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08-15-2007, 05:50 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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|  Xenia's run amok.
Now know why people call them weeds. They grow faster than anything else in tank.
The clump on right in pic, is cutting that is only a couple of weeks old.
They sprout quickly from the base of any I cut off. Guess I need to do a better job of scraping them completely off. --- but then any pieces that get loose sprout somewhere else.
Pretty to look at, and it hurts to prune and toss...would give away to anyone wanting any, but expect I am not only one with this problem.  _________ 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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08-15-2007, 07:19 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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I purchased some xenia the other day and was told it grows like a weed.Omard, you should sell it to the LFS.
As ive never physically fragged coral before ,ive been told that xenia is one of the easiest to frag? _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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08-15-2007, 09:26 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Can't sell them to LFS, he is full up with them (someone else in neighborhood is having same problem).
Easy to frag? --- unbelievably easy...just put some rock around base of xenia, and it will hop right over and start growing new stalks. Then just cut it from mother bunch.
Like a beanstalk really, always stretching itself out for new place to attach.
Is what I am doing now. Controlling where it grows to, then whacking it off. Unfortunatly, if no one comes by to get it, it goes in garbage.
Already have clump in nano - but does not grow as fast because of less light.
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08-15-2007, 10:29 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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I think I got the non-weed variety. It doesn't grow nearly as quick as I've read about anybody elses!
Oh well...More space for me :p
...and now I've jinxed myself....its going to be covering the tank when I get home  _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
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08-15-2007, 11:58 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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I wish I had had that problem with my xenia. It shriveled and died on me. My Kenya tree coral, however, is dropping "limbs" and spreading all over my tank. Can't get the LFS to buy any of it though...so if anyone's in the CT area and wants to stop on by, feel free to come get some!
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08-15-2007, 12:44 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl Age: 19
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Omard what xenia is it. Is it white or pink? I heard that they grow towards the flow in your tank. maybe you can control it like that. I have the Hawaiian pink kind and it doing good but hasn't attached to my rocks yet. _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
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08-15-2007, 01:04 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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the problem is'nt so much that it grows so much as trying to get rid of it.some fish stores have so much that they won't take it.sometimes people have so much that their forced to throw it away. | |
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08-15-2007, 03:18 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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I have a local pet shop that is always trading with me for the Xenia jungle that I have accumulated...Awesome, for me as I have been able to trade my Xenia and other corals for my new 20000k halide bulbs! _________ 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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08-15-2007, 05:46 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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Hey Omard, I am having the same problem, I just haven't pruned them. At first I couldn't get the xenia happy, now I can't get it to stop splitting.
The first pic is when I got them, 3 little frags
The 2nd pic is the latest pic of them, I think there is like 15 or more bushes of them. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
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08-15-2007, 05:59 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by nemo79  Hey Omard, I am having the same problem, I just haven't pruned them. At first I couldn't get the xenia happy, now I can't get it to stop splitting.
The first pic is when I got them, 3 little frags
The 2nd pic is the latest pic of them, I think there is like 15 or more bushes of them. |
When you prune them, try to get all the base up also, or they just start sprouting from what is left.  | |
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