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04-02-2006, 04:08 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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  |  Weird acting Xenia
My pulsing Xenia, as far as I can tell, is doing really well. I'm still thinking about fragging it. But it goes through weird bouts of...emotion? Sometimes one stalk will be cramped up, and the other 8 stalks will be out and about. Or like right now, about half the stalks are closed and the other half are waving about like it ain't no thang! For the most part they are all wavin' their hands in the air like they just don't care! But this happens atleast once a day. Whats up with that? Has anyone else had experience with this? Is that just what they do? Or is something else at work here? _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, 2 Rose BTAs  | 
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04-02-2006, 04:23 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Yes this happens, from what i can tell, to all xenia. I have three species and they all go thought mood swings  nothing to worry about unless they start to melt. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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04-11-2006, 08:06 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hackensack,N.J.
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Ive noticed this reaction with my colonies closest to the light. they seem to shut down late every aftenoon about and houror 2 before lights out and then come back out until the light goes off. xenia will be xenia and can act strangly any time of the day ornight, but ive noticed it happensregularly when they are in stronger lighting. Bruce said it right. as long as they dontturn to mush they will befine. | |
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04-11-2006, 08:16 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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I've had two 'mush' on me...can't tell why, probably chemical warfare in my small tank... they both started behaving like you describe before the meltdown. You may want to check that it's not too close to other corals. Keep good water flow on it.
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SW:Equipment:10 gal 65w Satellite, mod Skilter250 + nano filter/surface skim rotating p.h. R/O unit
Occupants: yellowtailed damsel curlycue anemonae 11 nassarius 2 astreas red/green zoos green/orange/yellow zoos 3 mushroom coral candycane green acropora green star 2 colt anthelia ricordia feather duster
Hitchikers: stomatella snails burrowing clams brittle star asterina stars peanut worms bristleworms "pods"
Plants: caleurpa
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04-13-2006, 09:52 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Well since I posted this the Xenia has been moved closer to the top (mostly to keep it out of my roaming anemones' harm). The flow is also much stonger there and they seldom close up at all anymore. In face I think I have noticed some growth! It has been years since I kept corals, other then my mushrooms which live through EVERYTHING (THE hardiest corals, PERIOD, in my opinion). I was pretty unsuccessful before, but thats because my light SUCKED and I was nieve. Anyways, they are fine now, I just get anxious when it looks like things aren't doing well. | |
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04-14-2006, 06:39 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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The Xenia polyps will close up also if something touches them like a snail or hermit crossing over them and won't open up for awhile. _________ 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 Cerianthid Stars Hermits snails Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria Kenyon Tree Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa)
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