interesting lately from Sally Jo over at GARF.
She says that xenia simply will not thrive at temps much above 76 degrees.
I can honestly that those few that survived my recent overtemp have been doing very poorly at 80 degrees. | Mine are doing great at 80 to 81... In fact when my heater went out last week and the Temp. got down to 74 they all closed up real tight till the temp got around 79, go figure! I have read a few things about lower temp's too. Don't know if i am ready to lower mine just yet. | |
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02-05-2008, 06:31 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by reef_guru parameters? | Xenia don't like nitrates so check those first. | |
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